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Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program, Resurgence of Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion

Season 53 Episode 14

Host Stephen Henderson gets details about the Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program, which is now accepting applications for summer 2025. The program provides summer job opportunities for Detroiters ages 14-24. Plus, Black business owners on Detroit’s historic Avenue of Fashion talk about the area's resurgence after a decline that began in the 1970s.

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