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Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) is a prominent organization dedicated to empowering nonprofits, residents, and community initiatives throughout Detroit. With over 25 years of advocacy and policy shaping, CDAD serves as the leading voice for the city's community development sector, fostering vibrant and resilient communities. Through various strategic initiatives, including capacity building, public policy advocacy, and youth engagement, CDAD strives to build a brighter future for all Detroiters. Their commitment to collaboration and resource allocation has made a lasting impact on the city's development landscape. Generated from the website

Data Driven Detroit (D3) is a worker-owned cooperative dedicated to fostering equality among its staff while providing valuable data resources for the community. The organization focuses on a variety of topics, including housing, child development, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering tools and insights to support informed decision-making in the Detroit metro area. With a commitment to open data, D3 collaborates with organizations like the Skillman Foundation and the Kresge Foundation to develop resources such as the State of the Detroit Child tool and the Housing Information Portal. As a proud partner of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, D3 connects individuals and organizations with essential neighborhood data to drive community engagement and improvement. Generated from the website

ABOUT NEXTENERGY Energy drives America. We need it for transportation, for manufacturing and business, for our homes and offices. It fuels our economy and lifestyles today, and holds the key to our aspirations for the future, powering the next generation of American innovation and research. Increasing energy demands, tightening supplies, and environmental concerns have increased the focus on alternative ways to generate and use it. Launched in 2002, NextEnergy is already one of the nation's leading research catalysts and business accelerators for alternative and renewable energy. Our leadership team offers more than a hundred years of experience working with utilities, alternative fuels, hybrid power trains, business development, venture capital investment and more in the alternative energy industry. Located in Detroit, we are within an hour of more than a dozen major research universities, and in the heartland of America's transportation, technology, and manufacturing industries. Fostering dynamic research and innovation, we combine this intellectual capital with Michigan's legendary manufacturing prowess and entrepreneurial ingenuity to help generate new technologies, viable businesses, solid growth, and industry leadership.