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Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April not only means baseball is back for another season. It's also the spring version of Detroit Restaurant Week, 10 days of lovely food and drink options at 19 premier locations. Food specialist Noelle Lothamer sets the table.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
In the last few years, there has been a visible influx of creatively based, high growth businesses opening in, moving to or setting up an office in the greater downtown Detroit area. Jon Zemke tracks the exciting progress in this special report.
Matthew Lewis
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Race relations top the list of issues that need absolute real talk. There are many who believe Detroit can be a leader in building cooperation and harmony as we rebuild the city. Matthew Lewis reports from a room filled with plenty of believers.
Tunde Wey
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Leor Barak is the driving force behind the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, which has a mission to connect Jews and non-Jews to each other -- and to Detroit. Tunde Wey of UIX has the story.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Jay Hack walks everywhere he needs to go downtown, for food and drink, for religious services, for sporting events - though his business is in the suburbs, where most of his friends remain. Dennis Archambault reports from the tower.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Some of us traveled, some of us got cozy with a book or two, others ventured downtown to see the glittering, metal 'D" drop on New Year's Eve. Now we're all ready to rock Detroit anew for 2013, says Walter Wasacz.
Model D staff
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Right on time for the holiday season, join us Monday, Dec. 17, 6 p.m. at Cliff Bell's downtown to hear from Detroit proprietors who are known for their stellar customer rapport and inviting spaces.
Model D staff
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Hark! 'Tis the season to show your loved ones just how much you care. 'Tis also a great time to show some city love by spending your dollars locally. We came up with a list of some cool retailers where your love will go a long way.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Jay Walljasper tours Detroit through the eyes of the revitalization fellows he's profiled and comes back with an up close and personal look at the city.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Jay Walljasper introduces us to Katy Wyerman, who combines a planning and economics background in her job at Non-profit NextEnergy, which supports the City of Detroit with implementation of green technologies.
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.
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.
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.
Model D staff
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Organizers from Paxahau Productions and Model D are once again combining on a Detroit Restaurant Week promotion that is simply too fine to ignore.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
In our latest installment in a series of stories on a group of scholars, doers and makers in Detroit here to make a difference, Jay Walljasper profiles, well, a bunch of people with a growing attachment to this fascinating place.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
In only its second year, the Detroit Design Festival has become one of the city's top must-see, must-do happenings. That sounds great, but organizers Matt Clayson and Melinda Anderson tell Walter Wasacz its longterm potential is even greater.
Laura Hogikyan
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Laura Hogikyan attends Harvard College, where she studies the classics. This summer, she studied the classic Detroit experience at downtown's D:hive.
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Veronica Grandison
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Model D takes its annual Labor Day break next week, right on time to spend our weekend at the ever-fab Detroit Jazz Festival. Writer Veronica Grandison started getting excited months ago.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Recent graduates of the IT in the D training program are ready to hit the ground running developing sofware and exploring entrepreneurship possibilities. Jon Zemke made it to the ceremony and came back with some tasty testimonials.
Denise McGeen
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Cobo Center's $300 million renovation project is well under way. We take a look at long overdue infrastructure upgrades that are cutting costs and energy consumption while also transforming Cobo into a model for efficiency.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
We asked for more coffee and, well, we got it. It's brewing in Corktown, downtown, Midtown and Hamtramck. And we know there is room for more. Noelle Lothamer comes up with a tasty list of recent openings (or soon to open).
Claire Nelson & Tony Eggert
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The "hive" was buzzing with ambitious doers leading everything from youth programs to community art projects to startup businesses and micro-lending programs. Impressive crowd, says Claire Nelson. Tony Eggart was there with his camera.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Entrepreneurship isn't what it used to be. The scene today is explicitly about social engagement and collaborative leadership. This special report finds examples in three key Michigan places where new models for growth are being created and nurtured.
Matthew Piper
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Drawn to being part of growing, active communities, and to a life that’s more about giving back than getting ahead? Well, budding entrepreneurs and social innovators, Matthew Piper says D:Hive can take you where you need to be.
Denise McGeen
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Detroit was the first major city to have a publicly owned transit system. If the Detroit Bus Company succeeds, it may also be the first to offer a viable privately owned alternative.
Model D staff
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Detroit creatives, join us tomorrow (June 27) for our speaker series at D:hive, where you'll meet innovative people and learn about cool projects they're taking to the next level. Register now. Space is limited.
Jacob Mendel
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
We were there. You were there. It seemed like the whole world was there to dance the weekend away at Hart Plaza. OK, we exaggerate. Only about 107,000 people were there (a new record, by the way). So was video producer Jacob Mendel.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
While electronic dance music is the primary focus of Movement weekend, it's not the be all and end all for Paxahau, the promotions team behind the festival. Walter Wasacz takes a look at what else they're up to.
Model D staff
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Detroit summer party season unofficially kicks off with the Movement Festival, produced and promoted by our friends at Paxahau. We'll be there May 26-28 and so can you. Find out how inside.
