Source: Law School
Dana Thompson
Dana Thompson
A new podcast from the Community Enterprise Clinic (CEC) highlights work being done by the clinic’s clients as well as issues they and others face in community building. Called The Common Wealth, the podcast is produced and hosted by Professor Dana Thompson, ’99, the director of the CEC and an expert on community economic development and urban revitalization issues.
The clinic, which represents community organizations and small businesses in Detroit and other disinvested urban areas, is producing the podcast in partnership with the University of Michigan Detroit Center.
“Not a lot of people are talking about community development, the tools that are being used to improve communities, and whether those tools are working or not—and they’re incredibly important issues,” said Thompson, who is also director of the Transactional Law Clinics Program and founding director of the Zell Entrepreneurship Clinic. “Since we are doing the work and we have these relationships, I thought this would be a great idea for a podcast.”
