They say good things take time, and this will. Revising the city's charter could spell great things for Detroit. But what type of change will come of it, and who will make those decisions? Voters, a lot of that is up to you.
The government program, Emerging 200, trains entrepreneurs in an urban environment and Detroit is participating. Excerpt:"We know that small business can play a role in economic recovery," said Jack Bienko, the SBA's deputy director for entrepreneurship education.Each participating E200 business must be headquartered in an inner city, generate $400,000 or more in annual revenue, and be at least three years old. The group's business owners attend classes every other week, which are hosted by officials from local SBA branches or by partner organizations such as chambers of commerce. On the off weeks, the attendees gather for peer-group sessions, at which smaller groups of four or five participants collaborate on class homework and discuss the ups and downs that their businesses face.At the end of the six-month program, E200 participants walk away with a written, three-year growth plan - a helpful document to have handy for entrepreneurs looking for business loans or investors.Read the entire article here.
GM decides to stay and the Warren Mayor Jim Fouts isn't all that happy about it. Says he hopes they aren't staying out of political correctness. Maybe it's about saving a city, Jimmy.Excerpt:General Motors will not abandon its headquarters in Detroit's Renaissance Center as part of its restructuring.President Barack Obama told Michigan's senior members of Congress during a call Sunday night that GM will remain in the RenCen, despite enticements from the city of Warren to move there, a congressional aide briefed on the matter said.Obama called it a "GM business decision," the aide said.Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said his main focus has always been GM's survival. GM would have "saved millions and millions" by moving its headquarters to the Tech Center in lower-tax Warren, Fouts said Sunday night.The mayor said he hopes the decision to remain in Detroit wasn't for the sake of "political correctness," to protect the city's image. "My mantra has been it's not about the image," he said. "It's about saving jobs and saving GM." Read the entire article here.
The third annual ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day takes place Aug. 1 and will allow the neighborhoods from Downtown to Midtown, from the East Side to the West Side, to flaunt what they've been doing to improve their quality of life. Sign up ends June 30 to participate. ARISE Detroit! invites you and your neighborhood to become part of Detroit's newest tradition. For more information and to sign up, visit ARISE Detroit! on the web here or call (313) 921-1955.
Detroit Department of Transportation has unveiled new signage that will give bus riders what they so desperately need -- more information.Excerpt:Over the next four months, Detroiters will see new, larger, color-coded city bus signs that contain route information installed throughout the city, a Detroit Department of Transportation official announced today.The new signs are 50% larger and have the route number, the name, a color relative to the route and the phone number to the DDOT scheduling information center.Passengers will be able to call the number from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and talk with a customer service representative or call outside the hours and receive automated route information.The first sign was installed today on southbound Woodward north of the Woodlawn Cemetery entrance.Read the entire article here.
The word on the Tweet (ha ha ha) was and continues to be Tiger Stadium. It's staying up, it's coming down, some kids think it needs to stay, some kids want to bring it down. Regardless of your position, it's going to be sad to see a giant vacant lot on "The Corner." But, let's not dwell too much. For crying out loud we have to find a Tweet of the Week... So, wading through the Stanley Cup smack talk, more GM news, and, like I said above, Tiger Stadium talk, here are a few runners-up that piqued my interest. @TheMsKellyJo: Fun fact: in 1980 the city of Detroit presented suddam [sic] Hussein a key to the city It's true... here's a Detnews article. I guess we all make mistakes, right? @pstenser: Just landed in Detroit, does the weather take cues from the economy here? No, @pstenser, the weather doesn't. That's scientifically impossible. Just ask Chuck Gaidica. He knows. @WendyLAnderson: Detroit sports make me really proud of this city! Right on, Wendy. Keep rooting for the home team. @EatingDetroit: There is a lot to love in our great city #Detroit. Add family & friends to some affectionately prepared food = *good life* It's true. And it's good to be reminded that we have a lot to be thankful for here -- especially if you're lucky enough to have loved ones nearby. @colutd1937: detroit only has a hot dog burger van Really? ONLY a hot dog burger van? Where exactly IS this van? And what is a "hot dog burger?" Is this where EatingDetroit gets that affectionately -- prepared food? @appstory: #Detroit: Delighted by new Eastern Market Community Garden next to our building. Kudos to Eastern Market Corporation and landlord Bob Heide. Kudos to ALL our community gardeners in town (and we like the one appstory's talking about next to the FD Lofts). Thanks for keeping Detroit green and growing. Congrats to these runners-up, but the winner is this little ditty: @LoveLaTia: wishes I was in Detroit to see my '09s graduate from Cass today! That's really sweet, LaTia. We wish you were here too. After all, we should all be congratulating Detroit's '09 graduates. They deserve some serious respect for their hard work and recognition as the future movers and shakers of the city. Keep up the good work, graduates. Tweets compiled by Model D intern Rachel Harkai.
The city was abuzz with life according to FilterD Editor Walter Wasacz. He reviews the 2009 Detroit Electronic Music Festival for XLR8R -- a music, culture, and technology mag.Excerpt:While Adam Beyer slashed, crashed, and burned it up on the Beatport Stage, Steve Bug, François K, and Carl Cox upped the ante on the nearby Vitamin Water Main Stage with even louder, but more varied programs that included rhythms broken and beautifully beaten, disco basslines, and cheeky references to pop and jazz. At the same time, Detroit titan of dub tech-house fusicology, Mike Huckaby, rocked slow and easy on the Made in Detroit stage, situated in an underground cavern beneath the riverfront's Hart Plaza, where all official action was. On top of it all, a cluster of after-parties kept the weekend rolling virtually non-stop, for five days (beginning with the Prodigy at Friday's official pre-party, though topped by a sold-out Sunday post-midnight river cruise featuring Luciano, Loco Dice, Carl Craig, and Stacey Pullen). Choices, so many choices. Wherever you stumbled, it seemed, a party was ready to bust out underfoot.Read the entire article here.
Well, here we are again. Wings vs. Penguins for the Stanley Cup. Time to check in with our friends -- or, in these times, frenemies -- at Pop City in Pittsburgh and see if they've got anything to cheer about. (Probably not the scores of games 1 and 2. Ha ha.)
The USA Today does an in depth piece on Detroit and how the negatives of the city are being used as positives for change. Excerpt:"It's never going to be the same city that it was, but maybe it will be a better city," says Mary McDougall, a Detroit native and executive director of Operation Able, a group that trains older displaced workers. The city's believers say Detroit has resilient residents who will work hard and make changes to help it rebound. "Detroit isn't dying," says Harold Schwartz, 60, who was laid off by an auto-parts supplier. "Too many people love the city to let that happen." Officials and activists see the collapse as an opportunity to remake the city and shift its manufacturing workforce from cars to emerging industries. "We've always dealt with adversity," says Olga Stella, vice president for business development at Detroit Economic Growth.Read the entire article here.
Why do you stay? What will keep you here? When GLUE asked the question and threw a party in Midtown, Detroit, we stayed around for the answers. Listen, watch and learn.
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