March 24, 2021 Detroit Free Press By Adrienne Roberts Nearly one in every five workers in Michigan was either directly or indirectly employed by the mobility industry in 2019, according to a report released Wednesday by the Detroit Regional Chamber’s MICHauto group. The report …
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Bankole Thompson: Detroit should promise students more than money
March 24, 2021 The Detroit News By Bankole Thompson The writer James Baldwin once noted, “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” Baldwin may as well have been talking about Detroit’s chronic …
Continue Reading‘Without that support, I don’t know if I would have made it,’ student says of Detroit Promise Path
March 25, 2021 The Detroit News By Karen Bouffard As a child, Preston Welbourne El never imagined himself going to college, but meeting with a Detroit Promise Path coach sparked his interest in higher education. Now a graduate of Oakland Community College …
Continue ReadingFinley: ‘Old college try’ tougher for many
March 23, 2021 The Detroit News By Nolan Finley College was an after-thought for me. I went through high school expecting to be drafted, and when the Vietnam War ended before graduation I had to scramble. I had a factory job …
Continue ReadingExamining the Detroit Promise Path: A Detroit News webinar
March 25, 2021 The Detroit News Bankole Thompson hosts this conversation with stakeholders, observers, and participants in the Detroit Promise Path. View original article here.
Continue ReadingDesperate for cash, strapped arts venues wait out delays in federal covid relief
March 21, 2021 The Washington Post By Peter Marks and Yeganeh Torbati The past few months have been dire for Robin Sokoloff, founder and chief executive of Town Stages, a 10,000-square-foot arts space and bar in Manhattan’s Tribeca shuttered for a …
Continue ReadingWhat will the office look like after the pandemic?
March 17, 2021 Stateside By Nell Ovitt For Michiganders who transitioned to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospect of returning to in-person work is… complicated. Working from home does involve a lot of new distractions, from kids, …
Continue ReadingStateside: Sen. Peters on stimulus; post-pandemic work life; the rise of Biden Republicans
March 16, 2021 Michigan Radio Stateside What will the office look like after the pandemic? Sandy K. Baruah is the chief executive officer and president of the Detroit Regional Chamber Dustin Walsh is a reporter with Crains Detroit Business Listen to the …
Continue ReadingThe Sandy Baruah Interview 02/28/20
March 3, 2021 Detroit Wants 2 Know The Steve Hood Show Sandy Baruah talks about what the Chamber does, what it means to every day Detroiters, who are Chamber members, educational programs the Chamber leads, and what the future of …
Continue ReadingFlashpoint 2/28/21: Sandy Baruah On The State Of The Region
February 28, 2021 Click On Detroit Flashpoint with Devin Scillian Segment Two: Sandy Baruah, President and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, helped break down information regarding the state of the region on this week’s episode. Watch the segment here.
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