Southwest Detroit

Lauren McGrier points to an El Club billboard advertising her Twerk x Tequila event.

Next level nightlife: How 3 Detroiters are helping their city reinvent its after-hours scene

These Detroiters are working to change the way we think about and experience the city's nightlife.

Harriet McPhail recently relocated from her home of many years in Delray.
Detroit’s home swap program transformed these sisters’ lives

A grassroots coalition fought hard to set up a Detroit home swap program. Now it's having life-changing results.

Nicole Marie White, Jahmanna Selassie, and Heather Robinson are all co-founders of DPMC.
Detroit Pop-up Midwifery Clinic wants to get neighbors talking about birthing options

Detroit struggles with high infant mortality rates. But a local midwifery group wants to help change that with neighborhood discussions about birthing options.

Shared street on Bagley
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. 

Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez
This DACAmented entrepreneur uses his immigrant experience to uplift minority businesses

Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez started Featherstone Moments, a marketing company, to close the gap in minority business ownership by helping people of color attain resources and capital.

Salvador Enriquez
Three generations of family contribute to success of butcher shop in southwest Detroit

A few years ago, Salvador Enriquez nearly closed down his business, Carniceria Guadalajara. But his daughter saw the potential for growth and convinced the Mexican immigrant to expand his butcher shop instead.

Tom and Mark pluck a tire from the water
Why this father-son team is “trash fishing” in the Detroit River

Tom Nardone, who earlier started the Detroit Mower Gang to cut grass in parks around the city, has now been helping to clean up the Detroit River by fishing for trash with a team of volunteers. 

Exterior of Medicina Urbana
Bilingual primary health care office opens in southwest Detroit

Dr. Mark Beard, founder of Medicina Urbina, combines osteopathic medical techniques with standard medical practices in his holistic approach to health and wellness.

Samantha Magdaleno
This southwest Detroit community organizer is fighting for the rights of her people

Samantha Magdaleno has been an activist for almost her entire life. Today she's a director at One Michigan, which provides resources to immigrant communities and supports those involved in deportation cases.

Ashley Danto Silverman
A family affair: Danto Furniture continues family business tradition into fourth generation

For the first entry in a series on family-run businesses, we spoke with Ashley Danto Silverman, the fourth generation in her family to work at Danto Furniture, a 78-year-old business started by Danto Silverman's great-grandfather.

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