Leah Johnson
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Being your own boss means being responsible. Two films were shown last week honoring two Detroit businesses, Avalon International Breads and City Living Detroit, that are all about leadership and responsibility. Leah Johnson was there taking notes.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Over 1,000 crazy fans went nuts at Cass Tech Saturday night for the Detroit City Football Club's inaugural match with AFC Cleveland, a natural Great Lakes rival. Marvin Shaaoni was there dodging raindrops with his camera.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Behind every start-up entrepreneur is a risk-tolerant investor. In Detroit, that’s likely to be the Detroit Development Fund, which has provided loans for small businesses like Astro Coffee and Good Girls Go to Paris. Dennis Archambault adds up the details.
Susan Sheppard, State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The conference included three days of speaker sessions by a diverse range of researchers and scholars, with several of the sessions related specifically to the history and architecture of Detroit.
Frank Arvan
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Frank X. Arvan, president of the Detroit chapter of the American Institute of Architects, aims to get a lively discussion going on design each month. Please join in, the more robust the merrier.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Every six months Detroit has a food party. No, make that a fine dining and drinking festival featuring dozens of restaurants in the greater downtown area. Noelle Lothamer says 'bon appetit!' and previews two hotspots filled with culinary fun.
Claire Nelson
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Getting the right look for our new HQ was important. So we went with old new stuff. Or is it the other way around? Let Claire Nelson tell us how we furnished our new pad and what it takes for you to do the same.
Matthew Piper
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Erik and Israel Nordin are spreading a contemporary urban look around the region. It begins with gritty industrial processes that are characteristically Detroit, but ends in objects that are graceful, smooth and personal. Matthew Piper gets an eyeful.
Francis Grunow
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
There seems to be growing understanding that the state will not improve until the state’s most important city and region improves. We're talking about Detroit, of course, a critical spoke in the public transit wheel. Francis Grunow takes on the issue with a carrot and stick.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
We started talking about "gazelles" and ended up meeting a panel filled with them at last week's Model D Speaker Series. Seven young entrepreneurs talked about why they started up their businesses in Detroit -- and why you could be next. Walter Wasacz took digital notes.
tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Model D startup editor Jon Zemke asked the right questions and seven panelists who are behind six growing businesses had all the right answers. Video producer Tom Hendrickson came back with some moving pictures.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"Just. Good. Food." That might be Colors Detroit motto, but Noelle Lothamer makes a persuasive case that the new downtown restaurant is much more than that. It's part of a new enterprise model that promotes diversity and treats workers with the respect they deserve.
Model D staff
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Join Model D Wednesday at the newly renovated M@dison Building, home to Detroit Venture Partners and a growing family of companies, for a conversation about getting from startup to second stage. Registration begins now.
Claire Nelson
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Lights, camera and plenty of film and video action has publisher Claire Nelson going to screenings at museums and alternative retail spaces or finding the works on YouTube and Vimeo. Good thing for us she collected all the links and put them in this story. Enjoy the show.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Literally minutes after Model D TV producer uploaded this video to Vimeo, it was making its rounds around the web. That's just the way we like it. Seems everyone wants to take a peek inside the rehabbed Madison building. If you haven't seen it already, go for it.
Sarah F. Cox
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Newcomers to Detroit share many of the same growing pains, says Sarah F. Cox, a 2011 transplant from Brooklyn. But the kindness of strangers pointing people in the right directions helps to overcome the disorientation of being in a strange new land. Just remember, everyone: you're welcome.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
In 2011, the food scene began to sizzle all over town: Eastern Market, downtown, Midtown, Corktown, Mexicantown and in the underground. Check out this Marvin Shaouni slideshow again and begin thinking about what's next for 2012. Salut, Detroit.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Noelle Lothamer spent the balance of 2011 discovering new food and drink businesses in Detroit--and enjoying every morsel. Here is her recap of a great culinary year along with a few sneak previews of more good times to come.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
It was a tough topic handled from all angles with vigor and "emotional intelligence." Not everyone agreed Detroit is experiencing gentrification but it's a good bet all can agree it's a subject worth the deep dive. Well done, everyone.
Joe Posch
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
A centerpiece of Model D's Next Big Thing bash last month was the Hatch Detroit retail contest. We had four finalists, all worthy of winning a chunk of startup change. Joe Posch tells us in his own words how thrilled he is that Hugh was chosen and talks about planning for his physical space.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
While the memory of the Next Big Thing is still fresh, we thought we'd hit you one more time with some splendid moving pictures of this splendid event at downtown's Whitney Building. Roll that camera, Tom Hendrickson.
