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Detroit Bus Company gears up for the launch of its new dynamic transit service

With the Hyper platform, riders hail a ride on a mini-bus through their phones. The system then sends them on efficient routes to their destinations, while also picking up people along the way.

With new mobility options, Detroit goes multimodal

New mobility choices expand our options for getting around safely and efficiently. We take a look at how multimodal transportation has taken off in Detroit over the past decade. 

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Model D and Issue Media group join Michigan Press Association

IMG's membership will more than double the number of online-only news organizations accepted into the 150-year-old organization.

Senior Pastor Terrance J. Rollerson and Pamela Pangborn, executive Pastor at Hope Community Church
The Audacity of Hope: How Hope Church in Jefferson Chalmers aims to right past wrongs

18 years ago, after preaches on racial reconciliation at their previous location were poorly received, Hope Community Church moved to Jefferson Chalmers. The consequences of that move imbues the church's philosophy to this day.

Kelly Vallelunga's Long Valley Farm serves the communities of Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
Michigan hoophouse program benefits farmers, families, and markets

Low-tech by design, the simple hoophouse helps extend the farmer’s growing season. Learn how one Michigan program supports hoophouse farms so growers can stock markets, schools, and institutions with farm-fresh food year round.

Rober B. Smith, CEO of GM, and Detroit Mayor Colman Young at the groundbreaking ceremony for GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly
After the closing of GM’s Detroit plant, what lessons can be learned?

In the 1980s, the city of Detroit used eminent domain to clear a large swath of the Poletown neighborhood for GM to build a new assembly plant. Late last year, it closed. The saga requires us to to ask how Detroiters can make sure big development deals of the future are fair. 

The Hamtramck School Based Health Center.
As Michigan immigrants struggle to get healthcare, nonprofits fill the gaps

Understanding the healthcare system can be difficult for many who grew up in the United States speaking English. But for immigrants, challenges to receiving and understanding good care are exponentially greater.

Shared street on Bagley
City of Detroit unveils plans to revamp 7 neighborhood corridors

Construction on these initial seven designs are expected to begin this spring and be completed in 2020. A request for proposals will be released later this month. 

The former Immaculata High School, closed in 1984, will be renovated to house the new high school in Fall 2020.
Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going

After years of financial challenges, Marygrove recently embarked on a new direction, embracing a cradle-to-career approach to education. But this reinvention wouldn't have been possible without a number of local partners. 

Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez
This DACAmented entrepreneur uses his immigrant experience to uplift minority businesses

Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez started Featherstone Moments, a marketing company, to close the gap in minority business ownership by helping people of color attain resources and capital.

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