A Step Toward Transit
A bit of transit news sparks hope in the hearts of those looking for a ride.
Jon Zemke's Latest Articles
Bucks Start Here: Russell Industrial
From high fashion to high-tech, and from white-collar workers to, yes, worm poop collectors, the Russell Industrial Center is hatching all kinds of entrepreneurial aspirations.
Create Your Own Curbside
Concerned citizens are taking it upon themselves to start their own improved recycling program for themselves and neighbors. It's the right thing to do and it often pays for itself.
Buy Detroit, Build Detroit
Avoid the meter maid's boot and save some loot when you shop the city this holiday season.
The 3 R’s in the D
More Detroiters are learning the three R's — reduce-reuse-recycle — prompting private groups and city officials to look at more options to keep refuse away from the big burn.
Midtown Density
Going for an impromptu stroll, visiting friends in the neighborhood or jumping on your bike and riding from your home to the university to teach a class. All of the above is becoming easier to do in Detroit's Midtown.
From Grime to Prime
Buildings are being scrubbed, downtown Detroit is looking cleaner, energy is returning to some of the most impressive skyscrapers the world has known.
Unconventional Wisdom
He's a bestselling author and a scholar who turns logic on its head. Meet "Freak-economist" Steve Levitt, who thrilled hundreds with his theories at a recent talk at WSU, then sat down for a Q&A session with reporters.
Retail Pride
New studies are showing some urban neighborhoods have more buying power than marketing analysts had previously thought. See how one retail strip on Detroit's East Side has been opening eyes for decades.
Model D-troiter: Jerry Belanger
Jerry Belanger admits he's crazy, but sometimes a little mania pays off. In restoring the Park building and opening The Park Bar, he's put a bookend on the emerging bar scene on Park Avenue.
