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Cityscape aims to educate Detroiters about national retailers

Ever wonder why there isn’t a Linens ‘N Things in your neighborhood? Cityscape Detroit is holding a forum to help Detroiters understand what national retailers look for in deciding where […]

Calling all urban explorers: Preservation Wayne walking tours set to begin
Kwame Kilpatrick: Growing the ‘Next Detroit’

Already this year, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has faced highs (the Super Bowl) and lows (battles over the zoo, water and budget); however, he tells Model D he's still on task to grow and transform the city — and how he plans to do it.

‘I Do’ in the D

Forget the Chinese take-out boxes for taking home cake or exotic flowers from remote reaches of the Amazon. If you really want your wedding to stand out, say 'I do' in the D.

Woodward booster group proposes art pillars to lure visitors

A Woodward corridor booster group is seeking funding to construct a series of 10- to 30-foot decorative pillars, called tributes, erected in the road's median or beside the highway -- perhaps one every mile or so -- displaying different images that evoke the area's history, from cars to Motown music.

City’s second environmental forum to discuss quality of life issues
If Detroit reforms its budget, it could be a role model

Columnist Josh Hendrickson writes: If Detroit is successful in its reforms, it could become a model for reducing bloated budgets across the country.

Streetcars of Desire

What goes around comes around. It's been five decades since metro Detroiters last could ride streetcars, but once again there's talk of how transit can trasnform the Motor City.

Groups offer deals on trees, shrubs to encourage planting

Bareroot tree seedlings and small bareroot trees and shrubs are available through county conservation districts and nonprofits like Global ReLeaf and the Greening of Detroit.

Group is all green thumbs when it comes to Detroit

Greening of Detroit has planted 44,669 trees since its inception in 1989 with the help of thousands of volunteers who go to city parks and other locales to plant on the weekends.

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