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OPINION: Supporting Financial Literacy Is An Investment In Southeastern Michigan’s Future

Each April, Financial Literacy Month offers an important opportunity to educate consumers on the fundamentals of personal finance – from how checking accounts and credit cards work to how to establish a basic household budget. This should be a year-round commitment by our community because it is so fundamentally important to making financially responsible decisions integral to the everyday lives of our residents. Financial literacy can also be an issue for entrepreneurs and small business owne...

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New "City Of Champions" Shirt Released To Commemorate A Magical Year In Detroit Sports History

In 1935-36 season was a very special one for sports in Detroit. The season saw the rise of mighty Joe Louis in boxing, baseball’s Detroit Tigers winning their first World Series, football’s Detroit Lions winning their first NFL championship (this was pre-Super Bowl), and hockey’s Detroit Red Wings winning their first NHL championship. It’s a rare honor Detroit holds to have all three sports team win championships at basically the same time. To commemorate this, the Day of Champions in Mich...

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A New National Geographic Explorer Correspondent Is From Metro Detroit

It is always nice to see someone from Metro Detroit make it to national television. For the next ten months, Macomb resident Erin Winters will be the Digital Correspondent for National Geographic’s Explorer. Winters was one of 600 people to submit a video for the National Geographic contest Assignment: Explorer. She eventually became one of three finalists. The three finalists were each given a topic and were required to produce a story in three days. In the end her video won, and she is n...

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Beloved Ernie's Market To Appear On The Travel Channel's Food Paradise

Few names elicit more happy memories involving sandwiches and love than Ernie’s. The long-standing Oak Park establishment (a place we’ve highlighted before in a sandwich list and a deli list) is manned by Ernie Hassan, who seals every sandwich with a little bit of love. Ernie’s will be featured on the Travel Channel’s show Food Paradise. According to his Facebook page, the show will air on April 30 at 8 p.m. The show, aimed at food-focused travelers, focuses on the “must-stop” food spots a...

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Two Metro Detroiters Named As Semifinalists For Zagat's National 30 Under 30

Zagat is one of the best known guides and sites for drinking and dining around the country. New this year, their 30 under 30 award for hospitality “rock stars” around the country includes two in the Detroit area. The two entrants are both from restaurants you may have heard of. The 28 year old “Flowers of Vietnam” chef and co-owner George Azar. Flowers of Vietnam has become a darling of the foodie scene, so much so that they’ve had to temporarily close for renovations to bring what was the...

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WATCH: Detroit Police Pull Over Velomobile And Get Schooled On How Michigan's Vehicle Code Actually Works

Have you ever been pulled over while on a bicycle? Well, this Velomobile is a type of bicycle, and that’s what happened to Doug Grosjean. See, the Dearborn resident uses his human-powered Velomobile to commute to work, sometimes down Evergreen. He’s hard to miss if you’ve been to biking events and it’s not like he’s not a known quantity with being included in an HOUR Magazine profile and all. What is a Velomobile? Imagine a bike or tricycle (human-powered, no engine) with an aerodynamic s...

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Behind The Barricade: Checking In On The Construction Of The New Wayne State Business School

Earlier this week we had the chance to swing by the new Mike Ilitch Wayne State School of Business building to see how construction was coming along. It’s a $50 million development on Woodward Avenue at Temple, right next to the new Little Caesars Arena complex. So far, 140 tons of steel have been installed. There is still another 1,000 or so tons to go. The next phase will be decking in June, followed by a glass facade. The school will house a variety of programs, and a digital ticke...

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The Illuminated Mural Will Stay Thanks To Suit Settlement

You can’t miss it if you’re looking east near Woodward and Grand Boulevard. It’s tall at nine stories, colorful, and unmistakable. It’s called the Illuminated Mural, and it has been at the center of a lawsuit between Detroit-based artist Katie Craig who sued developer Princeton Enterprises under the Visual Artists Rights Act last January. Now comes word the two sides have settled Thursday, on the eve of the purchase of the building to The Platform, a development group in the city that’s making...

