The Cornerstone
A 1.5-story brick headquarters for the chapter and the entire Great Lakes Region — event space, library and media center, computer lab, and residential suites for visiting members and staff.
Visit the Cornerstone
Detroit's West Side · Dexter Avenue
From outreach
From outreach
to ownership.
On one short stretch of Dexter Avenue, three buildings — a brick house, a storefront, a rental — are becoming permanent, place-based infrastructure for Detroit's West Side: the Groove Community Campus.
The Vision
Not built for the West Side. Built by it.
The Groove Community Campus is conceived as permanent infrastructure rather than another program layered onto the neighborhood. Founded by the chapter and now an independent 501(c)(3) with its own board and executive director, the campus marks the shift from outreach to ownership — a physical home for workforce training, financial literacy, health and wellness support, and commercial enterprise, all built to reinforce one another.
The goal is measurable, neighborhood-level change across the Wildemere Park, Jamison, and Petoskey-Otsego catchment: less blight, less violent crime, more residents credentialed for work, more families on a path to homeownership and generational wealth.
Three Stops · One Street
7504 Dexter Ave
7404 Dexter Ave
7443 Dexter Ave
The Campus
The CashFlow Quadrant
The campus classroom: workforce development, financial literacy, cabling training with AJ Fiber, and entrepreneurship tracks for residents ready to build. Every second Tuesday it becomes the monthly room for Detroit's builders — 2nd Tuesday.
Visit the QuadrantThe Groove B&B
The chapter's first commercial venture — a short-term rental whose revenue recirculates directly into campus programs. Community development that funds itself.
Visit the B&B
Beyond the Corridor
The Groove Cut
The campus's reach doesn't stop at Dexter Avenue. The Groove Cut is a vision for Wildemere Park's alleys and vacant lots — stitched together, block by block, into a walkable green spine tied to the campus's training and entrepreneurship programs. It starts with one alley and four lots.
For Residents · Wildemere Park
Wildermere Park Neighbor Hub
The campus's first digital project: a one-stop hub for the neighbors who live around it. City service contacts and a searchable resource directory, neighborhood safety data, a live local news wire, and one-tap access to 911, 311, and 211 — built for Wildemere Park residents.
The Campaign
A neighborhood's transformation needed a permanent address.
The campus is unfolding in four phases through 2027 — acquisition, staffing, pilot programs, and full operation. The capital campaign that funds it is underway now.