Sherri Welch

3 weeks ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Detroit Blight Busters and Cleveland-based CHN Housing Partners on Monday officially opened a new 100% affordable housing apartment complex in northwest Detroit. The $16 million Orchard Village Apartments complex took shape across nine vacant lots since breaking ground in August 2023. Construction was completed in late 2024, and the development is fully leased to residents with qualifying income of 30%-60% of the area median income, the co-developers said.

4 weeks ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono will see a pay raise in his new role at the University of Florida. Ono is set to receive up to $15 million under a five-year contract with UF. However, Ono’s appointment is not a lock as more than a handful of conservatives have pushed back on his selection because of his earlier stance on diversity, equity and inclusion, which has become a target of the Trump administration. Ono was unanimously approved by UF's board of trustees on Tuesday.

4 weeks ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

The federal budget bill that passed the U.S. House last week includes a win or two for the nonprofit sector, but those are outweighed by proposed cuts that will bring significantly increased financial pressures for nonprofits and those they serve. The largest cuts would decrease funding for the federal food assistance program, increasing the demands on hunger organizations, leaders said.

1 month ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Eastern Michigan University is ending its engineering teaching partnerships with two Chinese universities. The Ypsilanti-based university on Wednesday provided details of its plan to end the partnerships with Guangxi University and Beibu Gulf University in a letter sent to U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Caledonia, and Tim Walberg, R-Tipton. The lawmakers requested Eastern and at least two other universities in Southeast Michigan cut ties with the Chinese institutions in a letter they sent Feb.

1 month ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Investing in public spaces is key to not only healthy communities and attracting and retaining talent but also economic development and economic mobility for residents in surrounding areas, leaders said during a Mackinac Policy Conference panel on Wednesday. "It's all about building coalitions" to ensure those vital public spaces are maintained, said Meagan Elliott, president and CEO of the Belle Isle Conservancy and former deputy CFO and chief parks planner for the city of Detroit.