In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on makers, store owners, food enthusiasts, do-gooders, connectors, online communities, renters, lenders and educators who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services. Detroit Soup Amy Kaherl helps get local businesses off the ground through a combination of public support and hearty soups. A hot meal and a good conversation are powerful tools for igniting a community. As the leader of Detroit Soup, a micro-grant project that’s given more than $80, 000 to the revival of the once-bankrupt city, Amy Kaherl knows this concept well. “We felt we could empower and connect the community, ” she says. Every month, Detroit Soup This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fifteen Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 19 Going Incognito We all secretly wonder what mischief we’d make if invisible: When our identity is hidden, everything seems possible. Arts & Culture Issue 19 The Best Policy Sometimes we talk to each other without feeling heard. Honesty—a most intimate interaction—can be just as thrilling as its more devious inverse.
Arts & Culture Issue 19 Going Incognito We all secretly wonder what mischief we’d make if invisible: When our identity is hidden, everything seems possible.
Arts & Culture Issue 19 The Best Policy Sometimes we talk to each other without feeling heard. Honesty—a most intimate interaction—can be just as thrilling as its more devious inverse.
