底特律市“安家底特律”计划发放1.5万美元补助 13名居民创业者获奖
底特律市“安家底特律”（Move Detroit）计划10月6日向至少十几名获奖者各发放了1.5万美元补助。据《底特律自由新闻报》（Detroit Free Press）报道，获奖者包括一家美甲店店主、一家早教中心、一家旅行公司经营者以及首次购房者，他们都是选择留在底特律或搬到底特律的居民与创业者。
该增长计划由市长玛丽·谢菲尔德（Mary Sheffield）于今年3月首次市情咨文中宣布，是市政府与丹·吉尔伯特（Dan Gilbert）及 Move Detroit 联盟的合作项目。谢菲尔德表示：“这些人是正在发展事业、创造就业、投资房产、对我们城市做出长期承诺的创业者。我们希望底特律成为一个人们负担得起生活、养育家庭、发展事业、看到未来的地方。这意味着把人放在决策中心，确保城市增长为全市每个社区创造机会。因为人口增长不只是增加一个数字，而是帮助人们在这里建立生活、事业、财富和未来。”
Move Detroit 联盟首席执行官希拉里·多伊（Hillary Doe）介绍，迄今已有158户家庭、近400人通过该项目留在底特律或迁入底特律，其中13名申请人获得了这轮1.5万美元的大额补助。联盟将发放至少50万美元，帮助313名现有及未来的底特律人，并计划再组织一轮资助。多伊说，消息公布后短短几周内，联盟收到了6500份申请，申请人既有底特律本地社区居民和企业主，也有来自全国各地希望来底特律发展的人。
Detroit's 'Make Detroit Home' Program Awards $15,000 Grants to 13 Residents and Entrepreneurs
Detroit's Move Detroit initiative handed out $15,000 individual grants to at least a dozen recipients on Oct. 6 under its "Make Detroit Home" program. According to the Detroit Free Press, the recipients — including the owner of a nail salon, an early childhood center, a travel company and first-time homeowners — are residents and entrepreneurs who are staying in or moving to the city.
Mayor Mary Sheffield announced the growth plan, a partnership with Dan Gilbert and the Move Detroit Coalition, at her first State of the City address in March. "These individuals are entrepreneurs who are growing their businesses, creating jobs, investing in property and making a long-term commitment to our city," Sheffield said. "We want Detroit to be a place where you can afford to live, raise a family, grow a business and see a future for yourself. That means keeping people at the center of our decisions and making sure our city growth creates opportunities in every neighborhood across our city. Because population growth isn't simply about increasing a number, it is about helping people build lives, businesses, and wealth, and a future right here in Detroit."
Hillary Doe, CEO of Move Detroit, said 158 households of nearly 400 people have stayed in or moved to Detroit through the program so far, including the 13 applicants who received the larger $15,000 grant. The coalition will award at least $500,000 to help 313 current and future Detroiters and expects to plan another round of funding. Doe said the coalition received 6,500 applications in just a matter of weeks, from Detroit neighborhoods, local businesses and people across the country who want to build their future in the city.
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