Vince Keenan
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
The two-year charter revision process has been one of the most open and transparent efforts Detroit has ever seen, writes Vince Keenan. Now it's time to cast your vote on Proposal C.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
From beginning of the night until the end, one word described the scene at downtown's Whitney Building: Wow. Over six hours we celebrated six years of publishing, 300 issues of Model D, and all you emerging social innovators and outside-the-box creatives. Well done, Detroit, well done.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A million little things, brought together by communication and collaboration, is what the future looks like to us. It runs on energy made of ideas, action and participation. Join us Friday at the David Whitney building to see where you fit in.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Jerry Paffendorf is an idea man. Not the typical idea man with grand ambitions and little execution who thinks his ideas would be great for other people. Paffendorf actually turns his dreams into reality. Jon Zemke asks all the right questions.
Francis Grunow
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Magnificent when it was built nearly 100 years ago, magnificent the David Whitney building remains today, a testament to enduring Detroit modernism. Francis Grunow sets the historic scene for Model D's Next Big Thing event this Friday, Oct. 21.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Our October Speaker Series featured a conversation with national land-use strategist, developer and Brookings Institution fellow, Christopher Leinberger. Was it good? Better than that. Walter Wasacz taps out notes on his iPad.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Our food specialist Noelle Lothamer visits three dining rooms in three nights and comes away impressed with the results. Read all about it, savor the memories via Marvin Shaouni's images -- and begin thinking about next spring's DRW.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Detroiters like to go out, and most of us crave new, quirky, creative spots to explore. Video producer Tom Hendrickson knows where to look to find what's next. He brings us a little taste of the growing number of cultural amenities in this Model D TV episode.
Claire Nelson
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
These ideas, both real and imagined, demonstrate the importance of public space -- not just for a "pretty" city, but for a city that values civic engagement and the exchange of ideas. Claire Nelson reports from the margins.
Ashley Woods
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
These four panelists say they came to do various kinds of business in Detroit with eyes wide open and because they want to matter. Now they are changing the entrepreneurial landscape, one idea, one action at a time. Inspired, Ashley Woods reports.
Sarah F. Cox
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
They're coming from New York, and from Ann Arbor and the 'burbs, to live in downtown Detroit. They're coming for the food, making friends in elevators, walking to ballgames and begging for more coffee. Sarah F. Cox meets three of the hundreds of new residents choosing a vertical lifestyle.
Model D staff
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Everything you needed to know about Detroit Restaurant Week but were afraid to ask is right here, along with a chance to still win a $50 gift certificate from Model D and Paxahau. We have one more week for this tasty promotion.
Model D staff
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The eight-day design festival will feature lectures, exhibitions, fashion shows, workshops, interactive installations, art battles, studio tours, and performances at 50 different venues across Detroit. Can you feel all that energy coursing through the city grid? We can.
Model D staff
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Imagine a million little things making a big difference in Detroit. We like to think of ourselves as advocates for making that happen. Tickets are moving fast. You have less than a week. Get yours now.
Audrey Armitage
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
This month's Model D Speaker Series took on the topic of Detroit music and, for a solid two hours, the conversation was turned up to 11. Audrey Armitage reports from the dance floor.
J. Anton Blatz
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
It's mid-summer in the city and J. Anton Blatz and Rene Wymer are staying hot by hanging out with the Roosevelt Park Conservancy, Single Barrel Detroit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and other DIY movers, shakers and crowdfunders. Go on, we dare you to read this month's amped-up adventures and try to keep up.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Startup editor Jon Zemke jumps on what could be the story of the summer: the rapid-fire redevelopment of lower Woodward Corridor skyscrapers and other prime real estate. News is breaking seemingly every day off the desk of point person Dan Mullen, who sits down with Model D to tell us what could be next.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
No community-based project is too small for this unique, independent downtown firm, which combines market research with urban planning and economic growth strategies. Dennis Archambault gets inside the matrix to show us how it all gets done -- and what it must do to keep the innovative work going.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
As hundreds of people lined the downtown course, competitive racers of all ages zipped around city streets from Saturday morning until late afternoon. Marvin Shaouni brought his camera and came back with some speedy images.
Audrey Armitage and Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
A crush of people, ideas, lively discussion and robust debate were all part of our Speaker Series event last week at downtown's Park Bar. Our summer intern Audrey Armitage was there taking copious notes and filed this recap along with managing editor Walter Wasacz.
Model D staff
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
After the massively successful Motor City Pride and march we keep the heat turned up with our next next speaker series event on Gay Detroit. It's tonight at downtown's Park Bar. And there is an afterglow, doggy style. Sign up now.
Ashley C. Woods
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Getting around the city by cycling is not just fun or exercise. It's a practical transportation option that is gaining traction in the erstwhile Motor City. We had a great discussion about it with a number of experts. Ashley Woods reports from curbside.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
When nearly 100,000 people came to Hart Plaza to party the Memorial Day weekend away, Model D photographer Marvin Shaouni was there with his camera, documenting the dancing, the DJs -- and the Dirtbombs. Eh, how many days left until Movement 2012?
