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Community Development Advocates of Detroit propose comprehensive land use strategy

Model D TV: Detroit Restaurant Week Edition

17 Restaurants and only six days left. Where will you eat During the city's inaugural Restaurant Week? Model D TV has visited several of the 17 restaurants feature. Check them out before you head out this week. And see where other readers are going on our Facebook discussion page.

Time: The Detroit Blog – A speical Time Inc. project

Time Inc.'s interest in Detroit has been well documented so far. But, in case you missed it, the big media machine has bought a house in East English Village and will set up shop there for a year to cover Detroit and all that it brings - both negative and positive. In this week's In The News we have a piece up written by the New York Times, as well as a mention in the Tweet of the Week. However, is a direct link to the Time Inc.'s Detroit blog. Track their work as they track ours.See the blog here.

MDOT building new Transportation Service Center on Fort St.

Putnam Weekley: The Detroiter Who Ate (and Drank) Everything

On the eve of the culinary event of the year -- Detroit Restaurant Week -- foodie and wine connoisseur Putnam Weekly of Southwest Detroit talks about the state of good eats in the city.

Greening of Detroit’s new logo reflects its broadened scope

Iridescence: A Rock Star in Detroit’s 4 Diamond Kitchen

Think of this as a little appetizer for Detroit Restaurant Week. Foodie Nicole Rupersburg goes ga-ga as she interviews one of her local culinary idols, Don Yamauchi of Iridescence.

24HRS: Detroit — From Next American City and Model D

Next American City asked Model D to map out a Detroiter's day in the city. We tracked community development star, businesswoman and bike enthusiast Karen Gage. Read the story, which also appears in this month's NAC magazine.

Sports come through for Detroit in the clutch, NYTimes says

When times are tough sports seem to come through, especially in Detroit, NYTimes writer says.Excerpt:In 1968, when I was young, Detroit was in shambles. Its soul had been wrenched open the summer before by riots that pitted angry black residents against a mostly white police force. The city’s newspapers were on strike. Auto industry leaders were beginning to worry about a threat posed by the Japanese.Only one thing kept the city together, or so it seemed: the Tigers.On the beaches of its metropolitan parks and in the kitchens and backyards of homes across Michigan, like the one where I grew up, we heard the voices of Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane broadcasting the play-by-play on WJR-AM and its sister stations.When the Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, we were all united in more than just delight. The community, young and old, needed the success for spiritual reasons as much as for the sheer pleasure of seeing a sports team prevail.Read the entire article here.