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Winter, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Arts and Culture

5 festive ways to engage with Detroit for a more magical season

Sarah WilliamsTuesday, December 7, 2021

Howell Downtown

3 downtown placemaking projects recognized for improving their communities

Erin Marie MillerTuesday, November 16, 2021

Development News

Eight Detroiters have been selected for the Community Podcast Lab, a 15-week podcasting course intended to elevate the stories of people of color, as told by people of color.

Community Development

New podcast lab launches in Detroit to elevate BIPOC voices and stories

MJ GalbraithTuesday, November 9, 2021

The Heidelberg Project

Equity

The Heidelberg Project: 35 years later and still evolving

Biba AdamsTuesday, October 12, 2021

Jasun Ward

Healthy Communities

Afghanistan: Three Metro Detroit veterans share their perspectives

Ellen PiligianThursday, October 7, 2021

Detroit Month of Design

Arts and Culture

PHOTOS: Highlights from Detroit Month of Design and DLECTRICITY

Valaurian WallerTuesday, September 28, 2021

Sojourner Truth Girls

Equity

Meet the ‘Sojourner Girls’: A friendship that grew from Detroit’s controversial housing project

Zaïré DanielsTuesday, September 21, 2021

Development News

Red’s Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor in 2019. Photo by Nick Hagen

Arts and Culture

Crowdfunding helps to restore Red’s Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor as community hub in North End

MJ GalbraithTuesday, September 14, 2021

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Arts and Culture

Border town blues: Exploring the Windsor music scene and missing Detroit with Canada’s Ron Leary

MJ GalbraithTuesday, August 24, 2021

“I feel like now, as I go through college, I'm appreciating the POP project more and more for what it prepared me for,” says POP Design Team alum Amar Haidar.

Dearborn public art project teaches students lessons about art and life

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 19, 2021

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Arts and Culture

Garage Cultural elevates community and culture in Southwest Detroit

MJ GalbraithTuesday, August 17, 2021

Development News

The restaurant hosted pop-ups this past winter, selling hand pies like the Pork & Pickle and Chicken Tikka Marsala.

European-style café, bar, and bistro to open in downtown Northville

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 12, 2021

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Arts and Culture

Exploring 5 of metro Detroit’s greatest record shops with Kirby Glover

MJ GalbraithTuesday, August 3, 2021

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Arts and Culture

Preservation Detroit takes us on a tour of the city’s most endangered historic buildings

MJ GalbraithTuesday, July 27, 2021

Celebrated Detroit blues singer Thornetta Davis will perform at this year’s Sidewalk Festival.

Arts and Culture

Sidewalk Festival returns to Detroit to party with a purpose

Biba AdamsTuesday, July 20, 2021

“I think part of it is, even before we can create better cities, it's building better people. It's looking at our own selves and then looking outwards to other communities,” says Claire Nelson.

Community Development

‘Pay attention to people and relationships’: Claire Nelson reflects on the UIX: Detroit project

MJ GalbraithTuesday, June 22, 2021

Development News

Building on the success of the initial run of the café and gallery, this project will create a more permanent space for those programs and more.

Community Development

Mexicantown Galería and Café makes final funding push for permanent space

MJ GalbraithTuesday, June 8, 2021

Development News

“My grandmother wanted her estate to be a place where people feel welcomed,” says Lynn Ford Alandt, chairperson of the Ford House board of trustees.

With an emphasis on sustainability, the Ford House opens new visitors center, restaurant, and more

MJ GalbraithThursday, June 3, 2021

Development News

This new Ferndale business was inspired by the Barbara Ward quote, “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do.”

Home and body goods store, a ‘refillery and zero waste shop,’ opens in Ferndale

MJ GalbraithThursday, May 13, 2021

Development News

“We know that for the first time in a decade, NW Goldberg will be home to a basketball court for the entire community to enjoy – regardless of if they play basketball or not,” says Daniel A. Washington of NW Goldberg Cares.

Community Development

New park planned for NW Goldberg neighborhood to honor local basketball legend

MJ GalbraithTuesday, May 11, 2021

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