Want to find out about High-tech biofuel innovation and super-creative designers in Detroit? Video game creators in Plymouth and biotissue research in Ann Arbor? The new economy is growing in Southeast Michigan, and metromode, a new sister publication to Model D, tells the story.
Homes sales in Detroit rose in 2006 despite a lagging market statewide.
Give Linda Smith a no, and she'll make it into a yes. Over the past 11 years, she's helped pump life back into an East Side neighobrhood, even after others told her it was a lost cause.
Gridskipper, the urban travel blog, checks out some of Detroit's unique offerings such as Cadieux Cafe, Motor City Casino, and Warrendale's Steve's Three Brothers restaurant.
The city's Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative will target municipal resources to six neighborhoods. The plan chose two stable neighborhoods to reinforce - East English Village and University Commons/Palmer Park - two to revitalize - Grand River-Greenfield and Osborn Community - and two struggling neighborhoods to redevelop - Brightmoor and North End.
The Ann Arbor News urges its readers to support Detroit Renaissance's "Road to Renaissance" by thinking regionally and supporting Detroit's existing amenities.
A group from Grand Rapids is headed to Portland to learn about how transit has electrified the local economy. Transit advocates hope the civic leaders on the trip come away with a real sense of what a necessary ingredient transit is to the redevelopment mix.
The "Shop Detroit" message is being echoed by the city, the local NAACP, Independent Retailers Association, Booker T. Washington Business Association, Detroit Black Chamber of Commerce and Detroit Synergy.On Saturday, Dec. 2, Synergy will host its third Shop Detroit event from 10 am to 5 pm. Shoppers who register with Synergy at the Compuware building will get info on discounts and promotions around the city, a free People Mover pass for the day and a free shuttle to the New Center shopping district.Click here for a map and more details on the Synergy event Saturday.In addition, this year the city is offering another incentive: discounted parking at city municipal parking structures and lots from through Dec. 24 for shoppers with receipts. The city also has a list of boutiques, specialty shops and retailers in the city at its web site: www.ci.detroit.mi.us/default.htm.
Detroit News columnist Daniel Howse writes about One D, the new partnership between Detroit Renaissance, the Detroit Regional Chamber, New Detroit, the United Way of Southeast Michigan, the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan.
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