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Movement, Detroit's massive electronic music festival, fires up this weekend at Hart Plaza. Model D's Jon Zemke talks to the man whose promotions and production team has been helping sustain the techno nation since the 1990s.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
One of the world's largest outdoor dance music events hosts over 100,000 people, spins off into dozens of off-site parties and activates downtown commerce besides. It's crazy fun and not to be missed says Walter Wasacz, who's attended every festival since 2000.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Producer Tom Hendrickson went searching for hot properties along the Woodward Corridor and came back with some beauties. Looking for a place to rent or, better yet, buy? Turn on Model D TV and behold the growing number of options.
Model D staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Detroit summer party season unofficially kicks off with the Movement Festival, produced and promoted by our friends at Paxahau. We'll be there May 28-30 and so can you. Find out how inside.
Rapid Growth staff
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
A busload of people came from the other side of the state to check out high-octane activity that included ArtX, Rust Belt to Artist Belt conference and Detroit Restaurant Week. Did our colleagues from sister pub Rapid Growth have fun? Did they ever.
J. Anton Blatz
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Our pseudonymous comrades roam the city in search of rare grooves, exceptional art, 21st century development on a 19th century block and try to find ways to get 90-year-old freight elevators to work again. Take it away, Blatz and Wymer.
Model D staff
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
The group's vision is to be the premier organization that creates
positive perceptions, spurs economic development and cultivates a more
vibrant, energetic Detroit. That's what we want to hear. Sign up to win inside.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
This edition of SimmerD comes to you in living color from the spring edition of Detroit Restaurant
Week. Photographer Marvin Shaouni and writer Noelle Lothamer go on a
whirlwind tour, taking you inside seven of the 18 participating
restaurants to give you a tasty tour of the scene.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Real estate for big ticket clients is jumping right where it should -- in downtown Detroit skyscrapers, old and new. Video producer Tom Hendrickson points his camera where the action is in this new episode of Model D TV.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Our food and drink specialist gets a sneak preview of the next sumptuous 10 days ahead by visiting two Italian kitchens -- one classic, another a relatively newcomer to the culinary scene. We confess getting pangs of hunger seeing "zingy caponata of squash, tomatoes, olives and chunks of garlic" used in a sentence. You too? Bon appetit.
Model D staff
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
From underground to upscale, micro-batch to mass-market, what are the emerging opportunities for Detroit's local food scene? Come to this event tonight with an appetite for knowledge and find out.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Largely reared in the suburbs, young Jews are inspired by cultural and religious history and the promise of building new social networks in the city. Dennis Archambault reports from the intersection of the past and the future.
Ashley Woods
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
This month's event at the Boll Family YMCA downtown was a big hit. Buzz editor Ashley Woods was there with a packed house to take it all 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.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
If you haven't been there yet, well, c'mon, we'll head to MCW with you for some fruity bargains. It's downtown, a block south of Campus Martius on Woodward Avenue. Let's go.
Model D staff
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Detroit is a city of families. With over 80,000 students
enrolled in DPS, and many more in private and charter schools, lots of
kids (and their parents) live here, too. Come to this event, see what the D has to offer you.
J. Anton Blatz
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Creative wintering in Detroit can be fun, writes our pseudonymous cultural reporter J. Anton Blatz, especially if an urban ski crawl and beer-drinking afterglow is in the cards. Let it thundersnow, we say, let it thundersnow.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
This town is having some culinary fun right now -- and we want to be in middle of every kitchen or barroom story we can. Noelle Lothamer brings you the first of what we plan as a series about feeding the insatiable belly of Detroit.
Kim North Shine
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Kevin Borsay and Shawn Santo are pioneers on the local retail scene, combining genuine 313 engagement with pushing the power of the Detroit brand around the world and back again. Kim North Shine reports from the sales floor.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
It's a unique time in Detroit's history. We have a confluence of large-scale structural challenges and a growing tide of DIY creative responses. We have the attention of national media and funders, and a public process underway to re-imagine and re-do the city. But this window of opportunity won't last forever -- how are we seizing it?
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
We're getting away from it all next week to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, and we expect you will be doing the same. To make up for our absence, we tossed together a little FilterD extra to get us through the rough spots. Hint: go see the Gories (pictured) and everything will be all right. Trust us. We'll see you Nov. 30.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
The commercial landscape in Detroit is changing one business at a time. Open City and Model D want to help you get yours planned and up and running in a sweet location. Find out how at our next speaker series event, Nov. 16 at downtown's Cliff Bell's.
Maureen McDonald
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
A series of public forums earlier this fall showed community engagement in passionate action. Mayor Dave Bing's Detroit Works Projects is an ambitious attempt to get city residents and leaders to buy into the city's future. Maureen McDonald reports.
Noëlle Lothamer
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Nearly everywhere we go this week, people are talking about food. When they're not eating it, that is, complemented by various tasty beverages. Detroit Restaurant Week, produced by our friends at Paxahau, features dozens of traditional and non-traditional eateries. Writer Noëlle Lothamer and photographer Marvin Shaouni went to one of each for this scrumptious report.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Greek immigrant Dennis Kefallinos came Detroit as a 15-year-old in the 1960s and made the American Dream come true for himself and his family. He began developing in Greektown and pushed his vision north to the Russell Industrial Center, where Model D's Jon Zemke caught up with him for this live one-on-one chat.
Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Love wine? So does David Armin-Parcells and business partner Mark Szymanski, who have turned that love into a cozy downtown boutique that sells delicious reds and whites at great value. Nicole Rupersburg sips and tells in this report from lower Woodward Avenue.
Terry Parris Jr.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Organizations
like R.E.C. Boyz, Mpowerment Detroit, KICK, LOCS, SPICE, and Ruth Ellis Center; and events like Hotter Than July, Fierce Hot Mess and Macho City are helping to change the social queerscape in Detroit. Terry Parris Jr. reports.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Monday, August 02, 2010
The cards are falling into place to bring light rail all the way down Woodward from downtown Detroit to 8 Mile Road, thanks to a big federal push. If it works as planned, you could be riding the line by 2016.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Which neighborhood will reign supreme in the inaugural Detroit City Futbol League championship, the Copa Detroit? We find out this Saturday, July 31, on Belle Isle. Find out more about the league in this week's Model D TV video. Vuvuzelas optional.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
We love when Model D readers ask questions about Detroit. We receive them all the time via email and our Facebook page so, instead of simply answering them directly, we've decided to share our (ahem) collective wisdom to all in an intermittent feature called 'Ask Model D.' This week, development news editor Kelli B. Kavanaugh takes on egg rolls, cheap places to crash and shopping carts.
Melinda Clynes
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Events like Dally in the Alley, Jazzin' on Jefferson and People's Art
Festival are driven by people's passions, neighborhood
collaboration and community activism. Here's our list of homegrown festivals and events that you don't want to miss this summer.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Yes, we said Ms. DJ. On the eve of Detroit's biggest electronic music party, Model D takes a moment to talk with some of the festival's women DJs about the city, the scene, Movement, and their music.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Monday, May 24, 2010
So what Puccini is not on your iPod, the Michigan Opera Theatre has a place for you. Events like BravoBravo! and the young professionals group C4 aim to get more younger people through the Detroit Opera House doors, and into the city's arts scene.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Monday, May 24, 2010
So what Puccini is not on your iPod, the Michigan Opera Theatre has a place for you. Events like BravoBravo! and the young professionals group C4 aim to get more younger people through the Detroit Opera House doors, and into the city's arts scene.
Megan Pennefather
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Whether it is on foot, by bus or via Segway, Inside Detroit has been showing newcomers, oldsters and out of town tourists a new side of the city. Now the nonprofit is adding human resources intros, a gift shop, music collection and a welcome center to its mission.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Developers and Detroit development officials have big dreams and big hopes for the Capitol Park area downtown. From a restoration of the park to new offices, lofts to places of cultural interest, this could be the city's next development hot spot.
Terry Parris Jr.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Laurent Diemunsch is not a fancy pants, big time real estate mogul. But the French airline employee had a few Euros to invest and saw potential in Detroit. "I can see what this city can become," he says.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
With arts companies already 'living on the knife's edge," as one director put it, Detroit theater companies like Plowshares, Matrix and PuppetART are finding ways to survive and thrive. It's time to get creative, change things up, think viral, and keep telling great stories.
Rachel Harkai
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Detroit cocktail enthusiasts are getting back to roots drinks: bringing old cocktails out of obscurity and giving new drinks a classic twist. We visit several watering holes to find some old-school Detroit drinks and new takes on bar favorites.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Even though winter lasts about 13 months in Michigan, give or take a few, some of the best things in Detroit this winter are only around for a short time. Here are some not to miss.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In this webisode, we visit a new downtown space for teaching, producing, rehearsing and exhibiting the arts -- the Arts League of Michigan's Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Detroit's big running events -- and even those that have participants braving chilly weather -- are growing. But organizers say success isn't just in the numbers.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Hauntingly beautiful music will fill the DIA's Diego Rivera Court this Friday when Christen Lien performs original compositions with her viola, which she plays through a looping machine and other electronic effects. Call it sonic art moderne in one of the world's most distinctive settings. Get all the lovely details inside FilterD, where you'll find lots more to do in the week ahead in metro Detroit.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
How do we know Detroit's the new media darling? Time Magazine is staked out in The Villages, every day the web lights up with a new Detroit story, and, above all, someone made a drinking game about it. So Model D sought out a
collection of journalists -- all from across the pond -- who came here to get the big story. Here's what they found.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
When the Kales Building was rehabbed into apartments downtown, it took the vacant Kresge HQ and transformed a corner of the city. Model D TV takes a look inside.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Next American City asked Model D to map out a Detroiter's day in the city. We tracked community development star, entrepreneur and bike enthusiast Karen Gage. Read the story, which also appears in this month's NAC magazine.
Mariangela Pledl
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (DBRA) has approved
brownfield tax incentive plans for four projects, representing a
potential redevelopment of $19 million in the city of Detroit.
George Jackson
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
They just couldn't wait, so members of the executive team of Quicken
Loans are moving into rental space in Downtown Detroit next spring.
