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$500,000 grant to expand free outdoor Wi-Fi, programming in Detroit s Cultural Center
Grant awarded to Detroit s Cultural Center Planning Initiative
New digital strategy to help attract visitors, encourage outdoor programming
Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of several cultural institutions within the boundary of a new effort to expand free outdoor Wi-Fi.
A $500,000 grant will bring free outdoor Wi-Fi access to a broad swath of Detroit s Midtown neighborhood, home to many of the city s cultural institutions.
The grant, awarded to Detroit s Cultural Center Planning Initiative, comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with additional support from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, according to a news release.
Detroit to install free outdoor wifi in Cultural Center with $500K Knight Foundation grant
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DETROIT – The Knight Foundation has awarded Detroit’s Cultural Center Planning Initiative a $500K grant to help implement a digital strategy that includes free, outdoor public wifi.
Detroit’s Cultural Center, a designated area in Midtown that includes many of the museums along Woodward Avenue, Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies and University of Michigan buildings and the Detroit Public Library, is hoping to use the grant to create more welcoming spaces and to connect partner institutions.
“Not only will this grant support the installation of free, public Wi-Fi in the district, it will also support collaboration, risk-taking, and experimentation within Detroit’s Cultural Center for place-based, digital transformation,” stated Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI), who has been leading the CCPI over the last 18 month