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How we all benefit from film incentives: An industry insider weighs in

Dave Krieger Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Former Model D managing photographer Dave Krieger has been busy working on one film set after another the past few years. He makes an appeal to the governor and the state legislature to keep the lights, cameras and action rolling.

John Hantz: The man has a plan, but does Detroit have a farming future?

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Tuesday, August 24, 2010
John Hantz wants to put $30 million over 10 years and create in Detroit what would be the largest urban farm in the world. The plan has critics, but it's also got a lot of people the world over watching Detroit.

FilterD Extra: Heidelberg Project dances with DOTS

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The times they are a-changin' in the D, and arts and culture are taking leadership roles in the future of the city. Check out the Heidelberg Project's Dancin' On The Street (DOTS) party this Saturday and celebrate the transformation of community life happening before our eyes.

Detroit's high school band directors marching kids to brighter futures

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Accolades follow as they travel the globe, but Detroit's high school band directors make a lot of magic happen here at home, using music to help shape their students' futures.

Kayak Detroit: More dates added for Detroit River kayak tours with Riverside Kayak

Monday, April 19, 2010
Want to kayak the Detroit River? Apparently the answer is yes. Space is limited, and two tours have filled up already, so sign up fast. Riverside Kayak has added more dates, and proceeds go to building East Side greenways.

A vision for a shrinking city: Community development professionals lay out ideas for Detroit

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Searching for a plan for rightsizing, downsizing, resizing, shrinkage, or whatever you want to call it? Detroit community development professionals have detailed a road map for transforming the face of Detroit.

Detroit kids school us on city living

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Tuesday, February 09, 2010
We asked a group of teens to share with Model D what they love about their schools and living in the city. We also asked what they'd like to change about Detroit. We share their answers, in their own words.

City kid Maya Sewell: Loves the diversity

Maya Sewell Tuesday, February 09, 2010
East Sider Maya Sewell loves the diversity in her neighborhood and school. She'd like to see the city's leadership straightened out: "If that could be changed, ever thing else that needs change will fall into place."

City kid Anthony Kinsey: Bright future ahead

Anthony Kinsey Tuesday, February 09, 2010
East Sider Anthony Kinsey, 17, loves sports and community service. He says: "The main thing that I would change about the city is putting in a mass transit system."

37 Minutes in MorningSide with Kelley Marks

Rodd Monts Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Kelley Marks wants people to look at MorningSide and say "I want to move back there." Model D spent 37 minutes with her talking about her work rebuilding the East Side neighborhood and bringing neighbors closer together.

Kayak Detroit: Paddling Through East Side Canals

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.

Georgia Street Community Collective: An East Side Neighborhood Grows Together

Zak Rosen and Marvin Shaouni Tuesday, July 28, 2009
They are pretty and all, but what can a community garden really do? Imagine it, and it's probably happening on Georgia Street on Detroit's East Side, where residents have taken a garden plot and ultimately changed the attitudes and face of their neighborhood. And they've done it by taking matters into their own hands.

Microloans Bring Macro-Benefit to Detroit

Megan Pennefather Tuesday, June 30, 2009
When the banks won't answer the door, the smallest of small businesses can go knocking on the doors of Detroit's microloan programs, which are changing the face of the city one coffee shop or high tech start up at a time.

Charter Reform Spells Change for Detroit

Terry Parris Jr. Tuesday, June 09, 2009
They say good things take time, and this will. Revising the city's charter could spell great things for Detroit. But what type of change will come of it, and who will make those decisions? Voters, a lot of that is up to you.
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