Compuware Corporation is making room for 1700 of them in its new
headquarters building at Campus Martius, in the heart of Downtown.
Malik Goodwin
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has accepted a $100,000 grant
from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Downtown
Urban Revitalization Program to install solar-powered lights to
brighten the facades of several downtown buildings.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Oooh, look at all the pretty tensile structures. The stunning Rosa Parks Transit Center is the subject of this week's Model D TV. Producer/director Tom Hendrickson talks with one of the project's architects about the look and function of the new transit hub.
Ilissa Gilmore
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Internationally known fashion photog Piper Carter has traveled the world with her camera for almost two decades. Family brought her back to Detroit, but once here she's discovered a city far cooler than she expected.
Jeff Wattrick
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Jeff T. Wattrick, the former project manager of The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, says the long-term cost is too high when the city chooses demolition over preservation. The city needs to take the long tail view and has bigger fish to fry in the short-term, he says. We invited him to share his thoughts with Model D this week.
George W. Jackson Jr.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
George Jackson W. Jackson Jr., president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., says the city can have it both ways: preserving historic buildings when it makes sense and building new when the time is right. As Detroiters debate big projects like old Tiger Stadium and the Lafayette Building, we asked him to share his POV with our readers.
Rodd Monts
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ken "Blanks" Harrell had this idea for a show: Bring Detroiters together on air to talk in a positive way about ideas, people, arts and business. He didn't want to just entertain, he wanted to start something bigger, a movement to change the city.
Rachel Harkai
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Brave New Voices gives talented Detroit teens a stage, a mic and an opportunity to find their voices and become part of the city's slam poet scene.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
With crisis comes change, and in Detroit, community development corporations are changing how they do business. In some areas, the neighborhood organizations' missions have shifted more toward what they need most right now: protecting their neighborhoods by fighting off foreclosures and filling vacancies.
Jonathan Quarles
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
A year ago Jonathan Quarles might have wondered how Turin, Italy could have any
lessons for Detroit, Michigan. But, since then, Turin-based Fiat Motors
has purchased a bankrupt Chrysler, LLC. And that alone might be reason to
look closer at an automobile center in Europe.
Tiffini D. Smith
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and its President and CEO George W. Jackson, Jr., recently accepted a Revitalization of the City Award
from Friends School in Detroit. The award spotlights individuals and
organizations improving the quality of life for Detroit residents
through community engagement and economic development.
Tiffini D. Smith
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Rosa Parks Transit Center has opened Downtown to rave reviews from
local media. The Detroit Free Press called the Center "an airy gem,"
based on the visitor-friendly glass and steel building for waiting
passengers and the huge flowing canopies that protect them when they
board their bus. Columnist Jeff Gerritt said, "Its beauty and function
say something important to transit riders: You are respected."
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The timeless face behind many of Detroit's best anything goes dance parties since the early 1990s, Adriel Fantastique is the master of ceremonies for Skintight, Fierce Hot Mess and Family.
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.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Summer's here in the city. We're taking some time off to get out there in the heat and play in Detroit. Check in with
FilterD for hot tips on what to do in the D during the next two weeks. We'll be back refreshed and ready to roll July 14. See you then.
Mariangela Pledl
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
For years, the building on Second Avenue just north of the Fisher
Theatre and former General Motors headquarters was home to a
CBS-affiliated radio and television station. When the commercial
station left, Detroit's public television station moved in. Now, thanks
to some help from brownfield tax incentives, redevelopment opportunities are presenting themselves.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Are out-of-state speculators the only people buying and dilapidated homes the only thing selling in Detroit? Are Detroit real estate agents' fortunes all but lost? Nope.
Chris McCarus
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Michigan’s economy is rooted in the last century. So for clues on how
to modernize, we travel to an even older industrialized place
that's seen the auto industry disappear. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus
reports from the English Midlands.
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.
Terry Parris Jr. and Elaine Labalme
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Well, here we are again. Wings vs. Penguins for the Stanley Cup. Time to check in with our friends -- or, in these times, frenemies -- at Pop City in Pittsburgh and see if they've got anything to cheer about. (Probably not the scores of games 1 and 2. Ha ha.)
Chris McCarus, Marvin Shaouni and Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Why do you stay? What will keep you here? When GLUE asked the question and threw a party in Midtown, Detroit, we stayed around for the answers. Listen, watch and learn.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
We've been talking a lot about biking the city lately (like all of last month's speaker series). So how about 18 miles of just doing it? Hit the city streets with Model D at the Colin Hubbell Memorial Bike Ride on June 20.
Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Detroit is and has long been a pizza town -- nobody does Sicilian style like we do. Ah, but now there's a new crop of gourmet pizza places in the city, challenging and surprising our tastebuds. We brave this new world, for you. Tough job, we know.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Old doesn't mean it can't be green. Many notable buildings and historic rehab projects are taking old spaces and putting in innovative, sustainable systems in them -- from City Hall to the Green Garage.
