MEDIA ADVISORY: MSU Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation kickoff

What: MSU Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation kickoff

When: Nov. 16, 2017 from 10 to 11 a.m.

Where: 16475 Lamphere St. (site of the former Houghton Elementary School)

Michigan State University is launching the MSU Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation; the state’s first urban research center.

Representatives attending the kickoff on behalf of MSU, city of Detroit, Riverdale and Brightmoor communities include:

• Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU President
• Joel Howrani Heeres, director of sustainability for the city of Detroit
• James Tate, Detroit City Council, District 1
• Jeff Dwyer, director of MSU Extension
• Richard Wooten, MSU Extension, District 11 coordinator
• Dan Bandrowski, Wellspring Detroit
• Diane Hanks, Riverdale resident