City of Detroit unveils plans to revamp 7 neighborhood corridors
Construction on these initial seven designs are expected to begin this spring and be completed in 2020. A request for proposals will be released later this month.
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Motor City Match seeks business and commercial property owners for third round of grants
There are four major award categories for which business and property owners can apply for a share of $500,000 in grant funding.
Matrix Theatre Company celebrates 25 years of performance, community, and social justice
As a part of its silver anniversary celebration, Matrix is putting on a production of "agua de luna," a bilingual work by award-winning playwright Caridad Svich.
Detroiter turns passion for cities into business, Human Scale Studio
Human Scale Studio works with businesses, nonprofits, local governments, and community groups, providing consulting services that help them make community plans and conduct research. The common denominator is all of this work makes big cities better places to live.
Southwest Rides fine tunes Springwells Village storefront, programs
The southwest Detroit-based low-profit-limited-liability company, also known as L3C, is starting to reap the rewards of a long winter’s nap.
Building a community-based company, Hacienda Mexican Foods in southwest Detroit
Today, Hacienda Mexican Foods is a multi-million-dollar business that employs 60 people and just signed a partnership with Meijer to make flour tortillas, corn tortillas, and tortilla chips.
With change afoot in Southwest Detroit, can residents steer development?
Like much of the city, Southwest Detroit is experiencing rapid change. In a 20-block section, however, residents are helping guide the transformation.
Hacienda Mexican Foods lands big partnership with Meijer
The 25-year-old business expects this new deal with Meijer to significantly grow its bottom line.
Radio Campfire, a new audio storytelling series, to sound off at Detroit’s Matrix Theatre
Local audiophiles and podcast fans will be pleased to hear that a new audio storytelling series is being produced here in Southeast Michigan. The first Detroit Radio Campfire event is happening Friday, March 27 at the Matrix Theatre in Southwest Detroit.