Jennifer Andrews
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Let the wonks figure out what the young and the restless humans want from their city. What about their best friends? We go to some of the city's top pooches to get the word about the best dog-friendly spots and find out how the city can better meet their four-footed needs.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Dequindre Cut is super cool, and it's just one piece of a whole system of trails, greenways and nonmotorized paths planned in the city. Model D TV talks with one of the people behind the plan, Todd Scott of the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Jason Huvaere makes his passion -- electronic music -- his business. This weekend, the techo entrepreneur and head of Paxahau Event Productions will watch throngs of fellow fans dance and revel at the Movement festival in Hart Plaza. We catch up with him for a few fast questions.
Olga Stella
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The restoration of the Globe Trading Company building in the East
Riverfront District of Detroit took another step forward recently when
the State of Michigan recommended it be placed on the National Registry
of Historic Places.
Malik Goodwin
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Streetscape improvements made over the last four years in downtown
Detroit have been enthusiastically embraced by pedestrian crowds, and
more will be coming later this year. Support from the federal
government's economic stimulus package will enhance plans that were
already in place for significant projects near lower Woodward and
Greektown.
Joe Posch
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
When the Iron Chef invites you for a cocktail, it's wise to say yes. We find out what celebrity chef and new Detroit restaurateur Michael Symon likes in his cocktail glass at his new Book Cadillac restaurant, Roast.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Want more Roast? Check out the Detroit hot spot with Model D TV in this week's video clip.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
We play to win, and we like to watch our teams win. Sometimes with a beer in hand, sometimes with a martini. Sometimes in formal wear, sometimes in jean shorts. OK, never really in jean shorts. Here's the lowdown on your best bets for catching the game.
Megan Pennefather
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
If there's a cocktail to make true walkability, Detroit is low on some ingredients. But new projects and initiatives directed at transit, streetscaping and nonmotorized pathways are aimed at getting more people on their feet in the city.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Detroit Cheers is a new local currency -- the city version of exchanging
grain for flour or darned socks for a loaf of bread. Only it's more
like beer for pizza, or housewares for a bike tune up.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Check out the new 24 Grille -- one of the new restaurants in the Book Cadillac and the subject of this weeks video clip.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Come out to Cliff Bell's for the monthly Open City meeting tonight -- April 21. Mingle with people doing cool stuff in the city, and possibly learn a thing or two. Read on for the deets.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday is Earth Day and Detroit will have its fair share of happenings -- from Green Drinks at the Majestic to a presentation from award-winning scientist and sustainable ecology expert David Suzuki, the city will be abuzz with all things green.
George W. Jackson
Friday, April 17, 2009
In this newsletter you will be reading about how DEGC is helping
property owners along Jefferson Avenue get their buildings ready for
new retail businesses. And how we are helping manufacturers find new
customers outside the auto industry. We also have news about street
improvements and pedestrian amenities along Michigan Avenue and Monroe
Street downtown.
Kenyetta Bridges
Friday, April 17, 2009
In factories all around Detroit and throughout the region, people are
recognizing that the skills that made Detroit the Motor City can be put
to use manufacturing more than cars and trucks. This week, DEGC helped
organize a summit of dozens of those companies to help them win new
business in aerospace, homeland security/defense, medical devices and
wind energy.
Scott Veldhuis
Friday, April 17, 2009
The Detroit Economic Growth Association (DEGA) Finance Committee has
approved up to $89,000 in grants to a new restaurant and an artist's
studio under its Jefferson Avenue Retail Readiness Program. The grants
are expected to generate more than $200,000 in new investment along
East Jefferson.
Jennifer Andrews
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
With the Detroit Music Awards just around the corner, we talk with organizer Howard Hertz, an ambassador, promoter and tireless supporter of the Detroit scene. The entertainment lawyer says the world may recognize the depth of the talent pool here, but many Detroiters don't know just how good we've got it.
Ashley Woods
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
What does falling in love look like? If we've learned anything from Hollywood and romantic comedies, it's not always pretty, easy or perfect, but it's something sweet, sincere and hopeful, and usually stars Kate Hudson. At Model D's April speaker series, we talked to four people who were not born and raised here, but who have fallen for Detroit all the same. Sorry, no Kate Hudson.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
We've got a full house for Model D's speaker series with Next American City this week. Read on for information about the event.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
We have been busy all weekend covering the NCAA Final Four festivities in Detroit. Check out our pics, video, profiles and tweets from all the hoopla (pun intended) downtown. We captured everything from the Duchess Fergie Ferg ruling over the RiverWalk to thousands of hooting Spartan fans going wild on the city streets.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
In a world where offices are out and freelancing is in, Detroit is well positioned when it comes to finding
places to log on and drink up. We did some, um, serious research and found many places
you might not expect offer Wi-FI and grown up drinks.
