Featured Stories

Partnerships Create a One-Stop Shop

George W. Jackson Thursday, April 19, 2007

Wouldn�t it be great if there was just one phone number to call to connectto everything you needed to start, grow or move your business into Detroit,into Wayne County, into Southeastern Michigan? Here�s how.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Near East Side, The Villages, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park, Lafayette Park

Hot Houses Revisited

AIA Detroit Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Ah, springtime in Detroit. A perfect time to tag along with AIA Detroit on a tour of its favorite neighborhoods for architecture � from the stately homes of Indian Village to workers cottages in Corktown.

Detroit

New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, The Villages, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park, Lafayette Park

Rethinking Neighborhood

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Neighborhoods are crucial to the redevelopment of regions and cities. Two national experts are in town to share their ideas on what Detroit can do to restore community life and restart the local economy.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Near East Side, The Villages, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park, Lafayette Park

Pitching for a Home Run

George W. Jackson Wednesday, March 14, 2007

With baseball's opening day just around the corner, Detroit already has a development home run downtown and is pitching for several more.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Show Your 'D'

Model D Staff Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Show off the D in a video podcast for the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and you could walk away with a $10,000 prize, and have the video featured on Model D and metromode.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Welcome to the Next Detroit

George W. Jackson Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Detroit is riding a five-year wave of development, says George W. Jackson of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. You can be part of what's become the transformation of an entire city.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Take a Community Survey

Model D Staff Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan wants to learn more about how Baby Boomers are � or want to be � involved in their communities. Click here to take the survey.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Trains to Planes Without Automobiles

Jon Zemke Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Mass transit that brings Detroiters and Ann Arborites together would be wonderful, but maybe even more significant would be a rail link between the two that stops at the airport.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Getting Woodward on Tracks

Jon Zemke Tuesday, January 16, 2007

We dream of cruising Woodward by train. We dream of metro Detroiters setting aside the car keys and commuting on rail. If you look at the numbers, improving mass transit options along Woodward is a no-brainer.

New Center, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, University Commons - Palmer Park

metromode: a voice for the new economy

metromode staff Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Want to find out about high-tech biofuel innovation and super-creative designers in Detroit? Video game creators in Plymouth and biotissue research in Ann Arbor? The new economy is growing in Southeast Michigan, and metromode, a new sister publication to Model D, tells the story.

Detroit

Jefferson East, New Center, Grandmont Rosedale, East Side, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Southwest Detroit, Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Mexicantown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Getting Woodward on Tracks

Jon Zemke Tuesday, January 16, 2007

We dream of cruising Woodward by train. We dream of metro Detroiters setting aside the car keys and commuting on rail. If you look at the numbers, improving mass transit options along Woodward is a no-brainer.

Detroit

New Center, Highland Park, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Families Matter

Meghan McEwen Tuesday, November 28, 2006

These parents are frank. Detroit is not for every family, and it's not quite "easy living." But they've chosen Detroit over the 'burbs � and they talk with Model D about why.

Detroit, Kids

Midtown, Corktown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Visit with a Giant

Maureen McDonald Tuesday, November 28, 2006

For the first time in 17 years, the Palmer Woods home tour will feature one of Detroit's biggest residences � a home that's housed both religious dignitaries and former Piston John Salley.

Detroit, Historic Sites

University Commons - Palmer Park

Community Builders

Maureen McDonald Tuesday, November 21, 2006

For decades, these Detroiters have dug in their heels to perform unpaid, seldom-acknowledged tasks. And they say there's no better way to experience the city and build community.

Detroit

Grandmont Rosedale, Midtown, University Commons - Palmer Park

Model D-troiters: The Blumz Guys

Jennifer Andrews Tuesday, November 14, 2006

University District residents and Blumz shop owners Jerome Raska and Robbin Yelverton have made beautiful flowers part of a vision for a better Detroit.

Detroit

University Commons - Palmer Park

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