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Plans Become Clearer For Big Boy Site By Belle Isle

When you look across the Detroit River from Belle Isle, you’re going to see a new building that may be as many as ten stories tall come the summer of 2020. That’s the plan according to The Platform, a development group that’s behind some iconic projects as of late, including a renovation of the Fisher Building. Earlier this year we brought you word that the Big Boy at Grand Boulevard and Jefferson at the foot of the Belle Isle (properly called MacArthur) Bridge was purchased and closed. That’s...

Networking In Detroit: 7 Events To Mark Your Calendars For In 2017

Metro Detroit is in full holiday swing, which means there are not many networking events happening between now and the New Year. So, we’ve decided to look into the crystal ball and look to future networking events. If you have started working on your 2018 planners already, maybe pop a few of these events into your schedule. DXT Launch Detroit 2018 Info Session Launch Detroit will be holding an info session on January 10 for their 10 week summer accelerator. This entrepreneurial accele...

Brush Park Just Got A Bit Sweeter Thanks To "For The Love Of Sugar"

If you’re looking for a new cute spot to grab a slice of cake or a box of macarons, we have just the place for you. Last night For the Love of Sugar officially opened on the ground floor of The Scott at Brush Park. We were able to check out the new cakery and cafe last night. Let me tell you, it was adorable. Not to mention the cakes are beautiful and delicious. Manal Hussein’s background is in marketing but started experimenting with baking after watching a lot of Food Network. Eve...

Decades Of Greatness Ahead For Detroit: An Interview With Todd Sachse, CEO & Founder Of Sachse Construction

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroithappyhour/DD-34-Happy_hour_Sachse_mixdown.mp3″ image=”http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/2/8/1/3281807b889b3f4f/height_480_width_640_overlay_sachse-sven.jpg” download=”true” social_gplus=”false” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” twitter_username=”TheDailyDetroit” ] One of the people at the center of Detroit’s building boomlet is Todd Sachse, the CEO and Founder of Sachse Construction. You probably have seen their banner...

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Detroit To Host Vaccination Pop-Ups For Restaurant Workers

There has been an uptick in Hepatitis A cases across Southeastern Michigan, as well as some recent high-profile cases in restaurants and at Greektown Casino. To help combat this, the Detroit Health Department for the city of Detroit is now recommending all food establishments work to get their food handlers vaccinated. The city is launching a pop-up vaccination clinic program to provide easy and convenient access to vaccines. The first is this Tuesday, December 19, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the...

Merry Hydraulic Christmas, Detroit: Check Out This Absurd Driving In The Snow

Sometimes, you just have to admire the absurdity of Detroit. It’s the winter season, and so as in years past, crazy videos of things happening in the snow start to emerge. The latest pair (posted on YouTube and Facebook) by Bill Robinson of Outkast Lowriders & Kustoms of videos is pretty crazy. According to the post, on Wednesday evening before the salt trucks went out this here hyrdaulically-enabled ride hit I-75 just before I-94 and showed off. We’ve embedded one angle that’s a Youtube v...

Detroit's Top Opinion Editor Canned By Freep Over "Inappropriate Behavior"

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and opinion editor of the Detroit Free Press, Stephen Henderson, was fired today after an internal investigation showed that Henderson had a history of comments and incidents that did not meet the company’s “values and standards.” This is all according to a post that appeared on the Freep’s website this afternoon. “Effective today, Stephen Henderson will no longer be employed by the Detroit Free Press. The decision was made after an internal investigation wa...

You Get A Wahlburgers, And You Get A Wahlburgers - Chain Coming To A Meijer Near You?

Fans of the Boston based Wahlburgers will soon have more locations to pick up their favorite burger or sandwich. According to multiple media reports there is a new partnership between Mark Wahlberg and his family and with Grand Rapids based Meijer. The partnership would bring the Wahlburgers to new and existing Meijer stores throughout Michigan. There will also be Wahlburger food trucks to select Meijer locations. There has been no word yet as to which Meijer locations will get a Wahlburg...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of December 15-17

Well, I guess winter finally decided to show up this week. I hope you are all saying safe and warm out there. This weekend is filled with a ton of fun things to do, and most of them are pretty inexpensive. Have a good weekend everyone! My Brightest Diamond at El Club Holy cow, you guys. If you don’t have plans on Friday night you need to go see My Brightest Diamond at El Club. Shara Nova’s musical stylings are hard to describe, all I can say is her voice is intoxicating. Also, wheneve...

