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Melinda Clynes

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As seen in: Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative, Crain's Detroit Business, NewsBreak, Next City, Model D, Metromode, Second Wave, Rapid Growth, Common Ground, Flintside
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Community development leader with passion for helping seniors finds footing, support in Detroit – Model D

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By Melinda Clynes Verified
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just ten months into her role as executive director of Bridging Communities, KaTrice Perry is clearly settling into the driver’s seat. She says she was able to “jump in like a chameleon,” adapting to the agency’s environment and immediately feeling passionate about its work in the older adult space. “You can really see the work being done in the community… those real-life stories of helping human beings with their everyday struggles,” Perry says.
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Featured Post Archives - Model D

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By Melinda Clynes Verified, Allison Torres Burtka Verified
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Community development leader with passion for helping seniors finds footing, support in Detroit Latest in Featured Post From aspiring to own a restaurant to dishing out tostones: Program brings small businesses to life A Puerto Rican entrepreneur opens his restaurant with a noble dream, much perseverance, and plenty of guidance from a Detroit program aimed at people who want to start their own businesses.
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Cluck. Quack. Buzz. The making of Detroit’s new Animal Keeping Ordinance

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By Melinda Clynes Verified
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More than a decade in the making, an Animal Keeping Ordinance was passed by Detroit City Council in late 2024 and took effect on January 31, 2025. As the weather warms this spring, the city may see an uptick in people applying for licenses to keep backyard chickens, ducks and bees. Resilient Neighborhoods Project Editor Melinda Clynes interviewed Amy Kuras, research and policy program manager at Detroit Food Policy Council, on how the ordinance took shape and what it means for neighborhoods.
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