Kenyetta Bridges, DEGC
Friday, March 27, 2009
AT&T Internet Services, is preparing to open its new $2 million
high-tech call center in downtown Detroit to support its DSL Networking
and Technologies business. The move might be considered unusual because
the telecommunications company is moving an offshore center into
Detroit. The center will support AT&T customers throughout the
United States.
Eric "Dusty" Duistermars, DEGC
Friday, March 27, 2009
When Allen Credit Counseling CEO
Glenn Jungeman called the DEGC's business attraction department he
quickly cut to the chase. He wanted to be in Detroit, and he wanted to
be open within a week. The service-oriented 501-c(3) delivers a
personal touch to the counseling process that is mandated before
bankruptcy cases appear in court.
Malik Goodwin, DEGC
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The City of Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) will open the
Transit Center this summer as part of a $23 million, multi-phased
project funded by the federal government. DDOT's leaders had a bold
vision for this project. They requested project management assistance
from the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC),to help them
deliver that vision and we were honored by the request.
Chris McCarus
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Detroit can transform with creativity, bold ideas, smart planning and transit, say some historians, urban planners and architects who recently sat down with Model D Radio's Chris McCarus.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Iodent Building developer took an old toothpaste factory behind the Fox Theatre and built out beautiful loft apartments, and of course the gorgeous Centaur. The place gets points for location and design. Check it out in this video clip.
Olga Stella, DEGC
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Has your company gotten our call yet? If it's one of Detroit's largest 150 manufacturers, it likely has – or will soon. DEGC's business retention staff expects to talk to every one of those companies in the next few months – and a lot of other businesses as well. If it's a company that could be a good fit for a downtown Detroit office building or industrial area, DEGC's business attraction staff is spreading the facts about why a Detroit location should be on your list.
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
W Industries, a premier value-added fabricator of manufactured products
ranging from defense, aerospace, automotive and industrial sector OEM's
is investing $18.6 million in a 200,000-square-foot expansion at its
manufacturing and headquarters location in the City of Detroit.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
New law allows developers to stack both state
and federal tax credits so they add up to 40 percent of the
project's total cost, creating a huge potential impact on stimulating redevelopment of city's historic building stock.
Lucy Ament
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Owner Zana Smith opened the eye-catching specialty boutique offering an array of clothing, books and music in Harmonie Park in 1984. The secret of her success? She's never been afraid to break out a new, exciting brand.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Model D's Speaker Series is Tuesday, Feb. 17 and is all about finding the best location for your new biz. Sign up now. Space is limited.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Torch With a Twist turns two this week and the red hot celebration is at Cliff
Bell's. Songs, fire breathing, dancing (belly and burlesque) -- it's a
show like no other.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
This week we take look inside the YMCA downtown, with its shiny new equipment, workout areas and many amenities.
Ryan Allen
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Scan the local blogosphere, and you'll see Detroiters have a lot on their minds. Internet scribes dish on the best bars, bands, eats, clubs, clothes and whatever tidbit seems juicy enough to write about.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
The Book Cadillac renovation brought not just a fancy shmancy Westin to downtown, but also some great new bars, restaurants, coffee spots etc. Take a look inside in this week's video clip.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wine. Cheese. Chocolate. Yum. It's all inside Enoteca, a wine bar that overlooks Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit. Hear more about it from the owners -- veteran Detroit restaurateurs -- and peek inside in this Model D TV clip.
Jim Boyle
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
In a Sports Illustrated story now making its rounds on the web, bestselling author, TV personality and Freep writer Mitch Albom writes a defense of Detroit. But he didn't get the
whole story, says West Village resident Jim Boyle. When it comes to Detroit, we're lovers -- not fighters.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The nonprofit Recycle Here! center is slammed with Detroiters unloading their unwanted paper, plastic and glass, but soon many Detroiters will have a curbside option, too. Green could be very "in" in Detroit in '09.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh and Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
It was a big year for Detroit's dining scene. We love celeb chefs and fine dining, but we also love restaurants that are both interesting to the palate and kind to
our budgets. Lucky for us, the '08 had a lot to offer in that department, too. Here are some faves.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
2008 was a big year for Detroit. Photographer Marvin Shaouni offers a retrospective of his masthead images from the year. We've got the big stories (Transit. Film. Tiger Stadium. The Book Cadillac.) as well as the smaller stories, (D'Mongo's. A creperie.). All made this a good year to be in the D.Also note: We're taking a break for two weeks for our annual holiday season ciesta. Model D will return Jan. 6.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Keeping young and talented kids in Michigan, and luring them to Detroit, is part of one U-M grad's mission. Detroit-based Digerati founder Brian Balasia talks with Model D TV.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Stop. Don't go anywhere. Staycations are the big travel, or un-travel, trend. We love this idea. Spend a quality weekend with someone you love in Detroit, and actually go to all those places you were meaning to check out but didn't have time. We offer some ideas on how to make it happen.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Some straight-talk from the man who crunches numbers for Creative Class guru Richard Florida. He shares some thoughts about how a city like Detroit can be the one that pulls away from the pack.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Need to get excited about Detroit? Watch this clip.