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Ask the way you normally would.
- “What can I do with my kids this weekend?”
- “Where can I get resume help?”
- “Are there free activities near me?”
Your Detroit. Connected to You.
Know I'm Here helps Detroit residents discover nearby resources, services, activities, programs and opportunities based on where they are, what they need and what matters to them.
Welcome to Know I'm Here
See how Know I'm Here helps connect Detroit residents to resources, opportunities and support already around them.
Detroit has resources.The challenge is connecting the right resource to the right resident at the right time.
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From finding the right opportunity to getting there and staying connected, Know I'm Here helps close the loop.
See Know I'm Here in action
One connection layer. Different needs.
See how Know I'm Here can surface relevant opportunities, resources and support based on what matters to each resident.
Detroit · Prototype
Welcome to Know I’m Here
Real People. Real Resources. A Stronger Detroit.
Discover what’s around you
Personalized for your needs and interests
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For You Today
Find what fits. Then find your way there.
Ask in your own words or explore opportunities based on the interests and location you choose. When you find something useful, Know I'm Here can help you understand your next step and how to get there.
Personalized for you
A shorter path to what fits.
See relevant resources and opportunities based on the interests and location you choose.
See Personalized PicksPersonalized discovery
Start with what matters today.
Choose a need, see what is nearby, or ask in your own words. You control what you share.
I'm Here: OFF
Turn on location to personalize nearby resources and opportunities.
Know I'm Here uses your location to personalize nearby information. Precise location is not made public, and you can turn this off anytime.
Map what's around me
See resources, programs and opportunities around the area you choose.
Turn on I'm Here or choose your ZIP code / neighborhood to center the map.
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One everyday example
Food support, connected around you.
Detroit already has pantries, nutrition programs, grocery assistance and community health resources. Know I'm Here helps residents find them in one place.
Explore opportunities
Youth & Education Health & Wellness Jobs & Training Senior Programs Community Activities Recreation Voting & Civic Access Housing & Safe Shelter
Find trusted, official information about voting, registration, polling locations, and civic services.
Find emergency shelter, temporary housing and safe-place resources when you need somewhere secure to stay.
Resident priorities
Detroit already told us what matters.
Through Rise Higher Detroit, residents shared priorities around stronger neighborhoods, safer communities, reliable transportation, economic opportunity, youth opportunities, accessible government, health, wellness, and community support.
Primary Detroit focus: Community & Public Health.
Designed to extend across Detroit's other resident priorities.
Venture 313 · Primary Impact PillarHow the KIH ecosystem works
From Detroit resident priorities to community connection, digital confidence, adoption, and measurable engagement.
Detroit priorities → KIH connection → Digital confidence → Community pilot → Partner insight
Rise Higher Detroit
Resident priorities
Venture 313
Challenge framework
Know I'm Here
Discovery + access + connection
Everyday Connect
Digital confidence + adoption
Fast Freddy Experience
Trusted community pilot
Partners + City
Privacy-conscious engagement insight
How KIH responds to the primary focus
Community + Public Health is where Know I'm Here proves the model. The same connection architecture can extend across Detroit's other resident priorities.
Venture 313 provides the challenge framework. Rise Higher Detroit provides the resident voice. KIH connects the two by helping residents discover, understand, reach and use existing resources.
Community & Public Health
Primary focusSee how KIH connects resident needs to existing health, food, wellness, senior, caregiver, recreation and community resources.
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What residents are concerned about
Food assistance, health and wellness resources, mental-health support, senior services, caregiver support, recreation, family support, and community programs.
How Know I'm Here helps
Instead of requiring residents to know which department or organization owns a service, residents can start with: “What do you need today?” Know I'm Here uses resident interests, needs, neighborhood, and optional location context to surface relevant resources and next steps.
Example resident journey
“What do you need today?”
- Ask KIH
- Nearby health, food or wellness resource
- Understand the next step
- Get there
- Voluntary check-in
Everyday Connect digital confidence bridge
Finding a resource only helps if a resident feels confident using the technology required to access it. Everyday Connect helps residents learn practical digital skills involving smartphones, QR codes, online forms, maps, transportation technology, AI tools, appointment systems, and community websites.
