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Southwest
Detroit
Business
Assoc.
holds
successful June
19th
event
Carol
Coletta,
Knight
Foundation
vice
president
of
community
and
national
initiatives,
delivers
keynote
address
on
strategies
to
develop
successful
cities
 DETROIT,
MI - The
Southwest
Detroit
Business
Association
(SDBA)
hosted its
annual
Community
Investment
Breakfast
Thursday,
June 19,
at
MotorCity
Casino
Hotel’s
Sound
Board
in
Detroit.
Dennis
W.
Archer,
chairman
and CEO
of
Dennis
W.
Archer PLLC and
former
City of
Detroit
mayor
delivered
closing
remarks
following a
keynote
address
from
Carol Coletta,
vice
president
of
community
and
national
initiatives
at the
John S.
and
James L.
Knight
Foundation.
WDIV-TV
4 news
anchor
Guy
Gordon served as
master
of
ceremonies.
“We are
thrilled
to have
had Carol Coletta
join us
to
discuss
the art
of
community
‘placemaking,’
a
people-centered
approach
that
inspires
positive
change
by
leveraging
local
arts,
business,
culture
and
creativity,”
said
Kathy
Wendler,
president
of the
SDBA.
“The
Southwest
Detroit
Business
Association
has been
‘placemaking’
for more
than 55
years
and our
breakfast
highlights
the
meaningful
work and people
making a
tremendous
difference
in
southwest
Detroit.”
The
annual
networking
event
brings
together
hundreds
of
community
leaders,
entrepreneurs
and
residents
to
acknowledge
the
positive
contributions
made by
the SDBA
while
celebrating
the
economic
vitality
of its
business
districts.
This
year’s
breakfast
theme,
“An
Appetite
for
Growth
and
Change,”
will
highlight
Southwest
Detroit’s
competitive
advantage
found in
the food
offerings
of its
local
small
businesses.
This
includes
hundreds
of
restaurants,
food
trucks,
grocery
stores,
mercados,
and
wholesale
food
manufacturing
facilities.
Coletta
joined
Knight
Foundation
in 2013
and is a
nationally
recognized
expert
on
cities
and the
use of
the arts
in the
development
of
communities.
She has
written
and
spoken
extensively
on the
future
of
cities,
including
how
communities
develop,
attract
and
retain
talent.
She was
director
of
ArtPlace,
a unique
public-private
collaboration
to
accelerate
creative
placemaking
in
communities
across
the
United
States.
For
seven
years,
Coletta
was
president
and CEO
of CEOs
for
Cities,
a
national
network
of urban
leaders.
Previously,
she
served
as
executive
director
of the
Mayors’
Institute
on City
Design,
and also
ran a
Memphis-based
public
affairs
consulting
firm,
Coletta
&
Company,
focused
on civic
issues.
This
year’s
honorees
at the
2014
SDBA
Community
Investment
Breakfast
include:
The
Clark
Street
Award
Detroit
Cristo
Rey High
School
The
Springwells
Award
Patricia
Oullette,
State
Farm
Insurance
The
Bagley
Award
for
Latino
Heritage
Investment
Hispanic
Police
Officers
Association
of
Michigan
–
Detroit
Chapter
La
Terraza
Restaurant
West
Vernor
Award
for
Community
Leadership
Southwest
Detroit
Environmental
Vision
The
Spirit
of
Southwest
Award
The
Kresge
Foundation
The
Kathy
Wendler
Award
David
Broner,
SCORE
The
presenting
sponsors
for the
2014
Community
Investment
Breakfast
are
MotorCity
Casino
Hotel
and CSX.
Host
Sponsors
include
URS,
American
Bridge,
Barton Malow
Company,
SNC-Lavalin, Ford
Motor
Company
Fund,
and
Comerica
Bank.
About
the
Southwest
Detroit
Business
Association
Founded
in 1957,
the
Southwest
Detroit
Business
Association
fosters
innovation,
drive
and
commitment
in our
community.
We
support
our
community’s
vision
for a
healthy,
vibrant
neighborhood.
The SDBA
works
with
local
businesses,
investors,
entrepreneurs,
customers
and
neighbors
to
develop
a place
where
more
people
are
choosing
to live,
work,
shop and
play – a
place
where
you find
Business
Building
Community
and
Community
Building
Business.
For more
information,
visit
www.southwestdetroit.com .
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