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Don't Miss International Obscura Day! It's Coming To Detroit On May 30

Atlas Obscura, an organization that aims to highlight all the world’s hidden wonders and curiosities, is hosting International Obscura Day on Saturday, May 30. People are encouraged to go out in groups and explore hidden gems and unusual places in and around their hometowns. Detroiters can take part in the festivities by visiting two featured Obscura Day locations in Detroit – MBAD’s African Bead Museum and Woodmere Cemetery. Visitors to the African Bead Museum will be able to join Olaymi Da...

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Your Quick Guide To Enjoying The Detroit Grand Prix On Belle Isle This Weekend

The Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix returns to the Motor City Friday-Sunday, May 29-31, 2015. Here’s what you need to know to get the most from the event. The Grand Prix will feature the cars of the Verizon IndyCar Series, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the Pirelli World Challenge Series and the trucks of the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS. The weekend collectively is referred to as the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix and it will feature the Chevro...

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LOOK: You Can Own Berry Gordy’s ‘Motown Mansion’ For A Smooth $1.295M

Berry Gordy’s Detroit home, named the ‘Motown Mansion’, just entered the real estate market, and if you have $1,295,000 (or close to it) lying around, you can own it. The mansion is located at 918 West Boston Boulevard in Detroit and sits on 2.2 acres of prime property in the historic Boston-Edison neighborhood. Gordy’s home lives up to the sophisticated images that the word ‘mansion’ evokes.   Nels Michelson built the 10-bedroom, nine bathroom house in 1917.   Measuring 10,500 s...

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Grand Prix Street Fest Offers Free Glimpse Of Grand Prix Weekend, Including Slow Roll Appearance

Grand Prix fans will get a free taste of this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in downtown Detroit tomorrow evening. (Wednesday, May 27). The Quicken Loans Grand Prix Street Fest powered by Chevrolet will take place at Campus Martius from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. There is no admission cost, and fans of all ages are encouraged to join the festivities. Drivers competing in the Grand Prix will be present to sign autographs and meet fans. Drivers expected at the Street Fest include:...

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JPMorgan Chase’s $100 Million Commitment Helps Boost Detroit’s Recovery

Just how much can $100 million do for a city like Detroit? JPMorgan Chase highlighted how its $100 million investment in Detroit is being used as fuel for the city’s comeback. The company marked the one year anniversary of its commitment with a groundbreaking to celebrate the continuing redevelopment of Capitol Park. Since May 2014, JPMorgan Chase has put $34 million of its pledged $100 million to work to address some of Detroit’s most pressing problems. The company is working with nonprofit...

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10 Cool Facts About Detroit's History That Might Surprise You

Detroit is a city full of surprises. When you dive into its history, you never know what you’ll find. You’ll soon realize, however, that Detroit has played an important role in many industries. Both the medical field and the locomotive industry have Detroit to thank for incredible inventions. Read on to discover 10 more cool facts about Detroit, and if you missed the first round of 10 Detroit facts, you can check them out here. Saloons Were Big Business In the 1830s, Detroit’s populati...

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Steven Spielberg And USC Shoah Foundation To Honor William Clay Ford, Jr. With Ambassador For Humanity Award

Steven Spielberg, renowned movie director and founder of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, will honor William Clay Ford, Jr. at the organization’s annual gala in September. Spielberg will present Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, with the Ambassador for Humanity Award. Ford will be recognized for his leadership and corporate citizenry around education and community. The proceeds raised at the gala will remain in the region, and they will be us...

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DTE Energy Partners With Ford And Domino's Farms To Become Michigan's Largest Investor In Solar Power

DTE Energy announced today a partnership with Domino’s Farms and Ford Motor Company to build and operate the two largest solar arrays in Michigan. DTE has started building a 1.1-megawatt photovoltaic solar array at Domino’s Farms east of Ann Arbor. The array will be completed and operational by the end of the year. The project will include over 4,000 solar panels on property just north of M-14 and west of Earhart Road. The solar installation will have a maximum capacity of 1,089 kilowatts of e...

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Historic Indian Village And Model T Automotive Complex Awarded Grants For Improvements

Detroit’s Ford Piquette Avenue Plant and Indian Village have received grants from the Michigan Heritage Restoration Program for vital rehabilitation projects. The Model T Automotive Complex received $60,000 for exterior masonry rehabilitation on the west elevation and penthouses on the former Ford Plant. The plant was Ford’s second production facility, Model T’s were made there and it’s one of 35 National Historic Landmarks in Michigan. Indian Village Historical Collections received $102,600...