Value to partners / city
- Discovery
- Access
- Participation
- Utilization
- Measurement
- Adoption
Know I'm Here does not replace Detroit's programs, organizations, or official systems. It helps residents find them, understand them, reach them, and use them.
Know I'm Here is an independent prototype and is not an official City of Detroit platform or endorsed by the Rise Higher Detroit initiative.
Sources to verify before launch: Rise Higher Detroit Community Framework / City of Detroit, Venture 313 Buildathon challenge categories, Detroit Department of Elections, Michigan Voter Information Center.
When the resident arrives, participation can become measurable—without making it public.
Private participation
I'M HERE ✓
When you arrive, tap in. It closes the loop between a resource existing and a resident using it—without making your check-in public.
See the resident journey
- DiscoverFind local resources, events and activities.
- KnowSee what's happening around you first.
- Get ThereGet directions or ride assistance.
- Check InTap in privately when you arrive.
- DiscoverFind local resources, events and activities.
- KnowSee what's happening around you first.
- Get ThereGet directions or ride assistance.
- Check InTap in privately when you arrive.
Connection also means knowing what's happening around you.
My Neighborhood
Know what's happening around you.
See community meetings, recreation updates, cooling centers, road closures and official City notices—calmly filtered to your neighborhood.
See my neighborhoodKIH Live
Know what's happening around you.
Community reports, neighborhood updates, transportation information and local information—all connected to the area you choose.
Community reportsVerified alertsLocal newsTransportation
Explore KIH Live Finding the resource is only the first step.
Help me get there
Found something useful? See how to get there.
Bus / Transit · Walking · Ride Assistance
How we got here
Trust → Confidence → Connection
Know I'm Here grew from real Detroit community engagement—not a theoretical technology idea.
Trust + Community
Fast Freddy Experience
One real Detroit example of culture, movement and welcoming in-person community engagement.
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Digital confidence
Everyday Connect
Build confidence with everyday technology, healthcare tools and useful AI.
Explore Everyday Connect →
Connection
Know I'm Here
Use that confidence to connect with nearby people, resources and opportunities.
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The experience behind the pilot
Connect With the Experience
Explore the Fast Freddy Experience, upcoming programs, events and community engagement.
More Than Entertainment. A Platform for Active, Connected Living.
Fast Freddy Experience helps older adults stay active, connected, confident and engaged through culturally relevant experiences built around movement, music, Detroit culture, technology, social connection and shared experiences.
Powered by the legacy of Detroit dance and fashion icon Frederick “Fast Freddy” Anderson, the model brings trusted in-person experiences together with modern tools that can extend participation beyond the room.
Creating Joy. Building Community. Celebrating Every Generation.
Real-world pilot
The Fast Freddy Experience gives Know I'm Here a real community environment to test the resident journey—from discovering an activity and getting there to checking in and staying connected.
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Personalized RecommendationsTransportation SupportPrivate “I’m Here” Check-InAggregate Engagement Insights
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What the Fast Freddy Experience can include
Move
Seated movement, Detroit hustle, dance and active recreation.
Connect
Social experiences that build friendship, belonging and recurring engagement.
Experience
Senior-friendly excursions, group outings and memorable experiences.
Celebrate
Detroit music, fashion, dance, storytelling and cultural history.
Generations
Experiences connecting older adults, youth and families through technology, culture and storytelling.
Digital
Technology Made Simple + Everyday Connect help build smartphone confidence and practical digital skills.
Proposed pilot capabilities
QR EntryPersonalized RecommendationsSaved InformationTransportation SupportPrivate “I’m Here” Check-InAggregate Engagement Insights
Measure participation patterns without making an individual resident's check-in public. These capabilities are proposed for the prototype and are not currently operational services.
The opportunity
Senior-serving organizations need programming people want to attend, while residents may face isolation, transportation barriers and difficulty navigating technology. Fast Freddy Experience creates trusted community participation. Everyday Connect builds digital confidence. Know I'm Here connects residents to the right opportunities and helps close the last mile.
