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More Bike Lanes, Slower Traffic For East Jefferson In Detroit

The city of Detroit has begun work on a one million-dollar project to redesign East Jefferson Avenue. The goal is to make it safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. The project centers on a nearly 5-and-a-half-mile stretch of East Jefferson from Rivard Street downtown to Lakewood Street in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood. There, it will join up with protected bike lanes already in place … meaning cyclists will be able to ride on protected bike lanes from downtown all the way to the Grosse...

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LISTEN: This Week In Detroit City FC With Fletcher Sharpe

It was a week of soaring highs and crashing lows for Detroit City FC. Last week le Rouge advanced out of the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup by knocking out bitter rivals the Michigan Bucks by advancing on penalty kicks. Then on Sunday, City opened its NPSL league play by dropping a point late to AFC Ann Arbor. I spoke with Midfield Press and TheCup.US correspondent Fletcher Sharpe to recap the action and talk about what’s coming up next. We’ll be checking in regularly with Fletc...

88 Miles Of Detroit Streets To Be Repaved

Detroit has kicked off work on a $58 million project to repave 88 miles of major and local roads across the city. Plans call for resurfacing 58 miles of residential streets and 30 miles of major roadways, including parts of Joy Road, Russell Street in Eastern Market, Fenkell, Cadieux, McGraw and East McNichols, otherwise known as Six Mile. Crews will also rehabilitate the Bagley Street Bridge in Mexicantown and the West Parkway Culvert in Rouge Park, a portion of which has been closed to tra...

LISTEN: PGA Tour Coming To Detroit Could Be A Boost For More Than Downtown

Detroit looks to be in line to get its first-ever PGA Tour event. The Detroit News reports that the city will play host to The National, one of the professional golf’s major tournaments, when it moves from Washington D.C. to the Detroit Golf Club in June 2019. Quicken Loans will be the title sponsor in a four-year deal. The Detroit Free Press reports that Quicken Loans confirms they are “in the late stages of finalizing an agreement.” It’s the first PGA Tour event in Michigan since the Bui...

The DMC and Wayne State University Sign A 6 Month Extension

The Detroit Medical Center and the Wayne State University Physician Group have signed a six-month extension contract to keep clinical and administrative services going. The two sides announced last week that they were cutting ties effective May 15 and not renewing their contract after at least a hundred years. They’ve been at odds in recent years over financial terms and other issues, including Wayne State’s ability to seek outside partnerships with other medical systems. During the ext...

PODCAST: Tour An Historic House Renovation In Detroit With The 'Between 6 & 7' Bloggers

On this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we channel our inner “This Old House” and talk about a big, old house in Detroit’s University District. Between 6 and 7 is the name of a blog written by Miranda Steinhauser. She and her partner, Brandon Suman, bought a 1927 house in Detroit’s University District — and yes, it’s located between 6 and 7 Mile. The two Ohio natives have been chronicling their efforts to fix up the place over the last year and a half. On the blog, t...

Detroit Medical Center Cuts Ties With Wayne State University Physician Group

The longstanding relationship between the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University’s medical school appears to be ending. Reports say the DMC is not renewing its contract with the Wayne State University Physician Group, which is the employer of doctors who teach and do research at the university while practicing at the DMC. Wayne State and the DMC have been partners for least a century, but they’ve been at odds in recent years over financial terms and other contract issues. In a...

Get A First Taste Of "Perseverance" IPA Next Week

Remember when we told you about the new session IPA coming from Stroh’s? Well now comes word that contract brewer Brew Detroit will host a symbolic first pour of “Perseverance,” a Detroit Session IPA from Stroh Brewery Company. It’ll take place Wednesday, May 9th at 6 p.m. at Brew Detroit’s Corktown HQ. “Perseverance” is the first product launched by Stroh’s since the reintroduction of the classic Bohemian-Style Pilsner two years ago. It’ll be sold exclusively in Michigan and use “The Chi...

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Why Donald Trump (Or Someone Like Him) Was Inevitable With Nathan Bomey

Nathan Bomey won several awards for his work covering Detroit’s Municipal bankruptcy for the Detroit Free Press. And he turned that experience into a 2016 book titled, “Detroit Resurrected.” Now, he’s got a new book coming out. “After the Fact: The Erosion of Truth and the Inevitable Rise of Donald Trump” comes out May 8 in hardcover from Prometheus Books, but it’s available now for pre-order. Bomey, who’s an old friend and former coworker of yours truly now lives near Washington D.C. Where...

