Jefferson Chalmers

Jalopnik hunkers down in the D for full-on Grand Prix coverage

The crew over at Jalopnik, the car-obsessed wing of the Gawker media empire, spent what seems like every waking moment obsessively covering the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.

Leaders use action-packed weekend to attract investment

The Detroit Regional Economic Partnership and DTE Energy leveraged Detroit's action-packed weekend to showcase the city to one dozen national site selection companies.

Detroit humming with activity over Labor Day weekend

So much to do over Labor Day Weekend...Downtown, there's the Detroit International Jazz Festival, while the Michigan State Fair wraps up on Monday. There's also the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix and the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival.

Forbes names Detroit 21st best city for singles

In its annual rankings of how well singles cities fare in 40 metropolises, Detroit came out twenty-first.

Model D TV: Lou Glazer

Lou Glazer is an urban planning theorist who says Michigan must alter the way it thinks about itself if it is to remain competitive in a rapidly changing global economy.

All That Jazz

Before there was Motown, Bob Seger and techno's Belleville Three, there was Detroit jazz. Take an historical tour of the scene on the eve of the Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Inspiration from Within

Live deeply, creative people. Follow your passions and do it in Detroit, where any kind of art scene can be built and sustained, says critic Rebecca Mazzei.

Crain’s special issue showcases living in the D

Crain's Detroit Business has published an extremely comprehensive guide to living and investing in the D, including a slide show, views into two days of five households' lives and much, much more.

Plenty of summer left in Detroit for tourists

The Grand Rapids Press tells its readers about some of the fun end-of-summer events happening in Detroit.

He’s surfed all over the world…and is happy to call Detroit home

Joe Bidawid has surfed Hawaii and California, but prefers to perfect his craft on the Great Lakes. Similarly, his riverfront home-to-be is his ideal home sweet home.

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