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They’re not only good at managing the basketball team and the businesses associated with it, but “Tom Gores, Arn Tellem and the Pistons have been making a real community impact.” That is exactly Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said, according to Freep.

Dennis Mannion, who helps manage the Detroit Pistons, believes in experience being a great way to get young people into the workforce. Which is why the president of Palace Sports and Entertainment was all smiles this morning at the S.A.Y Detroit Play Center on Van Dyke, as the Detroit Pistons announced a $100,000 grant and partnership with Grow Detroit’s Youth Talent.

This is good news for the Detroit kids because the project will support summer youth programs at Palace Sports, the Palace of Auburn

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