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your child's school doesn't work and
you're told there's no money to fix
them.
Gilbert's meeting with the leaders
of the Michigan Chronicle, the Latino
Press, the Arab-American News, the
Michigan Korean Weekly and the
Jewish News, plus NMM founder
Dr. Hayg Oshagan of Wayne State
University, offered an opportunity
for expanding the Rock Venture/
Quicken footprint in ways that can
further diversify his company's
workforces, clarify loan practices
and availabilities for those who
struggle with English, and entice
additional investors to further revi-
talize the city and create jobs.
cannot place a check mark on its
Within the Jewish community,
"to do" list for broader and deeper
there is a sense of pride that Gilbert
engagement with Detroit and its
and many of his business associ-
residents.
ates are currently the epicenter of
According to Gilbert, "Detroit
envisioning and funding a mini-
needs so much more than us and
renaissance in Detroit. Gilbert and
what we're doing. We're doing as
these associates are products of the
much as we can, but no one entity,
Jewish community and, along with
one company, one person is going
their spouses, are becoming more
to solve it all. I frankly think the
active as philanthropic leaders, too.
Jewish community used to be more
But Dan Gilbert and his business
engaged in Detroit years ago, and
associates are not proxies for the
it's a bit disappointing that it's not
Jewish community. Despite Gilbert's
more engaged today. I have to tell
investments, the Jewish community
you, there's a lot of capital on the

Schwartz Honored
By New Detroit

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New Michigan Media members with
Dan Gilbert: Bankole Thomspon,
Tack Yong Kim, Elias Gutierrez are
to the left of Dan Gilbert. Osama Si-
blani, Dr. Hayg Oshagan and Arthur
Horwitz are to the right.

sidelines and a lot of smart people
in that [the Jewish] community as
there are in others. We think we
need their [the Jewish community's]
support much more than us assum-
ing the proxy for them." E

lan E. Schwartz, a New
Detroit Trustee Emeritus
and Chairman of the Board
in 1982, was honored
with the Anniversary Award from
New Detroit during its Closing the
Gap Awards June
19 in Detroit. The
award honors a
veteran advocate
for improved race
relations every five
years. Schwartz is
a founding part-
ner of the Detroit-
Am.
based Honigman
Alan E.
law firm.
Schwartz
Previous
recipients of the
Anniversary Award include Joseph
L. Hudson Jr., Judge Damon J. Keith
and the late Dr. Arthur L. Johnson.
"Alan Schwartz is a part of that
progressive generation of leaders
who advocated for equality. All of
this year's honorees have played
a unique role toward that goal
and have demonstrated through
their individual achievements what
true commitment to change can
achieve," said Shirley R. Stancato,
New Detroit President and CEO. n

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