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April 27, 2023 | Flint Now Philanthropy The Pistons

How Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores provides the full game-night experience to Flint kids through ‘Be Impactful’ program

Laughing children played games and dribbled basketballs recently on the YMCA of Greater Flint indoor court. The sight of kids participating in the YMCA’s Safe Places after-school activity only a few blocks away from downtown Flint brought a grin to the face of program director Monica Holmes. “I know from 4-7 p.m., if we have
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April 20, 2023 | News The Pistons

Why Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is welcoming his ‘partner’ Dwane Casey into the franchise’s front office

Life in the NBA can be cold to those who devote their existence to the game of basketball. Frequently, qualities like loyalty and positivity are secondary considerations behind wins and losses. That’s why former Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey’s transition to the front office unique. Casey, who started in 1981 as an assistant at Western
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April 20, 2023 | News The Pistons

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores expresses gratitude to coach Dwane Casey, who is moving to franchise’s front office

DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons on Monday announced that Dwane Casey will transition into a new role in the team’s front office and that a search process for a new head coach, led by Pistons General Manager Troy Weaver, will begin immediately. “Dwane Casey has done everything we asked of him since the beginning of
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February 15, 2023 | Business

Platinum Equity CEO Tom Gores to Crain’s Detroit: Our development efforts ‘based on a lot of collaboration’

Shortly before a news conference to announce a $2.5 billion investment in the city of Detroit, Platinum Equity CEO Tom Gores revealed to Crain’s Detroit Business that substantive “community development really focuses on the conditions in an environment for people to be successful.” The comments came shortly before a recent news conference in Detroit where
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February 9, 2023 | The Pistons

How Tom Gores’ decision to move Detroit Pistons downtown was unofficial catalyst to sweeping $2.5 billion development partnership with Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University

Detroit’s New Center area is not a destination neighborhood. But through a significant partnership between Platinum Equity founder and CEO Tom Gores, Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University, New Center could be on its way to being one of Detroit’s premier neighborhood hubs. At a Wednesday morning news conference at the Henry Ford Detroit
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