Michigan Arts League to built new facility in Midtown
The Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center will be built on the corner of John R and Forest, serving as the hub for African-American creativity in Midtown. The facility will […]
Carrier to move jobs to Chicago and Detroit
United Airlines plans to close a Denver-area reservations center and move up to 250 call center workers to offices in Chicago and Detroit.
Salvation Army plans to buy 28 acres on East Side for community center
The Detroit City Council late last week voted unanimously to sell 28.3 acres on the East Side of Detroit to the Salvation Army of Metropolitan Detroit for a new community center.
State offers redevelopment assistance to Brush Park and Midtown developments
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority awarded brownfield-redevelopment assistance for projects in the Melrose and Eddystone Hotels.
Detroit Wants You
Detroit graphic artists are trying to do for Detroit’s image what Uncle Sam, Rosie the Riveter and Chairman Mao did for their causes in the last century. In an exhibition of propaganda posters about the Motor City, more than 50 graphic artists will offer positive messages of city pride.
Uniting Southwest Detroit
Kathy Wendler loves the diversity of Southwest Detroit, where she has led the Southwest Detroit Business Association for more than two decades. Her job involves building a lot of bridges, between neighborhoods and businesses, Hispanics and non-Hispancis and City Hall and Southwest Detroit. In her words, ‘It’s about connecting people and assets and energy.’
Eastern Market Gobbling
For turkey so fresh it had feathers when you picked it out, chestnuts and apples straight from the growers, bread right off the bakery’s shelves and wine and cheese hand selected by experts, forget about the slick suburban mega stores. Head instead to Eastern Market, where the vendors and stores surrounding the market have all any gourmand needs.
Region needs alternatives to highway-centered transit funding
Despite hesitation and opposition from conservative suburban leadership, planners and urban thinkers are saying it's time for metro Detroit to look at improving mass transit as a new economic development strategy.
Online gallery brings art exhibition to Woodward window
If you've walked along Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit lately, you've probably noticed the artwork on display at 1424, the lower level of the Lofts at Woodward Center.
