United Way for Southeastern Michigan CEO Michael Brennan discusses the agency's survey process that has led them to begin working on solving the region's major problems in three key areas: educational preparedness, economic stability and basic needs. He urges the region to work together in a collaborative manner to acieve success.
Columnist Jeff Sanford looks at Windsor's connectivity to the Detroit economy, which isn't always a good thing. But he sees bright spots, including the relationship between the mayors of Detroit and Windsor.
Homes sales in Detroit rose in 2006 despite a lagging market statewide.
We dream of cruising Woodward by train. We dream metro Detroiters setting aside the car keys and commuting on rail. If you look at the numbers, improving mass transit options along Woodward is a no-brainer.
Want to find out about High-tech biofuel innovation and super-creative designers in Detroit? Video game creators in Plymouth and biotissue research in Ann Arbor? The new economy is growing in Southeast Michigan, and metromode, a new sister publication to Model D, tells the story.
The city's Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative will target municipal resources to six neighborhoods. The plan chose two stable neighborhoods to reinforce - East English Village and University Commons/Palmer Park - two to revitalize - Grand River-Greenfield and Osborn Community - and two struggling neighborhoods to redevelop - Brightmoor and North End.
The Ann Arbor News urges its readers to support Detroit Renaissance's "Road to Renaissance" by thinking regionally and supporting Detroit's existing amenities.
A group from Grand Rapids is headed to Portland to learn about how transit has electrified the local economy. Transit advocates hope the civic leaders on the trip come away with a real sense of what a necessary ingredient transit is to the redevelopment mix.
The University of Detroit Mercy plans to transform a 261,000 square-foot vacant hospital into an expanded clinic and additional classroom space for its dental school. The site, the former Kindred Hospital, is located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. just east of I-96.
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