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NEWS BYTE PODCAST: Jason Hall Leaves Slow Roll, Shri Thanedar One On One & More

From the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island at the Mackinac Policy Conference, this is your News Byte Podcast for May 31st, 2018. -Employers band together for transit -The one-time Purple Gang hangout, the Leland Hotel, will see new life as apartments -The Detroit Zoo launches “Zoom to the Zoo” And two interviews… Jason Hall has left Slow Roll. He is one of the co-founders. He appears first on Daily Detroit to talk about his future projects. And, a special one on one with Democratic candi...

The Leland Hotel To Undergo A $120 Million Renovation In September

One of Detroit’s historic hotels is due for a top-to-bottom conversion to rental apartments. The Detroit Free Press reports that the Leland House will undergo a $120 million renovation by Detroit developer Michael Higgins. He aims to remake the hotel into 340 rental units. And because the project will rely on a mix of federal and state tax credits, 20% of the units will be set aside as affordable. The 20-story Leland Hotel first opened in 1927 on the corner of Bagley and Cass Avenues. Its...

LISTEN: Democrat Shri Thanedar On His Proposals For Michigan, Answers Questions About Research Animals

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar stopped by the Daily Detroit table during the Mackinac Policy Conference to talk about his campaign, his progressive views and respond to allegations that he left hundreds of research animals to die after his pharmaceutical company went bust in 2010. Thanedar has become arguably the most colorful character on either side of the political aisle in the race for governor this year. He’s an immigrant from India who came to the United States 39 ye...

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Jason Hall Quits Slow Roll, Talks About What's Next

Jason Hall is retiring – sort of. The co-founder of Detroit’s beloved Slow Roll is stepping down from his role as the public personality behind the city’s now-famous neighborhood bicycle ride. Slow Roll isn’t going away – and Jason isn’t going anywhere. He’s definitely staying in Detroit. But his role will change and his commitment to the city is going to grow in terms of what he can do for bicyclists and his hometown. For example, Jason is relaunching (RI)Detroit, Detroit’s weekend celeb...

Discussing Michigan's Big Opioid Problem & What To Do About It At The Mackinac Policy Conference

The Daily Detroit crew of Jer Staes, Karen Dybis and Shianne Nocerini broke down the panel that focused on opioids in the workplace and how it affects Michigan businesses while at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Topics included lookin at the stark reality of the opioid epidemic and it’s effect on the citizens of Michigan. It also went over how business leaders can help employees if they have an dependency or addiction to opioids....

Karen Dybis Breaks Down The Not Open for Business Panel At The Mackinac Policy Conference

Karen Dybis joins us on the Daily Detroit News Byte to fill us in on what she learned at the Not Open for Business: Why Disinvestment in Michigan Cities Is Hampering Economic Opportunity panel at the Mackinac Policy Conference. The panel discussed how the state needs to fix Michigan’s municipal financing system to help attract talent to the state. The state has continually been last in the country for funding infrastructure and services which improve citizens’ overall quality of life....

LISTEN: This Week In Detroit City FC With Fletcher Sharpe - FC Columbus and FC Indiana

This was a big week for Detroit City FC, with two shut out matches against FC Columbus and FC Indiana. This week Midfield Press correspondent Fletcher Sharpe spoke with Jer about the action on the field and what to expect next week....

Detroit Loses MLS Bid To FC Cincinnati

Detroit’s bid to win a Major League Soccer franchise suffered a setback when bidders settled on Ford Field as a venue. That’s the view of MLS commissioner Don Garber who said Detroit was a front-runner to get a new franchise until backers Dan Gilbert and Tom Gores abandoned plans for a soccer-specific stadium on the site of the stalled Wayne County Jail. Gilbert and Gores in November announced they were partnering with the Ford family and would instead retrofit Ford Field for soccer. Barbe...

Work Continues On The Rethinking Royal Oak Development

Workers will soon begin construction on a 581-space parking garage in downtown Royal Oak. It’s part of a larger development project dubbed Rethinking Royal Oak. It includes a new public park, police station, city hall, and a six-story office building. The project kicked off earlier this month with the groundbreaking for the six-story Royal Oak City Center in front of the current city hall. Officials say the north side of the Williams Street parking lot, near the city’s public library, will c...