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There Aren't Two Detroits. But There Are Two Metro Detroits.

Over the past few years we’ve noticed that there is a severe cultural disconnect in metro Detroit. Before you say “oh, another city vs. suburbs rant!” let’s be clear: It’s way more complicated than just city vs. suburb. Or black vs. white. This cultural divide doesn’t respect city boundaries. Sure, there’s a geographic element to it, but it’s also tied to family and life experiences. We live in silos. We have a lack of shared experiences and empathy. You could live in, say, Harrison Townsh...

Olympia Announces Yet Another District Detroit Development: $30m With 730 Parking Spaces

Word came over the press wires that Olympia Development has begun construction of a new $30 million building on Temple Street in the District Detroit (or as we’ve always called it around the office, Ilitch Village). If you’re not familiar, that’s the 50 or so block area around the new Little Caesars Arena that’s seeing a ton of new investment and development, including the addition of Google as a tenant. The development will be mixed use, meaning there will a combination of retail, parking,...

An Augmented Reality Mural Could Be Coming To Detroit

Augmented Reality (or AR) is becoming more and more of a thing. Games like Pokemon GO have brought augmented reality to the mainstream, and there are a lot of industrial uses for the technology that overlays computer-generated images, sounds, or other data on a real-world environment. This project called ElectriFly Detroit plans to fuse street art and technology for a 35 foot by 20 foot interactive mural on the back of the old Steve’s Bar next to St. Andrew’s Hall. They claim that thi...

Ferndale's Locally-Focused Farm Field Table Butcher Shop To Expand In The New Year

There is something special about going to a legit butcher shop. Sure, you can pick up some ground chuck at the grocery store, but sometimes you need to find a specific cut of meat that you can’t find at Kroger. This is where Matt and Mike Romine come in. They opened the artisan butcher shop Farm Field Table last December. The Ferndale based butcher shop specializes in meat from heritage whole animals from local Michigan farms. Farm Field Table supplies meat to customers at their butcher...

Third Street Over I-94 In Midtown To Be Closed Indefinitely Due To Crumbling Bridge

Third Street, a one-way, multi-lane road through the heart of Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood, is going to be shut down over I-94. There’s not a definite timeline from the Michigan Department of Transportation on when the bridge will be repaired. According to MDOT, during a recent inspection of the overpass, they found structural deterioration in the bridge supports, requiring all traffic to be prohibited from using the overpass. All southbound traffic will be directed to nearby Second Avenue...

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8.5 Fabulous Reasons To Shop At The Stunning Fisher Building

Whenever my brother comes into town from Denver I will take him to one (or two) of my favorites places in the city. This visit I decided to take him to the Fisher Building in New Center. If you have yet to check out the Fisher Building during the holidays, do so. It is magical. Since we were already at the Fisher Building, I decided to do a little round up of some of the shopping you will be able to do while you visit this beautiful building. Let’s get shopping! 1. The Peacock Ro...

The Top-Searched Brewery In Michigan? It's Founders

When it comes to Michigan breweries, one beer reigns supreme, at least according to search data. The Business Broker Network took a look at all 50 states for the most-searched brewery in each state. All but one state — Missouri — had craft breweries at the top, and even then, Busch is based in St. Louis. In Michigan, the top-searched beer is Founders. They’ve made a lot of news with their popular pours and their new Midtown Detroit taproom. When it comes to style of beer, the top searche...

It's Great To See Detroit's J Dilla Get Some Of The Recognition He Deserves

J Dilla was a musical genius. The Detroit artist who died way too young at 32 years old in 2006 made the beats behind a variety of big hits and helped define the sound of a whole genre. If you don’t know who James Dewitt Yancey was, it’s time for a little primer. After all, two of his beat machines – his Minimoog and his MPC 3000 – are in the Smithsonian’s African American History Museum in Washington, D.C. Here are a few tracks you might know he was a part of, if you didn’t already....

Hispanics Outpace National Average For Home Ownership In Metro Detroit, African Americans Lag Behind

When it comes to minorities and home ownership, new data out shows that there are significant disparities between different racial groups around what is usually the largest asset a person or family has — owning a home. The data, culled from U.S. Census data and other sources and compiled by the real estate site Abodo, paint a very interesting picture. It’s one of the most clear numbers that illustrates wealth inequality. Nationally, 63% of Americans own homes. Whites in America have the hi...

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