Central Neighborhood Durfee Building Repurposing

CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD DURFEE BUILDING REPURPOSING

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DETROIT 100 R O E M T M N 2017 E U N C IT N Y I O I N N OVAT

FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST JUNE 28, 2017 Durfee Elementary-Middle School

REMODELING LIVES...ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A TIME THE STORY ENVISIONING THE FUTURE... Thanks to the support of 100 businesses from the local community who have joined us for Life Remodeled’s Detroit 100, we are excited to announce the launch of our next project.

We know Detroit is making its comeback, but we also know that efforts need to be made to include Detroit neighborhoods in the city’s resurgence. This project will be the first of its kind in Detroit, and we couldn’t be more proud to see such an overwhelming commitment to supporting Detroit Junior Achievement Biz Town Trades School neighborhoods from our local business community. COMMUNITY INNOVATION CENTER HISTORIC SCHOOL BUILDING REPURPOSING Life Remodeled has leased the Durfee school building (was built in 1927; contains 143,000 square-feet), and will repurpose it into a Community Innovation Center (CIC) focused on entrepreneurship, education and community. Makerspace Gymnasium

The CIC will operate in collaboration with Central High School and the Detroit Public Schools Community District, to provide hands on education to students. Entrepreneurs will guest lecture in classrooms and students will have the opportunity to learn subjects, like math and finance, with real examples from case studies of business ventures taking place within the center. Community members of all ages will have access to resources and space in order to learn about entrepreneurship and how to start or grow their own businesses. The center will serve as a community center/business incubator with coworking space, makerspace and recreational space for Marketplace Toarmina’s Pizza Franchise the neighborhood. Shown above are photographs and renderings of what the Community PURPOSE Innovation Center could look like upon completion.

t Next-Gen Development: Providing after-school programming and trail- blazing new and effective career pathways for DPSCD students by providing real-world educational experiences

t Supporting Doers: Connecting and providing space for entrepreneurs and small businesses committed to innovating and launching impactful ventures in the Central neighborhood and throughout Detroit

t Creating Synergy: Cultivating an inclusive community committed to being and doing together ABOUT LIFE REMODELED Life Remodeled is a Detroit-based nonprofit that invests approximately $5M worth of cash, labor and materials into a different Detroit neighborhood each year. Projects are determined by the community’s needs and vision. Life Remodeled partners assist in three areas: Remodeling a school or other community asset; repairing owner-occupied homes, and mobilizing New Cody High STEM Lab New Cody High Football Field 10,000 volunteers to clean up 300 city blocks in six days. SUSTAINABILITY Our approach to neighborhood sustainability consists of five things:

t Focusing on the community’s vision, rather than importing a new vision from “outside” the community

t Engaging students and community residents in planning and implemen- tation

t Increasing the influence of key community and school leaders New Osborn High Gym Floor New Osborn High Roof

t Modeling a successful system of blight removal, volunteer management and partnership

t Recruiting new stakeholders who make long-term commitments to the school or community assets and neighborhood. HISTORY In 2014, Life Remodeled redirected its focus to Detroit neighborhoods with emphasis on a Detroit Public School. At Cody High School, Life Remod- eled and its partners created a new Science, Technology, Engineering and New Denby High Community Park Mayor Duggan With Volunteers Math (STEM) lab, a medical simulation lab, revamped the home econom- ics room, and built a new $1.2 million synthetic turf football field, allowing students to host a football game at home that school year for the first time in seven seasons. CORE VALUES

t People Over Projects: We believe our projects are exceptionally valu- In 2 015, Life Remodeled moved east to Osborn, one of Detroit’s most- able, but people are priceless. The people we serve and those we blighted neighborhoods. Efforts focused on a new roof, gym, cafeteria, serve alongside matter more than the processes and the products

library, and main office, among other upgrades to Osborn High School. t See The Unseen: We believe in looking beyond the way things may Prior to the new roof installation, students and faculty regularly had to deal appear and seeing what could be

with water leakage every time it rained. t Bold Humilty: We believe in taking the form of servants who value others over ourselves. We do so with confidence and relentless de- In 2 016, Life Remodeled constructed a new $1.4 million park designed by termination

Denby High School students, adjacent to Denby High School. t Enduring Change: We believe in investing in work that has strong potential for sustainability, and we work strategically towards that end ORDER OF EVENTS SUSTAINABILITY

t Welcome One year following a recent Life Remodeled Project, neighborhood crime decreased in 10 of 11 categories.

t 2016 denby project recap video

47% LESS 21% LESS 19% LESS 19% LESS t vision: community innovation center HOMICIDES SEXUAL AGGRAVATED BURGLARY

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t closing FINANCIALS Thanks to the generosity of our many partners and supporters, Life Remod- ______eled has invested a total of $16,045,574 into Detroit’s Cody, Osborn and Denby neighborhoods. On average, 70-75% of the total cost for Life Remodeled projects consist of in-kind donations, enabling the organization ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER to maximize every cash dollar donated to Life Remodeled. More than 95% Ron Fournier is publisher and editor of Crain’s Detroit Business of Life Remodeled’s budget goes directly to meeting our mission, with only and an award-winning and nationally acclaimed political con- 4.9% going toward administration costs. tributor to The Atlantic. A Detroit native, he began his family and career in Arkansas, covering then-governor Bill Clinton before moving to Washington in 1993, where he reported on politics and the presidency during the administrations of Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Fournier also served as a 2005 fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, where he co-wrote the New York Times best-seller “Applebee’s America.” He now serves on the Harvard IOP Board of Advisors. Before returning to Detroit in the fall of 2016, Fournier published a parenting memoir, “Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations.” It debuted No. 10 on Amazon.com, and was a New York Times best seller.

Fournier holds the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for coverage of the 2000 presidential election, and he is a four-time winner of the prestigious White House Correspondents’ Association Merriman Smith Memorial Award.

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