Advocacy groups are filling in the gaps and revitalizing green spaces all across this 140-square mile city. New energy is being generated by the Detroit Parks Coalition, which aims to build consensus for actively rebuilding community and neighborhood life.
Gritty futurists Gina Reichert and Mitch Cope are picking up speed -- and fellow travelers and builders -- in their art-meets-neighborhood reinvention project on the Detroit-Hamtramck border. Kelli B. Kavanaugh reports on what's next in the aftermath of worldwide pub for their famous "$100 House."
John Hantz wants to put $30 million over 10 years and create in Detroit what would be the largest urban farm in the world. The plan has critics, but it's also got a lot of people the world over watching Detroit.
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.
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.
We asked a group of teens to share with Model D what they love about their schools and living in the city. We also asked what they'd like to change about Detroit. We share their answers, in their own words.
Especially since Mayor Bing brought it up recently, Detroiters are weighing in on what to do with Belle Isle. A gate with a toll? Make it a Metropark? Leave it be? What's a city with limited resources but a lot of love for its beautiful island to do?
Exploring Detroit by kayak offers an up close look at both the city's architecture and its greener assets -- the rivers and canals, birds and fish. We paddle the East Side and report back.
Need a little beachtime? Head to the city. Just last weekend, hundreds of people splashed through the Detroit River from Belle Isle's beach as part of the Motor City Triathlon. And lots more people take to the island for its clean and clear H2O and sandy shoreline.
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