DETROIT – The Ford Motor Company Fund is opening a second resource center in Detroit to help increase educational opportunities for students.
The Ford Resource and Engagement Center is expected to open early next year in Fisher Magnet Upper Academy school on the city's east side. It also will increase access to services for people living in the neighborhood.
Officials say the $5 million investment will be over five years. The fund is the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Co.
The center will be managed by the Detroit Public Schools Foundation and is modeled after a center that opened three years ago in southwest Detroit.
Ford Motor Company Fund president Jim Vella says the region is making strides, but more still needs to be done for city neighborhoods.
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