Democratic Gubernatorial Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed: 'I See A State That Is Quickly Failing People'

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed dropped by Daily Detroit on Wednesday at the Mackinac Policy Conference to talk about his decidedly underdog candidacy, his progressive policies, why he lost the endorsement of Mayor Mike Duggan and firmly establish his outsider credibility. “A lot of politicians come here to rub shoulders with corporate lobbyists and try and get those corporations to back their campaigns. I just don’t take corporate money,” El-Sayed said.” My role here is v...

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Detroit Residential Development Round Up

A long-vacant building that hulks over I-375 in downtown Detroit is set to be demolished so developers can build housing in its place. It’s part of a number of developments Crain’s reports are coming to the city’s near east side. The Lafayette West project envisions two buildings; one being twelve story and the other being five stories. It will be on the site of the former Wayne State University Shapero Hall. The site would become more than 300 apartments and 60 for-sale condominiums. Else...

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel Torpedoes RTA Plan Prior to Mackinac Policy Conference

Regional transit is one of the big issues overshadowing this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference, with a panel discussion slated for Thursday and the issue atop the wish list of many business and civic leaders in attendance. Wayne County Executive Warren Evans on Tuesday posted a video he made about the difficulties in using a bus to go from downtown Detroit to Novi. Evans is a key transit proponent and is scheduled to speak at the conference on Wednesday. But getting a Regional Transit Autho...

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Will Metro Detroit Become A Permanent Second-Class Region? That’s the Question At The Heart Of This Year’s Mackinac Policy Conference

The Detroit region is a proverbial frog boiling alive in a pot of water. There are several major topics being tackled up here at the Mackinac Policy Conference — talent, transit, the opioid crisis and education among them. But the through-line that we see between all of them is “Will Metro Detroit become a permanent second-class region?” See, despite what some politicians would like to tell you, all is not rosy in the Paris of the Midwest. The city does have a comeback beginning. But anyon...

Tata Technologies Moves Their North American HQ From Novi To Detroit

The march into Detroit from the suburbs of businesses continues. Tata Technologies, an engineering supplier in the automotive and aerospace industries announced Friday that it’s moving their North American headquarters from Novi to Detroit in early 2019. The move brings 150 new workers into the city of Detroit. The new headquarters will be at 6001 Cass Avenue in Detroit, as part of the Techtown neighborhood (yes, apparently, it’s being call its own neighborhood now by the city). That’s in/...

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PODCAST: Meet The Man Chronicling All Of Detroit's Beautiful Street Murals, Viranel Clerard

Detroit is becoming a mecca for murals. Our guest on the Daily Detroit Happy Hour today is aiming to catalog it all. Viranel Clerard is the man behind the Detroit Mural Project, which you can find on the Internet machine at detroitmurals.com. The site organizes murals by neighborhood and includes a description of the artist and who it was commissioned by, when known, a link to the artist’s Instagram page, and location of the mural. He saves his commentary about the murals mostly fo...

Ford Begins Moving 200 Employees Into New Corktown Offices

Ford Motor Co. is beginning its new chapter in Detroit’s historic Corktown neighborhood. The Dearborn-based automaker has begun moving about 200 employees to a refurbished hosiery factory in Detroit. It’s the first step in what may become a much larger, consolidated urban campus housing the automaker’s electric and autonomous vehicle and mobility operations. Word is an announcement is coming in mid-June about the purchase of the long-empty and blighted Michigan Central Station. No deal...

LISTEN: Red Bull Radio's Vivian Host Previews Movement

The 2018 Movement Electronic Music Festival kicks off Saturday and runs through Memorial Day at Hart Plaza, and we spoke to Red Bull Radio DJ Vivian Host for a preview on the Daily Detroit News Byte podcast. A veteran music journalist and DJ, Host, uh, hosts a daily show called Peak Time from noon-2 p.m. on Monday through Friday on Red Bull Radio. It’s “all over the map” musically, Host says, and is rounded out with news and interview segments with artists releasing new music. Red Bull Mu...

PODCAST: Detroit's Population Continues To Slide, Ford Moves Into Corktown, Sven Opines On Transit, Vivian Host Of Redbull Radio Previews Movement

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for May 25th, 2018. Here are your stories for today. – Detroit’s population continues to slide, according to the U.S. Census – Ford starts moving employees into Corktown where they’ve renovated a former hosiery factory -Detroit City FC adds another international friendly match – Sven Gustafson opines on mass transit developments in metro Detroit – And we’re joined by Vivian Host. She’s the host of Peak Time on Redbull Radio and we talk al...

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