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So this is yet another hip-hip-hooray story about Detroit retail? Well, yes and no. That a national chain with a reputation for steady, smart franchise growth like Ben & Jerry’s has chosen to locate in Detroit is important. But more importantly, perhaps, is how they’ve chosen to do it.
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"...If it weren't for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, we might not be celebrating the 304th birthday of Detroit's founding on July 24."
"After seven years away from Detroit, Ann Lang is struck by how much better downtown looks and feels than it did in 1998, the year she decamped for Colorado."
Redevelopment project expected to generate more than $10.7 million in private investment and create 100 new jobs.
"Detroit residents are trying to cash in on Super Bowl tourists by renting their homes for thousands per day."
An organization, the article reports, whose "mission is to improve the lives of children by improving their homes, schools and their neighborhoods through supporting activities during non-school hours" has been giving millions of dollars to improve Detroit schools.
East Detroit's flock of junior sailors and their parents are carrying the torch for the city's historic river recreation legacy. Bayview Yacht Club—host of the international annual Detroit to Macinack Island sailing race set for July 23--celebrates its 90 th birthday this year, while the Detroit Yacht Club across the river on Belle Isle checks in at a grand ol' 137 years old and the nearby Detroit Rowing Club traces its roots back some 175 years.
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