Featured Stories

Hey, neighbor: Hamtramck arts fest is community love affair

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Daylong event features live music on residential porches, studio crawling, edgy art viewing, and walkable neighborhood charm. Organizers Steve Hughes and Steve Panton tell Walter Wasacz why the Hamtramck art space is the place.

Arts, Detroit, Sense of Place, Video

Hamtramck

Detroit SOUP: Stirring up genius in the North End

Amy Kaherl Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The monthly SOUP dinner entertains ideas on how to make Detroit a better place. Now heading for new digs in Detroit's North End, director Amy Kaherl tells us how you can help, and breaks down other hot news in her report.

Detroit, Social Networking

Global Detroit: 'Green Card Stories' brings human touch to immigrant experience

Sarah Szurpicki Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Join Global Detroit to meet authors and immigration attorneys Stephen Yale-Loehr and Laura Danielson at a cocktail event, talk, and book signing this Thursday, 5 - 7 p.m., at the Westin Book-Cadillac.

Detroit, Immigration, Transformational change

Downtown Detroit

Mr. Mies' neighborhood

Matthew Piper Tuesday, October 16, 2012

New book contains insightful essays, interviews with current and former residents, arresting portrait photography by local photographers, as well as an abundance of historic images, says our high rise specialist, Matt Piper.

Architecture, Detroit, Placemaking, Sense of Place

Lafayette Park

Hatched: La Feria using $50k prize to open tapas kitchen on Cass

Noelle Lothamer Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Food writer Noelle Lothamer gets a sneak peek at classic Spamish ala carte dishes like empanadas, tortilla de patatas, montaditos, salmorejo, and croquetas. Marvin Shaouni snaps some tasty pictures.

Detroit, Dining, Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink, Small Business

Midtown

Model D TV: Growing company Hercules & Hercules

DEtROIT LIVES! Tuesday, October 09, 2012

West Side company Hercules & Hercules works individually with clients to develop sustainable approaches to building maintenance. DETROIT LIVES! takes us there in this episode of Model D TV.

Detroit, Video

Model D Speaker Series: Making Government Work in Detroit

Model D staff Tuesday, October 09, 2012

With the Nov. 6 election right around the corner, let’s gather Oct. 29 at the U-M Detroit Center to talk about how we can make government more effective for all. Seating is limited.

Detroit, Urban Leadership, Woodward Avenue

Downtown Detroit

Detroit's new bicycle economy

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Ideas for a non-motorized future are rolling forward, cycling businesses are forming and improving the quality of life. This looks like another "wow" Detroit enterprise trend gaining traction. Dennis Archambault reports from the fast lane.

Detroit, Development, Entrepreneurs, Green, Sustainability, Tours, Transformational change, Transit

Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Central Woodward-Boston Edison, Corktown

Detroit Revitalization Fellow: Matteo Passalacqua

Jay Walljasper Tuesday, October 09, 2012

A real estate manager and developer for the Vanguard Community Development Corporation, Matteo Passalacqua believes in the future of Detroit's North End. Jay Walljasper makes the introductions.

Detroit, Urban Leadership, Wayne State University

UIX people and projects: Rebecca Salminen Witt and Greening of Detroit

Tunde Wey Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Rebecca Salminen Witt is president of Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit whose mission is to guide and inspire others to create a greener city through planting and educational programs, environmental leadership, advocacy, and community building.

Detroit, Development, Green, Social innovation, Sustainability, Transformational change

Publisher's notebook: Pop-up culture and the new wave of walkable retail

Claire Nelson Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Detroit's Village people, envied for their gorgeous homes a stone's skip away from the river, have long wished for their own retail district. Good things are starting to develop this fall, there and in other key neighborhoods, says Claire Nelson.

Development, Entrepreneurs, Redevelopment, Reuse / Rebuild, Small Business

Midtown, The Villages, Corktown

All eyes on the ArtPrize

Tommy Allen Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Detroit artistry was a clear winner at the 2012 version of ArtPrize, held this past weekend in Grand Rapids. Tommy Allen was on the scene taking notes and pictures, and meeting creative neighborhood catalysts, Gina Reichert and Mitch Cope.

Arts, Detroit, Museums, Reuse / Rebuild

UIX people and projects: Kelli Kavanaugh and Tour de Troit

Tunde Wey Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Kelli Kavanaugh is co-director of the annual Tour de Troit and co-owner of retail bicycle shop, Wheelhouse Detroit. She believes that non-motorized transportation is the future of the Motor City. So do we.

Detroit, Shop Local, Social innovation, Social Networking, Sustainability, Transit

Neighborhood lights: Organizers talk about Midtown's DLECTRICITY

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Six years in the making, this festival will literally light up the cultural center this weekend with visual and audio delights. Marc Schwartz, Marsha Miro and Sue Mosey sneak us a preview in this Q&A with Walter Wasacz.

Arts, Detroit, Museums, Nightlife , Placemaking, Wayne State University, Woodward Avenue, Woodward Avenue Lifestyle

Midtown

Transportation Speaker Series recapped

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Both rooms at Great Lakes Coffee were standing room only for last week's panel discussion on transportation and business development. Walter Wasacz found a spot against the wall, where he took in one smart, dandy conversation.

Detroit, Transit, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Leadership, Woodward Avenue, Woodward Avenue Transit-Oriented Development

Midtown