Downtown Detroit

Thompson, Skillman foundations to team up on charter high schools in Detroit

Thompson and Skillman Foundations recently formalized their partnership to spend $200 million on building charter high schools in Detroit.  The first urban charter high school could open as early as 2006.

Detroit Agriculture Network shows off Detroit’s best gardens

Here’s the scoop: Sanders to open 3 dessert shops

Counties come together in historic partnership to serve families in need

Teens use summer to help Detroit

Read about how some kids from Detroit and its suburbs, volunteered their time this summer painting elementary school gyms, tending gardens and helping third-graders read.

Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Receives $32 Million for East and West Riverfront Development

Detroit's Internation RiverFront will get a whole new look by 2007.  "The East Riverfront in the final design stage, and the West Riverfront is the second phase of the Conservancy's goal of a linked Riverfront from bridge to bridge -- and beyond." says the press release...

Ann Arbor-Detroit transit plan gets boost $100 million federal grant

"A rapid transit system between Ann Arbor and Detroit, long considered merely an expensive dream, has gained momentum with an expected $100 million in federal funding for an engineering study. " says the article...

Border will look better thanks to $155,000

Grant to help improve the boundary between the Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park by to improving properties along Mack, Alter and Jefferson...

Detroit needs quick action

Tom Walsh fromThe Detroit Free Press reports that "people are willing to live and shop and play in downtown Detroit, too, once they see things like green space, good lighting, well-maintained buildings and visible and friendly security."