Osborn St. Osborn Forward. Osborn United
Osborn Neighborhood Alliance
Our Areas of Impact
Human Development
Organizational Development
Organizational Development
Osborn’s greatest strength is its people. Supporting residents—youth, families, seniors, and returning citizens—creates the foundation for a safer, healthier, and more connected community. Human development ensures that every person has access to opportunities, support networks, and pathways to personal and family stability.
Our Approach:
Osborn’s greatest strength is its people. Supporting residents—youth, families, seniors, and returning citizens—creates the foundation for a safer, healthier, and more connected community. Human development ensures that every person has access to opportunities, support networks, and pathways to personal and family stability.
Our Approach:
We invest in programs that enhance skills, leadership, wellbeing, and resilience. From youth enrichment to family support and community wellness initiatives, we meet residents where they are and help them move toward where they want to be. Our work centers dignity, empowerment, and long-term growth.
Organizational Development
Organizational Development
Organizational Development
Strong neighborhoods require strong organizations. Many resident groups, block clubs, and grassroots organizations exist in Osborn, but they often lack the tools, training, or support necessary to scale their impact. By strengthening these community anchors, we amplify the overall capacity of the neighborhood.
Our Approach:
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Strong neighborhoods require strong organizations. Many resident groups, block clubs, and grassroots organizations exist in Osborn, but they often lack the tools, training, or support necessary to scale their impact. By strengthening these community anchors, we amplify the overall capacity of the neighborhood.
Our Approach:
We build the capacity of local organizations through training, technical assistance, collaboration networks, and shared resources. We help block clubs become more active, support leaders in navigating city systems, promote resident-led models, and ensure community partners are aligned, informed, and connected.
Physical Development
Organizational Development
Physical Development
The physical environment shapes how safe, valued, and hopeful residents feel. Beautification, blight reduction, safe mobility, parks, and public spaces all influence quality of life. When the physical condition improves, community pride grows—and so do opportunities for health, recreation, and investment.
Our Approach:
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The physical environment shapes how safe, valued, and hopeful residents feel. Beautification, blight reduction, safe mobility, parks, and public spaces all influence quality of life. When the physical condition improves, community pride grows—and so do opportunities for health, recreation, and investment.
Our Approach:
We work with residents, city partners, and volunteers to improve the built environment through cleanups, lot activation, home repair initiatives, safety lighting projects, and green space improvements. We uplift resident ideas for transforming vacant spaces into community assets and improving the overall look and feel of Osborn.
Economic Development
Organizational Development
Physical Development
A thriving neighborhood must also be economically strong. Osborn has talented entrepreneurs, dedicated workers, and untapped commercial corridors. Equitable economic development strengthens families, scales small businesses, increases property values responsibly, and keeps local dollars circulating within the community.
Our Approach:
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A thriving neighborhood must also be economically strong. Osborn has talented entrepreneurs, dedicated workers, and untapped commercial corridors. Equitable economic development strengthens families, scales small businesses, increases property values responsibly, and keeps local dollars circulating within the community.
Our Approach:
We support small businesses through coaching, training, resource navigation, and partnerships. We help entrepreneurs formalize and grow their ventures, connect residents to workforce opportunities, and advocate for investment that benefits existing residents. Our focus is on building wealth, stability, and sustainable opportunity for Osborn families and business owners.
Our Programming & Projects
Osborn Business Association
Osborn Business Association
Osborn Business Association
At Osborn United, our mission is to provide housing support and community resources for those in need. We strive to create a safe, welcoming environment where every resident can rebuild stability, dignity, and hope.
Mapleridge Project
Osborn Business Association
Osborn Business Association
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
The Hub
Osborn Business Association
Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) Clinic
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) Clinic
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) Clinic
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
Youth Boxing
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Bambara Language & Mali Business Culture Training
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
313 Connect Tech Hub
313 Connect Tech Hub
313 Connect Tech Hub
Our Small Business initiative empowers entrepreneurs and local leaders to grow, connect, and thrive. With a diverse team of professionals and community partners, we provide mentorship, resources, and training to help businesses build stability and create lasting impact across Detroit’s northeast side.
Our Team
Quincy Jones, Executive Director
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Quincy Jones is the Executive Director of the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance in Detroit, where he has spent over 15 years leading efforts to revitalize the Osborn community. With an MBA and nonprofit management certification, Quincy combines professional expertise and a deep commitment to his neighborhood, focusing on affordable housing, y
Quincy Jones is the Executive Director of the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance in Detroit, where he has spent over 15 years leading efforts to revitalize the Osborn community. With an MBA and nonprofit management certification, Quincy combines professional expertise and a deep commitment to his neighborhood, focusing on affordable housing, youth programs, green infrastructure, and business development. Under his leadership, ONA has transformed vacant properties into affordable homes, helping moderate-income families build generational wealth and fostering safer, more stable neighborhoods.
