Oren Goldenberg

Cultural Janitor,
Dreamtroit
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Oren Goldenberg is an active community builder in Detroit. Goldenberg has spent the past 15 years revitalizing the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, the last synagogue in Detroit. By creating new rituals in an underutilized space, Goldenberg has helped increase membership and budget by over six hundred percent. Goldenberg is also the lead developer and co-owner of Dreamtroit, a $30mil mixed-use community-led affordable housing project in the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood of Detroit. Dreamtroit achieved the revitalization of Detroit's Recycle Here! and Lincoln Street Art Park through redeveloping their home at the Original Lincoln Motor Factory into live/work and event space.

Since 2009, Goldenberg has also operated Cass Corridor Films, a film production company by and for the residents of Detroit. Goldenberg has won numerous art and film awards and sits on the board of the Downtown Synagogue and Make Art Work 501(c)3.

Breakout Panelist: Making Place for Makers
Tour Leader: Discover Dreamtroit