Economic Development

Coverage of projects, big and small, and the people who create them, which promote the economic health of a community, including manufacturing, retail, office, and hospitality developments.

Ripple effect: Dutch artists create, stimulate in Detroit’s wide-open spaces

Who better to agitate and navigate Detroit's transition from past manufacturing titan to a future of endless creative endeavor then members of a neo-utopian research team from the Netherlands? Writer Dennis Archambault sees ideas turn to action before his eyes in this report.

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Model D TV: CreateHere rolls out ideas, action at Roosevelt Park

CreateHere, a nonprofit from Chattanooga, Tennessee, crunches good ideas and puts them to work. The group shot up to Corktown for a civic intervention in and and around Roosevelt Park over the weekend. Video producer Tom Hendrickson chased down co-founders Josh McManus and Helen Johnson for this episode of Model D TV.

2 new businesses land in Jefferson-Chalmers commercial district
Model D Speaker Series: Open City

The commercial landscape in Detroit is changing one business at a time. Open City and Model D want to help you get yours planned and up and running in a sweet location. Find out how at our next speaker series event, Nov. 16 at downtown's Cliff Bell's.

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Fortune Mag offers advice on remaking yourself in the Motor City
Southwest Housing Solutions wins $2M grant

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