The ecosystem
Connecting Resources Is Only Half the Solution
Detroit already has programs, services, opportunities, and digital resources. Know I'm Here helps residents discover and reach them. Everyday Connect helps residents build the confidence and practical skills to use the technology required to access them.
Fast Freddy Experience
Creates trusted community access and a real-world pilot environment.
Everyday Connect
Builds digital confidence through simple, practical technology education.
Know I'm Here
Connects residents to relevant resources, programs, services, and opportunities.
Community Partners
Gain privacy-conscious insight into discovery, engagement, and participation.
Detroit already has resources. Know I'm Here helps residents find and reach them. Everyday Connect helps residents build the digital confidence to use the technology required to access them. The Fast Freddy Experience gives us a trusted community environment to test whether that full loop works in real life.
We are not just building a better way to find resources. We are helping make sure residents can confidently use the technology that connects them to those resources.
Everyday Connect
Digital Confidence for Everyday Life
Technology only creates access when people feel confident using it.
Everyday Connect provides simple, practical digital-confidence training that helps residents use smartphones, QR codes, maps, online services, AI tools, transportation technology, and community platforms like Know I'm Here.
The goal is not simply to teach technology. It is to help people use technology to reach opportunities that already exist around them.
Everyday Connect can support older adults, youth, families, caregivers, working adults, and community members who want more confidence using everyday technology.
Everyday Connect teaches people how to use the technology. Know I'm Here helps them use that confidence to connect with opportunities around them.
When residents connect, organizations can better understand participation.
For organizations and partners
From outreach to measurable participation.
Flyers tell you how many you printed. Know I'm Here helps participating organizations understand how discovery can move toward real participation.
See the participation journey
Step 1
Matched
A resident sees a relevant opportunity.
Step 2
Showed interest
They save it or open the details.
Step 3
Get there
They plan directions or ride help.
Step 4
Participated
They check in privately on arrival.
Step 1
Matched
A resident sees a relevant opportunity.
Step 2
Showed interest
They save it or open the details.
Step 3
Get there
They plan directions or ride help.
Step 4
Participated
They check in privately on arrival.
Understand how residents move from discovering an opportunity to participating in it.
See connection — not surveillance
Partners can learn from privacy-conscious, aggregated engagement patterns while individual resident activity remains protected according to the platform's privacy controls.
Explore potential partner alignment and sponsorship opportunities.
Prototype concept. No paying partners, integrations or measured outcomes are claimed. Demonstration metrics appear inside the Partner Impact experience.
Detroit economic impact & ROI
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How Know I'm Here can help turn community investment into measurable engagement.
Turning community investment into measurable engagement
Know I'm Here improves discovery and access. Everyday Connect strengthens adoption. Together, they help Detroit and its partners improve participation, utilization, and measurement.
Detroit and its community partners already invest in health programs, recreation, transportation, workforce development, senior services, youth programs, neighborhood initiatives, events, and other community resources. The opportunity is making sure residents can actually find them, reach them, use them, and return to them.
The goal is simple: help Detroit and its partners get more measurable value from the resources they are already investing in.
- Discovery
- Access
- Participation
- Utilization
- Measurement
- Adoption
More connection.
More utilization.
More impact per dollar.
More awareness
Help more residents discover funded programs and resources that already exist.
More participation
Increase the opportunity for programs to reach the residents they were designed to serve.
Better utilization
Help existing services reach more of their available capacity.
Where Know I'm Here sits
See where KIH fits
Public + community investment
- Health
- Recreation
- Transit
- Workforce
- Senior Services
- Youth Programs
- Neighborhood Initiatives
- Events
Know I'm Here connection layer
Discover → Get There → Check In → Measure
Potential return
- More Awareness
- More Participation
- Better Utilization
- Less Fragmented Outreach
- Better Engagement Data
- Better Future Decisions
Know I'm Here is designed to sit between investment that already exists and actual resident participation.
