What Makes Cities Smart
Innovate and create, charges Carol Coletta, host of Smart City radio and head of CEOs for Cities. City leaders need new strategies to revive urban areas.
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US Population growth bodes well for older cities
Planners around the country believe that the unprecedented population growth the United States is undergoing can mean good things for older cities like Detroit.
A walkable Halloween (for grown-ups) from Walter Wasacz
Walkability meets dancability when Walter Wasacz explores Halloween time in "the city formerly known as the Motor Capital of the World." He encourages "all saints and all souls" to set out on foot and explore the city.
Indiana University to host techno roots conference
Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture is set to host the first national conference on Oct. 21 about techno music, “Roots of Techno: Black DJs and the Detroit Scene.” In addition to academic panels and discussions, there will be evening events featuring Detroit DJs as well as live performances.
House Party Crashers
Crain's Detroit Business invited 700 people to 40 Detroit homes to see firsthand the kind of living the city offers. Model D crashed the party.
Model D Speaker Series
Hear from the people driving Detroit's transformation as Model D hosts a speaker series to start next month at the Detroit Yacht Club. Sign up now to attend the free event.
Detroit News photoblogs Tour de Troit
Photographer Tom Gromack shares 21 photographs of the September 23 Tour de Troit, a 37-mile bicycle ride through the city that wound through Corktown, downtown, Woodbridge, Midtown, New Center, Boston Edison, Arden Park, LaSalle Gardens and Southwest Detroit.
Telling a Detroit Story
Tourism officials are working to brand the city by creating a positive, authentic narrative that will resonate in the marketplace. And they want your two cents.
