Featured Stories
Tiffini Smith
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Tim Hortons is expanding its chain of restaurants in Detroit. The
restaurant famous for its coffee, baked goods, sandwiches and
convenient drive-thrus has set up shop on East Jefferson Avenue across
from the Belle Isle bridge.
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Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Brightmoor faces huge challenges, but the Northwest Detroit neighborhood is more than a sum of its problems.The 4-square-mile area of Northwest Detroit boasts a tenacious social
infrastructure that is determined to renew the neighborhood. We find out what's going on.
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Mike Gentile
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Detroit's underground cycling scenes don't always get along, but everyone comes together for Alleycats -- races through the city's hub and spokes. For 35 fast miles, a couple hundred cats claw their way through Detroit on two wheels.
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
This event is a kind of a big deal -- 2,000 people hit the streets on bike for the Tour de Troit a couple weeks ago. Model D TV was there.
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Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
What do you do with a crisis? If Detroit looks across the pond, there may be answers. Turin, Italy -- the "Detroit of Europe" -- has turned around. Germany's Ruhr Valley has embraced regional cooperation in its reinvention. Are there lessons to take home?
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
17 Restaurants and only six days left. Where will you eat During the city's inaugural Restaurant Week? Model D TV has visited many of the participating restaurants. Check them out here.
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Art Papapanos
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) recently honored the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (DBRA) and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) with its Local Partner Award, recognizing our work in helping to change the city's landscape. The Local Partner Awards spotlight agencies that have successfully collaborated with Michigan's economic development entities.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Detroit's historic Capitol Park at State Street and Griswold Avenue
will soon be re-born as a leisure destination after years of serving as
a major transit hub. The Downtown Development Authority, in collaboration with the Downtown
Detroit Partnership, has launched a $1.1 million renovation that will
make the park visitor-friendly and serve as a potential anchor to
attract news businesses to the area.
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Malik Goodwin
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Economist magazine has ranked Detroit the seventh best city for business travel in the world. The city placed among fine company, just behind Vancouver, Toronto, Adelaide, Honolulu, Perth, and Auckland, beating out Atlanta, Montreal, and Vienna in the top ten.
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Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
On the eve of the culinary event of the year -- Detroit Restaurant Week -- foodie and wine connoisseur Putnam Weekly of Southwest Detroit talks about the state of good eats in the city.
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Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Exploring Detroit by kayak offers an up close look at both the city's architecture and its greener assets -- the rivers and canals, birds and fish. We paddle the East Side and report back.
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Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Is there a lesson from Esson? Something to take home from Turin? Regional leaders gather in Detroit to share ideas with leaders from the other side of the pond. Topics range from how to reuse old industrial sites to defining what makes a region.
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Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
As we continue to whet your appetites for Detroit Restaurant Week, we visit with a Detroit favorite, Cuisine in New Center. Chef Paul Grosz dishes about his roots, his vision, and bringing sophisticated but not uber trendy French food to the city.
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Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Detroit now has options. If the city should decide to turn off its trash incinerator, there's a big opportunity to be green. But can a cash-strapped metropolis be green and stay out of the red?
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Model D Staff
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Model D and Open City Detroit ask: Where is the entrepreneurial opportunity in Detroit? Sorry, but the event is full.
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