![]() Over the past year, RecoveryPark built a pilot farm in Detroit to validate key aspects of our business model for the social enterprise we’re launching this fall, RecoveryPark Farms. In 2010, RecoveryPark was started not only to convert blighted land in the City of Detroit into urban agriculture and aquaculture businesses, but also to spur economic development in Detroit’s neighborhoods by creating jobs for the individuals with barriers to employment (recovering addicts, returning persons, individuals with low literacy). Last September, I began my Challenge Detroit Fellowship and joined the team at my host organization, RecoveryPark. Tell us about your host company and your role in the organization. ![]() I feel very fortunate to have so many ongoing opportunities to learn about and engage in the social, political, and economic landscape of the city I now call home. I’ve worked alongside community leaders to improve access public transportation, develop community engagement strategies, further youth empowerment efforts, and stimulate local economic development. Through Challenge Detroit I’ve had the opportunity to be part of collaborative projects with multiple non-profit organizations (Vehicles for Change, The Future Project, Detroit Collaborative Design Center, The Detroit Health Disparities Coalition, and 8 Mile Boulevard Association). By living, working, playing, giving, and leading in Detroit I’ve visited over a hundred places in the city in the past ten months, and met hundreds of Detroiters- both native, and transplants. The greatest joy of moving to a new city is having the opportunity to make it ‘home’. I went to college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, spent time in Ghana and then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. What do you enjoy most about living, working, playing, giving and leading in Detroit?Īlthough I grew up in Metro-Detroit, I didn’t spend much time in the city. Many skyscrapers unique to an era (ranging from the 1920s-80s) are beautifully reminiscent of a city repeatedly on the vanguard of architecture and design. The skyline, simultaneously vibrant and blighted, tells a story about Downtown’s rich cultural and architectural history. ![]() From my balcony I can see Comerica Park, Ford Field, the Detroit River, and Downtown Detroit’s business district. I live on the 19th floor of a high-rise apartment on historic Washington Blvd. What neighborhood do you live in and what things make it unique and exciting? She fills us in on what she enjoys most about Detroit, her host company, RecoveryPark, and what she enjoys most about being a Challenge Detroit Fellow. i-FACTOR Bone Graft is ready to use and thus requires no mixing or other preparation prior to use.In this week’s Fellow Spotlight, we are checking in with Annie Hakim. ![]() I-FACTOR Bone Graft products are sterilized after packaging (terminally sterilized), can be stored at room temperature and have a three-year shelf life. I-FACTOR Bone Graft is not a morphogen so, unlike engineered growth factors, the signals sent following P-15 Osteogenic Cell Binding Peptide attachment in a bony site only activate cells that are pre-programmed to become osteoblasts. ![]() Being surface-bound, all cellular activity resulting from P-15 Osteogenic Cell Binding Peptide attachment is restricted to the implant surface so bone cannot grow where it doesn’t belong (ectopic bone growth). This unique combination creates a surface-bound “Attract, Attach, Activate” mechanism of action that enhances the body’s natural bone healing process. I-FACTOR Bone Graft is the only biologic bone graft made of a small peptide, P-15 Osteogenic Cell Binding Peptide, bound to an anorganic bone mineral (ABM). I-FACTOR Bone Graft is an advanced biologic that is supported with level I evidence, satisfies the highest regulatory imperatives, and provides a better cost/benefit ratio than engineered growth factors and cellular allografts. ![]()
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