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COLORS

UIX Team Wednesday, March 28, 2012
COLORS is a social enterprise of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan. Located in downtown Detroit, the restaurant uses local ingredients and trains local employees in collective entrepreneurship.

Thrive Detroit

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Founded by Delphia Simmons, Thrive Detroit is a social venture offering vulnerably-housed citizens opportunities to launch micro-entrepreneurial projects. 

Urban Network

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Founded by Yusef Bunchy Shakur, the Urban Network is a multi-purpose, community-centered business consisting of a bookstore, an entertainment company, and a publishing outfit. 

En Garde! Detroit

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Founded by Bobby Smith, En Garde! Detroit is a social enterprise providing inner-city youth access to the sport of fencing.

Detroit SOUP

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Detroit SOUP is a monthly fundraising dinner for creative projects in the city.

Recycle Here

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Recycle Here! is the City of Detroit's neighborhood recycling program. Since January of 2007, Recycle Here! has recycled over 7,400,000 pounds of material from over 175,000 visits from Detroit residents.

Ruth Ellis Center

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Founded in 1999, the Ruth Ellis Center is the only mission-specific agency in the Midwest dedicated to at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

Young Nation

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Young Nation's mission is to promote holistic development of youth in urban settings through building relationships, community education, and passion-driven projects.

Young Adults of Heidelberg (YAH)

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Young Adults of Heidelberg (YAH) is a branch of the Heidelberg Project that engages young adults, between the ages of 18-35, to advance the Heidelberg mission, become leaders in the community, and gain professional development in Detroit's growing arts industry.

FoodLab Detroit

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
FoodLab Detroit is a group to support the development, growth, and cooperation of locally owned socially and environmentally responsible food enterprises.

Fender Bender

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Fender Bender is a women and queer run bicycle collective in Detroit for cycling advocates, mechanics and bike enthusiasts. They offer safe, comfortable, and comprehensive bicycle mechanic training programs, safe street riding instruction, a bike lending library, group rides, bike art activities and community events.

Green Garage

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Green Garage is three things: a building located in the Midtown area of Detroit, a business enterprise, and a community of people dedicated to Detroit's sustainable future.

Ponyride

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ponyride is a creative incubator that provides cheap space for socially-conscious artists and entrepreneurs to work and share knowledge, resources and networks.

Challenge Detroit

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Challenge Detroit is an initiative to invite 30 of tomorrow's leaders to live, work, play, and give in and around the Detroit area for one year.

Empowerment Plan

UIX Team Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Empowerment Plan is a humanitarian project to make and deliver a coat that is self-heated, waterproof, and transforms into a sleeping bag at night for people living on the streets.
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