Public + community investment
- Health
- Recreation
- Transit
- Workforce
- Senior Services
- Youth Programs
- Neighborhood Initiatives
- Events
Know I'm Here connection layer
Discover → Get There → Check In → Measure
Potential return
- More Awareness
- More Participation
- Better Utilization
- Less Fragmented Outreach
- Better Engagement Data
- Better Future Decisions
Know I'm Here is designed to sit between investment that already exists and actual resident participation.
How a single resident journey creates value
See how Know I'm Here moves a resident from need to discovery, action, and measurable engagement.
Step 1
Resident need
Here's a Detroit resident looking for food or wellness support.
Step 2
KIH identifies what is relevant
Know I'm Here identifies nearby resources based on the resident's selected needs, interests, location and preferences.
The resident receives access while the organization gets another opportunity to turn funded capacity into actual participation.
Turn funded capacity into more opportunities for actual participation
Know I'm Here does not replace the underlying program. It is designed to improve the connection between programs that already exist and residents who may benefit from them.
What does ROI mean for Detroit?
For Detroit and its community partners, return on investment does not always mean direct profit. It can mean generating more community impact from dollars that are already being invested.
Deeper economic impact & ROI details
Measurement approach, pilot metrics, and how this could become a sustainable business.
Detroit already invests in the opportunity.
Know I'm Here is designed to help more residents reach it.
More connection. More utilization. More impact per dollar.
Know I'm Here is not designed to create another layer of disconnected programming. It is designed to help Detroit get more measurable impact from resources, services, opportunities, and investments that already exist.
Know I'm Here solves the connection gap. Everyday Connect solves the digital-confidence gap. Fast Freddy solves the trust and adoption gap. Together, they help residents move from awareness to access to participation.
Current functionality in this prototype
What Know I'm Here already does today, and how the connection loop works.
- Better resource use
- More participation
- Measurable impact
- Privacy-conscious insight
The goal isn't simply to spend more.
It's to get more impact from what Detroit is already investing.
A model that keeps residents free.
As Know I'm Here grows, the platform is designed to support a sustainable model where residents access the core experience for free, while municipalities, institutions, community partners, sponsors and participating businesses can help fund the infrastructure.
Residents: free core access
Detroit already has resources. Know I'm Here helps more residents find them, reach them, use them — and helps community partners measure the impact.
Prototype concept. No guaranteed savings, revenue, pricing or measured outcomes are claimed.
Detroit around you
Discover Detroit
Explore the places, programs, events, resources and opportunities that make Detroit move—from neighborhood spaces and community programs to recreation, culture and major city experiences.
Know I'm Here helps residents discover what's around them and what's relevant to them.
Sports + EntertainmentFord Field
Games, events and experiences happening in the heart of downtown Detroit.
- Sports
- Events
- Downtown
Community + CultureHart Plaza
Festivals, community gatherings, music, culture and Detroit experiences.
- Community
- Culture
- Events
Public Health + RecreationDetroit Riverwalk
Walking, recreation, wellness and accessible outdoor experiences along Detroit’s riverfront.
- Wellness
- Recreation
- Outdoors
Landmarks + CultureJoe Louis Fist
An iconic Detroit landmark representing strength, history and civic pride in the heart of downtown.
- Landmark
- Culture
- Downtown
Location photography is used for discovery context. Verify resource availability with the official provider.
Connected to Detroit's existing resources
Detroit already has resources. Know I'm Here helps you reach them.
Know I'm Here is not designed to replace the services Detroit already provides. It helps residents understand which resource may fit their need and connects them to the right next step.
Privacy + responsible AI
You stay in control.
Your location, check-ins, and preferences stay under your control. Know I'm Here explains why recommendations appear and connects you to trusted official resources without sharing more than you choose.
Read our commitmentsPrivate by default
Explain the match
You choose what to share
For emergencies, call 911. Know I'm Here is not an emergency response service.
My KIH
Make KIH more personal.
Save your interests, favorite resources and preferences so Know I'm Here can give you better recommendations over time.
Creating a profile is optional. Location access is separate and always your choice.
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