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Motor City Comic Con To Bring 300 Media & Movie Icons To Metro Detroit

As a teenager, I walked into the Motor City Comic Con for the first time. There I met Mart Nodell. He was a fairly old man, but it was a thrill, which only increased when he remembered me at the show every year until his death. Most people who read this probably haven’t the faintest idea who Nodell was or what he did. He was the creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, the original character from the 1940s. The creator of an icon was talking to me. That was longer ago than I may like to admi...

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Your City 5: Things To Do This Weekend In Detroit, April 14-16

Good Good Friday and hello all. If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend in Detroit, look no further. Let’s just dive in. Flint Eastwood Record Release Party – The Fisher Building It’s an iconic space that’s going to have one heck of a party thrown in it on Friday night. Local artist gone big Flint Eastwood (we interviewed her here) has a record release party for her new EP, “Broke Royalty” in the lobby of Fisher Building. As of this writing, there’s still a few tickets left h...

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PODCAST: Drew Philp, Author of A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City

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A First Look Inside Detroit's New Avalon Cafe (And It Looks Great)

Avalon is one of those names that has become synonymous with Detroit’s current revitalization efforts. Opening in 1997 in the Cass Corridor, Avalon’s founders Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor invested in Detroit when, as the story they tell goes, even when their landlord on Willis Street said “this neighborhood isn’t ready for windows.” But put in windows they did. And so it began. Now, with multiple locations already under their belt, they’re opening a downtown cafe. But Perrault and Vic...

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PHOTOS: Inside The New Under Armour Detroit Brand House

After months of anticipation the new Under Armour Detroit Brand House will open tomorrow, Thursday, April 13. The Detroit Brand House will offer shoppers the full line of Under Armour athletic wear, shoes and accessories for men, women and youth. “The opening of the Under Armour Detroit Brand House underscores our continuous commitment to investing in strong American markets and giving all athletes access to our best-in-class products and technologies,” said Susie McCabe, Senior Vice Presid...

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Former Local NAACP Director Heaster Wheeler Announces Candidacy For Detroit City Clerk

Detroit garnered national attention on Election Day of 2016 as the country waited for Michigan’s vote count to roll in. And holding up that vote count, it turned out, were results yet to come in from the City of Detroit. So this year’s City Clerk race has heated up with a field of challengers vying for Janice Winfrey’s job. On Wednesday Heaster Wheeler, a former firefighter, assistant County Executive, lobbyist and Detroit Branch NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo...

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Third Man Records Partners Up With Bob Seger For Vinyl Reissue

That Jack White seems always up to something. This time, it’s a Bob Seger reissue for Record Store Day on April 22. Here are the details. According to Third Man Records, this is the first vinyl reissue of Bob Seger System’s “2+2=?” in nearly four decades. The limited edition yellow-colored vinyl record will be remastered directly from the analog tapes by Robert Vosgien and cut by Ron McMaster at Capitol Mastering. A standard black vinyl version will be released after Record Store Day. Both...

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A New Development Called "SOMA" Is Coming To Mack And Woodward

The Detroit development scene isn’t immune from the national trends of renaming areas of cities with abbreviations. Meet the “SOMA District” standing for “South Of Mack Avenue” released in a new video teaser from Friedman Real Estate we’ve embedded above. With a name like “SOMA,” one can’t help but think of this snippet from South Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miXMWJyOdgw Let’s get into the details. * In total, it encompasses more than seven acres. * As part of the project, t...

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After Nearly 70 Years, The Better Made Factory On Gratiot Factory Gets A New Sign

For almost 70 years, the same sign has graced Gratiot Avenue beckoning all who come near to come for a salty potato chip snack at the Better Made factory in Detroit. Today, Better Made swapped out their iconic sign for a new, red one that reflects the current packaging. The old sign will be put “in a place of honor” inside the factory. “This is certainly a momentous occasion in Better Made’s history,” says Mark Winkelman, president of Better Made. “Just like the Vernors, Stroh’s, and Sand...

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VIDEO: Intense Trailer Released For Upcoming Movie Set During The Detroit Riots

Labeling it “Based on the true story of one of the most terrifying moments in American history,” the producers behind the new movie “Detroit” that will focus on the civil unrest in our city in 1967 released a full length trailer today. The film hits screens August 4, just a week after the 50th anniversary of the event that many people believe permanently changed Detroit. Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal collaborated on the film. In the past, they won Oscars for The Hurt Lo...

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