A non-profit south of the border in Detroit is trying to solve two ongoing issues in the city; lack of opportunities for its vulnerable citizens including children, and urban vacant land.
The organization Detroit Horse Power was launched in 2015, starting with two summer camps; since then, Detroit Horse Power has brought over 500 Detroit youth to visit horse barns outside the city for free summer horse camps and an after-school program.
Now, the group has raised $4.3 million toward the $8.1 million cost to open its own facility. According to an Axios news article, the plan is “to break ground within a year on a campus with classrooms, stables, an indoor arena, outdoor riding area and pastures on 14 acres leased from the Detroit Public Schools Community District in the Hope Village neighborhood.”