{"id":30543,"date":"2025-09-19T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?post_type=blogpost&p=30543"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:45:13","slug":"a-year-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/a-year-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Year of Change<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we start our 14th program year and <\/span>welcome our new class of Fellows<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, we reflect on and celebrate the years of impact and community that we have cultivated together. The story of Challenge Detroit has been of resilience and one that truly exemplifies the saying \u201c<\/span>many hands make light work<\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From the first group of host companies who said \u201cyes\u201d to investing in community-minded talent and hosting a Fellow, to our challenge project partners who believed in and trusted the power of collaboration, to the Fellows who harnessed their enthusiasm, curiosity and entrepreneurial spirits to contribute to moving our city forward, to our friends who advocated for and supported us along the way; Challenge Detroit has been greater than the sum of its parts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This unique combination of people, opportunity and connection working in tandem to move Detroit forward has been a joy to witness. <\/span>Together we have accomplished so much. <\/b>We have:<\/span><\/p>\n