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Michigan Surpasses National Average In Manufacturing Job Growth

Manufacturing employment in Michigan increased for a forth year in a row, according to the 2015 Michigan Manufacturers Directory, and there are some interesting local trends in the sector. Michigan added 14,809 jobs from February 2014 to February 2015. That’s a 2.1% increase. The national average is only 1.7%, as reported by the the Labor Department for the same time period. In the Detroit metro area, manufacturing employment in the city of Detroit dropped 3.5%, but it rose in the Detroit su...

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Here’s What M-1 RAIL’s Construction Looks Like This Year

M-1 RAIL has welcomed spring’s return by rolling out an ambitious construction schedule this year. The first item on the list: spring cleaning. “Keeping the construction site clean and assuring a safe environment are important M-1 RAIL objectives; it’s the reason our spring construction began with cleaning up the Woodward Avenue corridor around our work areas,” said Paul Childs, M-1 RAIL’s Chief Operating Officer. “Last month, we filled potholes, put new temporary striping on Woodward Avenue t...

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Three Detroit Area Companies Make "Healthiest Companies in America" List

Interactive Health has announced its list of the 2014 Healthiest Companies in America, and three Metro Detroit companies made the list. Atwell, LLC in Southfield, McGraw Wentworth in Troy, and SmithGroup JJR in Detroit were included in the Interactive Health’s list. There were 158 companies who made the list in 2014, more than double the number of companies in the previous year. To make the list, the winners had to embrace the mission of life-changing access to preventative health care in th...

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Detroit Based Strategic Staffing Solutions Steps Up As Title Sponsor Of Detroit’s Turkey Trot

Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3), a Detroit-based IT and business services company, is the new title sponsor of Detroit’s annual Turkey Trot. This year’s Thanksgiving morning run will be officially known as The 33rd Annual Strategic Staffing Solutions Turkey Trot. “We are excited to continue to grow our partnership with S3, a Detroit-based company committed to our community and region,” said Parade Company President and CEO Tony Michaels. “This is a wonderful new chapter in Turkey Trot hist...

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KIND To Host Kindness Safari At Detroit Zoo Saturday, May 16

On Saturday, May 16, KIND team members in Detroit will host a kindness safari at the Detroit Zoo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is one of several kindness safaris happening at 18 zoos across the county. During the safari, kids will learn how easy and fun doing kind acts every day can be. The safari will include a scavenger hunt booklet which features interactive kindness activities inspired by animals. Activities like give somebody in your family a bear hug will surely put a smile on kids’...

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Gleaners Kicks Off 23rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive With Rally

On Thursday, May 7, Gleaners Community Food Bank will host a rally to mark the start of its 23rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The nation’s largest one-day food drive will take place on Saturday, May 9. At 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, a caravan of letter farriers and trucks will leave Detroit’s NALC Branch 1 Union Hall at 1400 Trumbull and drive to Gleaners Detroit Distribution Center. This Saturday, May 9, letter carriers nationwide will collect non-perishable food items left at all re...

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Adopt A Park And Help Keep Detroit Lovely This Summer

Warm weather is finally here, which means that families across Detroit will soon be heading towards their neighborhood park. Detroit has over 300 parks. To make sure that the city parks are clean and well maintained, the Adopt-A-Park program will be back in full swing. Last year businesses, churches, and nonprofits maintained 72 Detroit parks. This year, the City of Detroit General Services Department is maintaining 235. With the help from Adopt-A-Park partners, more than 300 city parks will...

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Bob Seger’s Night Moves Debuts on 180-Gram Vinyl On June 16

Bob Seger’s classic and iconic album Night Moves will make its debut on 180-gram vinyl on June 16, 2015. Seger’s album is the newest vinyl reissue addition to the Grammy Award-winning rocker’s catalogue. Night Moves was originally released in 1976. It was Seger’s first studio album with the Silver Bullet Band. Most of the album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with the help of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Lincoln Park native Bob Seger is beloved by many Detroiters near and far....

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Leader Dogs For The Blind To Get New Canine Development Center

Leader Dogs for the Blind, a Rochester Hills nonprofit dedicated to training guide dogs for people who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind, has announced a campaign to expand its Canine Development Center. Construction for the center is underway, and is expected to be completed in 2016. The organization has already raised $12.3 million, but it still needs $2.2 million before it reaches the $14.5 million needed to complete the project. The new Canine Center is expected to be 75,000 sq...