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Project Stories

In Southwest Michigan, many community-based organizations and municipalities have made some strides to create a more inclusive and equitable community development process to ensure every voice is heard and valued.

A person with glasses and short, spiked hair is sitting indoors against a light-colored brick wall, wearing a blue plaid shirt over a tie-dye t-shirt.

Sarkozy Bakery: Built by community, sustained by care 

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A woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing a green sweater and geometric earrings, sits indoors and speaks.

How Can-Do Kalamazoo opens doors for entrepreneurs

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Children dressed in winter clothes play on a snow mound while an adult stands nearby in a snowy playground surrounded by trees.

‘If kids aren’t here, how can they learn?”  Rural Southwest Michigan battles to bring back absent students

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Two people stand indoors near a wall sign that reads "Sleeping Giant Capital." Both are dressed in business attire and smiling at the camera.

Sleeping Giant Capital supports succession, entrepreneurs

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Two people wearing gloves arrange freshly baked cookies on trays inside a bakery with pineapple decorations on the windowsill.

Day-to-day interactions with happy customers keeps Pastrami Joe’s owner going

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Seven people wearing pink safety vests stand and pose for a group photo on the steps of a porch outside a house in winter.

Anti-bullying program becomes outlet for young entrepreneurs

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