Small businesses to get boost through new city loan program
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced Thursday an new loan program for small businesses.
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Wayne State’s $142 million overhaul to ‘perk up’ academics
Wayne State University's aggressive building plans will dramatically change the landscape of its urban campus and perk up key academic programs that are vital to the state's economy.
Detroit Goes Al Fresco
Give Detroiters five minutes of sun, and they'll hoist up the patio umbrellas and take the party outside. The city's full of spots for outdoor drinks and dining, for watching crowds or soaking up scenery so you don't miss a minute of precious sunshine.
Development’s Unsung Hero
Imagine a Detroit without the casinos, the new stadiums and the RiverWalk. Then take away the smaller projects, the new townhomes, lofts and homes. An unsung hero of urban revitalization, Cathy LaMont has had a hand in just about every major city development. She's built a business on chaning the face of Detroit, and she's found great success doing it.
Detroit’s neighborhood gas stations to be fuel-alternative pioneers
General Motors Corp.'s drive to put ethanol-based fuel in the tanks of more U.S. cars and trucks may transform Detroit's neighborhood gas stations and its drivers into pioneers in the use of the gasoline alternative.
Wayne State gets $3 million challenge grant for med school building
Wayne State's medical school recieved a $3 million challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to build a new medical education building.
The Kids of ‘Hastings Street’
Through original works and professional-grade instruction, Mosaic Youth Theatre teaches kids from 8 to 18 a lot about theater and a little something about their city. This time, the kids take on 1940s Detroit and the era's swing, blues and jazz sounds.
How the D Does Cinco de Mayo
Yes Cinco de Mayo is an excuse to indulge in margaritas, cervesas and Mexican food, but where do you go for an authentic Cinco de Mayo celebration that reflects the historic and cultural side of the holiday? In Detroit, your answer is to head to the Southwest side.
