Whiskeys on the Water

Secret food tour: All the best Downriver eats (and drinks) you’ve never heard of

Downriver. It’s like some secret community of food destinations nobody wants you to know about (but they totally do).

Julie Ribaudo.
Infant mental health programs create better futures for little Michiganders and their parents

Most people don’t really think about infant mental health until they notice its absence – but the difference can be stark to the observer and life-changing for the infant.

Mobility Moments Podcast: Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Michigan Automotive Caucus

Michigan Senator Malloy McMorrow is learning firsthand about the challenges of being a plug-in electric vehicle owner. Discover what she's doing to help cover the state with a robust charging infrastructure and create a prosperous automobility economy, Pure Michigan style.

Grand opening for Rebel Nell, York Project retail space set for Aug. 22

Sharing similar values of empowering Detroiters through workforce development, mission-driven businesses team up on new retail space.

More than $1.7M in grants awarded to organizations working to improve the daily lives of Detroiters

The grants are intended for organizations working to help Detroiters through programs fostering economic and community development, safe and just neighborhoods, a better built environment, and more. The Detroit-based foundation grants approximately $7 million to such organizations each year.  

Jessica Robinson, executive director of the Michigan Mobility Institute, says a multidisciplinary approach is key to our future workforce.
Michigan Mobility Institute begins crafting curriculum in partnership with Wayne State University

The institute's executive director says the process of creating a first-of-its-kind Master of Mobility degree is "well underway."

Derrick Adams comes to get his shoes shined around every other month at Reflections, and he has been a customer of Boggon’s for 40 years.
Jazz revival: Bringing back Red’s Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor in North End

North End leaders are working to bring back a legendary spot that once played host to the likes of Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson and honor legacy of shoe shine owner.

Mark Crain
How a cross-cultural coalition is making a ‘Dream of Detroit’ real in one Motor City neighborhood

Dream of Detroit, which has roots in the city's Muslim community, is combining community organizing with housing and land development to revitalize a west-side neighborhood.

Vittoria Valenti.
Profiles in mobility: How 3 metro Detroiters found rewarding careers in the industry

Their job duties range from overseeing a county's traffic operations to promoting alternative commutes, but their paths into the industry were somewhat unconventional.

Bernadette King, a 29-year veteran of the Henry Ford Health System where she coordinates special projects, first brought her love of hooping to others a decade ago as part of a "recess at work" program. Photo by Nick Hagen.
Fitzgerald resident hula hoops for fitness, bringing the community along with her

With hula hoops, bubbles, music, and a big smile, Bernadette King is bringing back an old form of exercise to her Fitzgerald neighborhood.

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