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Article: Melton Edward Lee, 25.(Focus)(Detroit Young Professionals)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- March 31, 2008
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Byline: Chad Halcom
Co-founder and chairman
Detroit Young Professionals, Detroit
Claim to fame: Founded Detroit Young Professionals, starting with an online community on facebook.com and crossing over into a series of local networking events and community service projects.
Next step: DYP hopes to launch an initiative in cooperation with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit next month and volunteer for a tree-planting effort in May with Focus: HOPE.
Eddie Lee knows his popular networking and community-service project will have to adopt a formal structure soon, but part of its success is linked to its grassroots ...