Development

Master activator: Tony Goldman envisions Detroit as “capital of the experimental”

After a whirlwind three-day exploratory tour of Detroit, we catch up to New York developer-social entrepreneur Tony Goldman back home in his Soho office. Walter Wasacz gets an earful from the self-described street practitioner-urban theorist who has animated big city neighborhoods since the late 1960s.

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On the waterfront: Community life, blue and green economies spur growth in Jefferson East

This far East Side Detroit neighborhood is making strides as a combo commercial-residential area, expanding beyond the business district at Jefferson and Chalmers to include the Conner Creek Greenway, which will extend from the river to 8 Mile when it's completed. Dennis Archambault reports on the progress. 

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Talking about a more global Detroit: Model D Speaker Series in review

A crowd of about 75 people packed Hamtramck Public Library to listen to a panel talk about the importance of making Detroit a more welcoming place for immigrants. News editor Ashley Woods brings back some highlights from this hard-hitting discussion.

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