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RENDERINGS: Baltimore Station Projects In Detroit Make Progress

If you’ve driven through Detroit’s New Center on Woodward Avenue you probably noticed a major new renovation project. It involves two buildings on the east side of the street… and it was spawned by graduate students at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. It’s called the Baltimore Station 1 and it’ll be a three-story residential and retail building from the Platform, the development team that also owns the nearby Fisher Building. They’ve also broken ground on...

Ferndale’s Police Chief Is Out As City Launches Investigation

Ferndale Police Chief Timothy Collins is on the way out as the city launches an investigation into the department in the wake of a string of incidents involving officers that have given the department a black eye. The news first emerged Monday at the City Council meeting and was echoed Tuesday as part of Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter’s state of the city address at the Rust Belt Market. Coulter told attendees that Collins announced his intention to retire effective Friday, April 13 after 40 ye...

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When A Michael Bolton Loves Detroit, He Makes A Movie

Grammy award-winning singer Michael Bolton has made a new documentary film that is all about showering Detroit with love. “American Dream: Detroit” will screen in theaters May 15th as a special one-time event. The former be-mulleted balladeer and current humanitarian activist traces the film to visiting the city for his 2013 album of Motown covers. He describes the film to People Magazine as a “long overdue love letter to Detroit.” Says Bolton, “For about five years, we started followi...

LISTEN: Dr. Paul Thomas Prescribes A New 'Direct Primary Care' Model Of Health Care In Detroit

Dealing with health insurance is few people’s idea of a good time — if you can afford it at all, that is. Now, a doctor operating out of an office in a former Detroit Police Department precinct headquarters? That’s flipping the script on the traditional model of health care. On this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we schedule an appointment with Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health in Southwest Detroit. He’s practicing a model known as direct primary care in which patients pay...

Supergroup With MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of Kick Out The Jams

This fall will mark the 50th anniversary of the recording of the MC5’s seminal live album, Kick Out the Jams, at Detroit’s famed Grande Ballroom. Now, a supergroup led by original MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has announced a commemorative North American tour that will culminate with a show at Detroit’s Fillmore Theater. The MC50, as the band is called, will play 35 dates in North America on its “Kick Out the Jams: The 50th Anniversary Tour.” Kramer is leading the project and has recruited a cast...

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PODCAST: Talking "The Leisure Seeker" With Author Michael Zadoorian

Detroit has gone Tinseltown … sort of. “The Leisure Seeker,” the new movie starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland that opened in theaters earlier this month, is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian, who lives in Ferndale. Zadoorian stopped by the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast to talk about the film, how it differs from his novel, and his forthcoming book “Beautiful Music,” due May 1. “The Leisure Seeker” focuses on two long-married retirees named Ella and...

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Detroit's Growing Dining Scene With Restaurant Of The Year Parc Chef Jordan Hoffman And Hour Editor Steve Wilke

Hour Detroit magazine named Parc its 2018 restaurant of the year in its March edition — yes, Daily Detroit readers, there’s still a place for print media — and so this week’s episode takes you down to Campus Martius for a conversation about the restaurant, the award, food and the city’s fast-changing dining scene. We chat with Parc’s executive chef, Jordan Hoffman, and Hour Detroit Editor Steve Wilke in a wide-ranging conversation that touches on everything from the restaurant’s gorgeous ur...

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LISTEN: Fostering Civility + Collaboration At The Detroit Policy Conference With Marlowe Stoudamire, Detroit 67 & Butterfly Effect Detroit

This year’s Detroit Policy Conference takes place March 1 at MotorCity Casino Hotel, and the agenda is all about civility and putting aside our differences to help move Detroit forward. On this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we talk with two people closely involved in putting the conference together. * Marlowe Stoudamire is the owner of Butterfly Effect Detroit, a business consultancy, the founder of the MASH Detroit neighborhood business incubator and the project director...

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LISTEN: How Indianapolis Funded Mass Transit, Stayed Alive In Amazon HQ2 Sweepstakes

If you listened to our recent episode on Amazon’s snub of Detroit (and you totally should), you’ll recall that the inclusion of Indianapolis among the 20 finalists for its HQ2 project was the topic of some surprise. Well, one of the reasons they made it was their efforts to develop 50 miles of Bus Rapid Transit and other improvements. So we sent our correspondent Shianne Nocerini down to Indiana’s capital city to talk with Brian Luellen, vice president of public relations for IndyGo, the ci...