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Week 3 - Evan Henley

6/14/2021

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When working in a remote environment, I feel that it is challenging to really identify what your genuine impact, positive or negative, is on a community. For Detroit specifically, ProsperUS provides training, resources, and capital to aspiring entrepreneurs which aids the community through pragmatic and effective economic solutions. I see this as a crucial element to reviving a city that has been plagued with such a variety of hardships. The most direct project that I am a part of that aids the Detroit community is the creation of a Community Resource Guide, an extended document that provides websites, organizations, and templates. This provides citizens of Detroit with options for housing assistance, tips for running a business, and mental health resources among many other things. By making information more readily accessible, ProsperUS can hopefully recruit more entrepreneurs and provide them with the directory towards a better quality of life. 

Alongside this, my partner Lara and I are working on a storytelling project which will highlight certain entrepreneurs and their businesses to be shared on ProsperUS’ social media and website. Hopefully, the stories we write will inspire other Detroiters to inquire about creating their idea for a small business, helping them overcome the stigma that starting your own organization is too tall a task for everyone. Throughout DukeEngage, I am continually looking for places where ProsperUS can improve and grow. In doing so, I hope to make the company even more equitable, accessible, and effective. Through this, the companies that work with ProsperUS in the future will be more satisfied and confident in their ideas while also allowing ProsperUS to allocate resources more efficiently. 

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