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MJ Galbraith

MJ Galbraith is Model D's development news editor. Follow him on Twitter @mikegalbraith.

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Kids at a Wash & Learn event
Pop-up library program celebrates successes with Free Laundry Day at westside laundromat

Libraries Without Borders and their partners are throwing a Free Laundry Day event at Coinless Laundromat on the city's west side on Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 3 to 7 p.m.

Rendering of Treehouse
Live6 shoots for $150K in national competition to restore vacant storefront on McNichols

The Live6 Alliance is hoping to develop a center for the community to build around. It's being called Treehouse, and it's not just a coffee shop; it's going to be whatever the community wants it to be.

Interior of Electric Park Tattoo
Electric Park Tattoo to celebrate Eastern Market grand opening

The new tattoo shop will celebrate its official grand opening with an open house, $60 flash tattoos, and a $200 gift certificate giveaway.

Beer from Eastern Market Brewing Company
Now pouring: Eastern Market Brewing Company officially opens in the market

The new small-batch brewery that opened Oct. 20 is committed to being true to its Eastern Market location.

Rendering of Detroit Parent Collective
Co-working space, co-op pre-school, and childcare: Detroit Parent Collective opens in NW Detroit

Detroit Parent Collective recently celebrated its grand opening in the Live6 district, in a building located across from Marygrove College.

The partners of Century Partners (left to right: David Alade, Kim Dowdell, Andrew Colom)
Neighborhood-focused real estate firm Century Partners to be honored at TechTown awards

What's more remarkable than the speed with which Century Partners has achieved its success is the manner in which they've achieved it—though a holistic approach to neighborhood development.

Site of the future mixed-use development along Gratiot
A new gateway for the Gratiot corridor: Mixed-use development announced for old Joe Muer site

Real-estate firm The Platform is pitching the development as the Gratiot corridor's gateway to downtown Detroit.

Out of the incubator: First-time entrepreneur rolls out on demand in-home health care app

A Detroit-based company has developed a smart phone app that serves as an online marketplace for on demand respite care.

Artistic rendering of the Motown Movement house
Following arson, Motown Movement hopes to raise funds necessary to complete green housing project

Undeterred, the group has once again turned to crowdfunding to bring the project back on track.

Interior of the Planet Ant Hall
Hamtramck performance space and bar turns to crowdfunding for key renovations

Planet Ant and the MEDC have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to help finish and repair Planet Ant Hall. 

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