Increase in truck traffic calls for new Detroit/Windsor border crossing
A new border crossing between the United States and Canada through Detroit and Windsor is planned to be in place by 2013.
Southwest Detroit
Crain’s announces best managed nonprofit winners
Crain’s chose nonprofit winners for those with a budget under $3 million, and those above.
Detroit Myths Debunked
Say what? You say you can't pamper your puppy, sip a Sunday morning mimosa, buy some designer duds and workout in a pilates class downtown? Guess again. A Windy City transplant discovers that the urban lifestyle she loved can be had in the Motor City.
Uniting Southwest Detroit
Kathy Wendler loves the diversity of Southwest Detroit, where she has led the Southwest Detroit Business Association for more than two decades. Her job involves building a lot of bridges, between neighborhoods and businesses, Hispanics and non-Hispancis and City Hall and Southwest Detroit. In her words, ‘It’s about connecting people and assets and energy.’
More than $500,000 in state grants given to two Detroit projects
Two state tax credits will help residential redevelopment projects slated for a West Side neighborhood and a neighborhood near Indian Village.
Behind the Bricks: Lofts Exposed
Lofts are hot. No doubt about it. They are like urban-living magnets, attracting young professionals and suburbanites back to the city’s core, with their exposed brick walls, historic facades and high ceilings. But what makes a loft a loft and not just a condo or an apartment?
Day of the Dead Comes Alive
El Dia de los Muertos – or Day of the Dead — is becoming a big deal in Mexicantown. Thousands of visitors – including more than 600 schoolchildren – will come by the busload to see the vibrant displays and to buy skulls made of sugar, breads shaped like bones and countless other delights made especially for the traditional two-day celebration of the dead.
New police district center opens in Southwest Detroit
The new Southwest Public Safety Center opened Oct. 28 in Southwest Detroit.
Two Downtown and Mexicantown buildings to benefit from brownfield tax credits.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says the rehabilitation of the Vinton Building downtown and the Lithuanian Hall in Southwest Detroit were sparked by state brownfield Single Business Tax Credits approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Southwest Detroit nonprofit seeks to revive West Vernor
Southwest Non Profit Housing Corp. is in the process of redeveloping properties at both ends of West Vernor Highway in hopes the business strip will thrive again.
