Opened in 2010, the four-story residential complex at 6221 Brush has 150 apartments and over 11,000 square feet of common area and commercial space, with plans to develop a small park immediately north of the building. Dennis Archambault reports from New Center.
Art, farms, and community engagement are helping revitalize a neighborhood snuggled between Midtown, New Center, Boston-Arden Park and Hamtramck. Dennis Archambault reports on what's next for the old North End.
This unique New Center company has 20 employees for watch assembly, and its bicycle division expects to produce 2,000 bikes annually. Leather goods will also be produced. Dennis Archambault gets the grand tour.
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.
As a state legislator, Paul Hillegonds gained a reputation for seeking old-fashioned compromise among his peers. Now he's doing the same in Detroit, working with the ACLU of Michigan on racial equity issues. Profile by Dennis Archambault.
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.
There are many dead zones in Detroit. One of them was the block between The Max M. Fisher Music Center and the Majestic Theatre on Woodward Avenue. Dennis Archambault shines a light on why we're talking about it in the past tense.
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.
Establishing a sustainable and vibrant market for local food is a challenging mix of production, distribution, community engagement and entrepreneurship. Dennis Archambault wanders Detroit's Eastern Market and finds it expanding into a regional food hub, and much more.
Lending philanthropic and organizational support to one of the nation's most unique green spaces just got stepped up several notches with the creation of the Belle Isle Conservancy. Dennis Archambault reports there is synergy in the air and the promise of restorative efforts to come.
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