House OKs bill to cut Detroit homestead millage rate
The state House on Thursday unanimously approved three bills amending the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act to allow Detroit and other Michigan communities to cut taxes for qualifying residents.
$15 million Detroit Transportation Center to be named after Rosa Parks
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Wednesday announced that the new downtown Detroit transportation center would be named in honor of Rosa Parks.
Behind the Bricks: Lofts Exposed
Lofts are hot. No doubt about it. They are like urban-living magnets, attracting young professionals and suburbanites back to the city’s core, with their exposed brick walls, historic facades and high ceilings. But what makes a loft a loft and not just a condo or an apartment?
Day of the Dead Comes Alive
El Dia de los Muertos – or Day of the Dead — is becoming a big deal in Mexicantown. Thousands of visitors – including more than 600 schoolchildren – will come by the busload to see the vibrant displays and to buy skulls made of sugar, breads shaped like bones and countless other delights made especially for the traditional two-day celebration of the dead.
The world mourns in remembrance of Rosa Parks
In the halls of Congress, the churches of Montgomery, Ala., and living rooms and museums throughout Metro Detroit, people are saluting and remembering the late Rosa Parks.
Developers, nonprofits come together to revive East Side
Several organizations are working together to revitalize Detroit’s East Side and reduce social and physical contrasts across Alter.