Quincy is also a strong advocate for digital equity, working to bridge the digital divide through training and improved infrastructure. His collaborative approach engages community members, nonprofits, and local government to empower residents and drive sustainable neighborhood growth. Through youth programs and business support initiatives, Quincy continues to champion Osborn’s emergence as a vibrant, thriving community poised for long-term success.
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Aubrey Agee is a community advocate, mentor, and supporter of small business development in Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood. As a member of the Osborn Business Association (OBA) leadership team, Aubrey helps expand economic access, connect residents to entrepreneurial resources, and support business owners in building sustainable ventures
Aubrey Agee is a community advocate, mentor, and supporter of small business development in Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood. As a member of the Osborn Business Association (OBA) leadership team, Aubrey helps expand economic access, connect residents to entrepreneurial resources, and support business owners in building sustainable ventures within the community.
Aubrey is known for his steady presence, collaborative approach, and commitment to seeing local talent thrive. He works closely with residents, youth, and small businesses to ensure that Osborn entrepreneurs have the tools, knowledge, and networks needed to grow and succeed.
His belief is simple: strong communities are built from the inside out. Aubrey’s work reflects a vision of Osborn where opportunity is local, ownership is shared, and growth benefits the people who call the community home.
Jeremy Lewis, Business Manager
Aubrey Agee, Entrepreneur In Resident
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Jeremy Lewis is a respected community leader, connector, and advocate for neighborhood-based economic growth in Detroit’s Osborn community. As part of the Osborn Business Association (OBA) leadership team, Jeremy works to strengthen local small businesses, expand access to resources, and build collaborative partnerships that support long
Jeremy Lewis is a respected community leader, connector, and advocate for neighborhood-based economic growth in Detroit’s Osborn community. As part of the Osborn Business Association (OBA) leadership team, Jeremy works to strengthen local small businesses, expand access to resources, and build collaborative partnerships that support long-term, community-led development.
Jeremy brings a deeply rooted commitment to serving the east side. He is known for his ability to bring people together, bridge generations, and ensure that neighborhood voices are included in conversations about growth and opportunity. His leadership focuses on supporting entrepreneurs, fostering unity among local organizations, and strengthening Osborn’s economic ecosystem from within.
Jeremy believes that Osborn’s greatest strength is its people, and he works every day to help the community build, grow, and create lasting legacy right where they are.
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Digital Diagnostician | Founder, Xceptional Technologies | Digital Navigator at Osborn Neighborhood Alliance | CompTIA CIOS+
Nakia Muhammad, Digital Diagnostician and Educator driven by a single mission: securing systems while empowering the people who use them. Whether serving as the Digital Navigator for the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance/
Digital Diagnostician | Founder, Xceptional Technologies | Digital Navigator at Osborn Neighborhood Alliance | CompTIA CIOS+
Nakia Muhammad, Digital Diagnostician and Educator driven by a single mission: securing systems while empowering the people who use them. Whether serving as the Digital Navigator for the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance/Connect313 - District 3 Tech Hub or designing infrastructure through my upstart MSP, Xceptional Technologies, LLC, I bridge the gap between enterprise-grade security and community accessibility.
My Core Impact:
- Xceptional Technologies & Strategy: As Founder, I specialize in bringing Zero Trust architecture and ISO 27001/NIST compliant solutions to clients who need them most. My approach to infrastructure hardening has delivered a 20% reduction in security incidents and boosted network speeds by 15% for managed environments.
- Community Empowerment: At the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance, I focus on digital literacy/equity, ensuring that secure technology reaches the community level and they understand basic terms, processes, and tools used in their day to day lives and business environments.
- Education: I am passionate about closing the digital literacy/cybersecurity skills gap, having guided over 500 students to a 90% pass rate in industry certifications.
Beyond the console, I am deeply involved in disaster response as a volunteer with Detroit CERT, ensuring our communities remain resilient in the face of crisis.I am open to collaborations that foster a secure digital future—whether through Xceptional Technologies or community outreach initiatives.
Competencies:
- Cybersecurity Strategy (NIST CSF, Zero Trust)
- Network Security & Infrastructure Hardening
- Incident Response & Threat Modeling
- IT Education & Instructional Design
- CompTIA CIOS+ and other digital literacy/cybersecurity competencies
O'Najee Burrus, HOPE Manager
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Dexter Randle, HOPE Specialist
We offer a range of services to support the community, including counseling, advocacy, and education. Our goal is to empower individuals and families to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
Dexter Randle, HOPE Specialist
Nakia Muhammad (Champion), Digital Navigator
Dexter Randle, HOPE Specialist
We offer a range of services to support the community, including counseling, advocacy, and education. Our goal is to empower individuals and families to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
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