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Brooklyn's Galapagos Art Space to make new home in Detroit, buys property in Cortown, Highland Park
Monday, December 8, 2014
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On the Avenue of Fashion, small businesses are driving the revival of a neighborhood retail district
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Thursday, December 4, 2014
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TechTown SWOT City spreads opportunity to neighborhood businesses
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Benzinga creates jobs with its move to downtown Detroit
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Source: Model D
Building Hugger finds opportunity in the historic preservation of Detroit structures
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Source: Model D
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Model D Staff
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Businesses work together to draw holiday shoppers to the Villages
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Feature Story
Holiday season brings good tidings of new Detroit bookstores
David Sands
Monday, December 1, 2014
100-year master plan for Palmer Park revealed
MJ Gabraith
Friday, November 21, 2014
Photo and audio exhibition chronicles life in Delray before the bridge
MJ Galbraith
Friday, November 21, 2014
Feature Story
Berliner Dimitri Hegemann to discuss plans for Fisher Body 21 at community talk on Nov. 29
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
After a three-year fight, West Village community garden buys land from city
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
New Midtown co-working space to offer painting classes on weekends
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Skate park campaign suspended as city puts target property up for sale
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Brightmoor residents to open food co-op and community kitchen
MJ Galbraith
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Detroit Development Fund lands $10M for small business lending throughout the city
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Source: Model D
Feature Story
Open City: Crowd Power! to explore the benefits of community investment in small business
Model D Staff
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Feature Story
How teens are helping program the city's premier contemporary art museum
Melinda Clynes
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Brightmoor's Wellspring youth development center to triple in size after securing $400K in funding
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Twenty new 'Little Free Libraries' sprout up across Detroit
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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Source: 83Degrees
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Source: Metromode