Downtown leaders hear ideas for creating ‘Next Detroit’

Detroit’s development community heard from experts, officials and business leaders last week who echoed the same theme: Downtown’s renaissance is under way and the energy afforded the Super Bowl preparation […]

Corktown, New Center to teach neighbors about state’s Cool Cities opportunities
$2.1 million rehab of Lithuanian Hall under way in Southwest
Pangborn, Porcher, Stancato among Crain’s 51 powerbrokers

Among Crain's honorees for the 51 most powerful metro Detroiters are Dominic Pangborn of Pangborn Design, Robert Porcher of Southern Hospitality Group, and Shirley Stancato of New Detroit, Inc.

Suburban, state and city leaders need to operate as a region

Columnist Rochelle Riley writes: Detroit's next generation of leaders knows it: They're buying lofts in the Woodward corridor and waiting to reserve condos along the revived riverfront. ... And for goodness' sake, let's talk to each other -- like people who all want the same thing, a city the nation no longer points to and shakes its head.

Motown filmmakers represented in East Lansing, Ann Arbor festivals

Detroit-area filmmakers are represented at both the Ann Arbor and East Lansing festivals.

Historic African-American church in Greektown turns 170

Second Baptist, Michigan's oldest African-American church, turns 170 on March 23.

Belle Isle gardening event to feature speakers, vendors, demos

The Belle Isle Botanical Society and the Association of Professional Gardeners, in cooperation with the Detroit Recreation Department, are sponsoring a spring gardening conference.

Super Bowl visitors’ spending tops $274 million

The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates visitors spent $274 million during the Super Bowl.

SBXL program brings in $10.1 million in contracts for up-and-coming businesses

The Super Bowl XL Host Committee says its emerging-business program generated $10.1 million in spending through 300 contracts — the most in the program’s history.

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