The rapid increase and persistent issues of Detroit’s art gallery scene
In recent years, there's been a proliferation of art galleries in Detroit. While that's mostly been a positive, it does come with some caveats.
Patrick Dunn's Latest Articles
Local coffee shop gives back to Mexican farming town
Not only did Cafe Con Leche's owner and in-house roaster visit the town where their coffee is grown, they also decided to give back a percentage of each bag of coffee they sell to those same farmers.
Your 2016 guide to the new and next on Metro Detroit’s trails
Metro Detroit is home to over 1,000 miles of trails—with even more being planned and built every year. Here's what to expect as you plan your next non-motorized adventure.
Invasives, beware! Michigan gets organized about fighting exotic species
The collaborative approach to fighting invasive species is—pardon the pun—growing like a weed in Michigan. Find out how we stand a better chance of eradicating nature's monsters through collaboration.
These Detroit-area journalists are breaking big stories…without the backing of major news outlets
These guys aren't playing by the rules of traditional journalism. They're re-writing them.
Could one of these metro Detroit food startups be the next Garden Fresh?
Ferndale salsa maker Garden Fresh recently sold to Campbell's Soup Co. for $231 million. Could one of these three businesses be the next big story out of metro Detroit's food economy?
Blossoms against blight: Hamtramck’s Flower House opens this weekend
Event planner Liz Andre-Stotz was a little surprised last year when her florist friend Lisa Waud called her and several others with a "crazy idea": buying a house for the express purpose of filling it with flowers.
Nowhere to go but up: Growing metro Detroit’s tree canopy
After being battered by Dutch elm disease and then emerald ash borers, the number of trees in metro Detroit and Michigan's other urban centers has nowhere to go but up. And groups around the region are helping accelerate that growth.
While it builds out a home in Detroit, Katoi gets up and running in Ann Arbor
Katoi, a Thai eatery which started as a Detroit food truck, recently opened a brick-and-mortar location in Ann Arbor while a permanent Detroit restaurant is under construction.
Detroit Grease moves from Ann Arbor to Detroit to grow waste oil conversion business
Detroit Grease collects waste oil that is turned into either biodiesel fuel or feedstock. The company recently moved from Ann Arbor to Detroit's Recycle Here! complex.
