New website offers 'Welcome Mat' to immigrants in metro Detroit

Detroit has lost much of its population because of the economy and it is making it easier for immigrants to settle there.    - - Donna Poisl

By Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

A new website was launched Tuesday that offers immigrants information about services and non-immigrants helpful details about metro Detroit’s diverse communities.

Called “Welcome Mat,” the online, searchable database is part of several programs by Global Detroit to try to make metro Detroit more open to immigrants. It’s funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

The website is the first of its kind in metro Detroit, said Mary Lane, the project director of Welcome Mat. “It’s to help immigrants integrate into the community.”
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