Photo credit: Knight Foundation on Flickr. Last week, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan laid out his plans for moving the city forward. He believes Detroit has a bright future and so do I. Less than six months ago, I joined Knight Foundation as the Detroit program director after nearly 10 years here serving other nonprofit, public and […]
Article · March 4, 2014 by Katy Locker
Photo Credit: Courtesy Midtown Detroit Inc. I returned to Detroit, city of my birth, 10 years ago this month, and I’ve been thinking about the changes I’ve seen in that decade. A groundbreaking in Midtown today brought it all together. We’re celebrating the new Woodward-Willis building, which will house the Lawrence Technological University design center as its main […]
Article · December 18, 2013 by Katy Locker
Photo credit: Flickr user memories_by_mike. Detroit is known for cars, but it’s driven by people. That truism has even more importance when institutions falter like they have in Detroit. That’s why Knight Foundation is making four grants to help people who are starting businesses and people who can improve the way the city is run. […]
Article · October 1, 2013 by Katy Locker