How to do Small Business Saturday the easy way
Shop Detroit is taking the stress out of holiday shopping by offering free shuttles to Detroit's retail districts on Saturday, Nov. 28.
Midtown
Bike share program for greater downtown on track for 2016
Officials say roughly 350 bikes and 35 bike stations will be scattered throughout greater downtown.
Retail Bootcamp complete, Detroit startups work to establish permanent locations
Five startups that recently graduated from TechTown's 2015 Retail Boot Camp will receive a share of $40,000 to help them make the transition to brick-and-mortar locations.
How a unified vision helped transform Detroit’s greater downtown
The neighborhoods of Detroit's greater downtown have come a long way in recent years, but change didn't come all on its own. This special report examines how the Hudson Webber Foundation's 15x15 Initiative created a unified vision for change among a diverse group of stakeholders that's helped shape the Midtown and downtown of today.
International design community collaborates with Detroiters on Culture Lab product line
The products will be available to the public at the Midtown store Nora from Oct. 30 through Nov. 15.
Haute to Death dance party celebrates 8th b-day with Halloween bash at Temple Bar
This week, Haute to Death will celebrate its 8th anniversary with an Oct. 31 bash that promises plenty of tricks and treats. As a part of "10 Years of Change," our series celebrating Model D's decade of publishing in Detroit, check out this feature from 2010, which discusses the origins of Haute to Death on the occasion of its third birthday party.
Pushing for inclusive development along Woodward Avenue: Sommer Woods and M-1 Rail
"Development can be so much more productive if there are more perspectives at the table: people of color, women, older people, younger people, white men," says M-1 Rail's Sommer Woods. "When you have all these people at the table you're guaranteed to have perspective instead of one monolithic project."
Win tickets to Colorosity at the Michigan Science Center
Learn how you can win tickets to Colorosity, the annual science soiree at the Michigan Science Center.
Midtown salon shutters, pop-up hub to open in its place
A familiar business in Midtown's Cass Corridor is closing up shop and will be replaced by a pop-up boutique.
The battle for buildings: Looking back on a decade of historic preservation in Detroit
In the last decade, efforts to preserve some of downtown's most prominent buildings have had mixed results.
