During the Super Bowl, the city shined like never before; lights beamed from skyscrapers, and people packed the streets. The game’s over, but the downtown scene gets more vibrant all the time, giving people more reasons to get out and explore this urban playground. Here are Model D's guides to visiting, opening a business in and moving to downtown Detroit.
The Society of Automotive Engineers brings its annual meeting and exposition to Detroit this week, and it promises to generate some excitement for the first time in several years.
Pistons' president and star Joe Dumars was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Starting later this month, a bus company will offer a cheap way to travel between Chicago and Detroit.
Bareroot tree seedlings and small bareroot trees and shrubs are available through county conservation districts and nonprofits like Global ReLeaf and the Greening of Detroit.
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says after his budget address April 12 he will announce a plan to attract businesses to the city that will involve Roger Penske and others who helped make Super Bowl XL a success.
Greening of Detroit has planted 44,669 trees since its inception in 1989 with the help of thousands of volunteers who go to city parks and other locales to plant on the weekends.
Roger Penske told his business peers recently that he was devoted to “continuing the momentum” of Detroit’s revival, and the next big project should be a modern transit system.
Detroit is looking to Washington for inspiration in creating a Business Improvement District in the city, in which downtown businesses would be taxed to raise money for street cleaning, landscaping and other downtown improvements.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is at the forefront of a national trend that's turning museums into people-friendly places.
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