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Looking For A Job In Detroit's Startup Scene? Re:Purpose Looks To Fit You In

There’s a lot of talk and media coverage about the startup scene in the Detroit area – but how do you get a job actually working in it? A new Detroit-based company is looking to close that hiring gap. It’s called Re:Purpose, and it was founded by Ryan Landau. That’s Re:Purpose as in regard to, like in an email subject line. He saw a gap where people interested in being in Detroit and working in Detroit are having trouble finding jobs with companies that fit them. Not just with experience, bu...

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Detroit Ministry Announces $10K Gas & Oil Change Good Friday Giveaway

A local ministry is celebrating Good Friday with a fuel & oil change giveaway that organizers expect will serve more than 500 people. Detroit’s New Life Family Church is holding their second annual $10K Gas Giveaway on Friday, April 14, or Good Friday. According to a release, New Life will provide free gas at the BP Gas Station, 4125 8 Mile Road and added new for this year, free oil changes at City Oil Change, 18200 Livernois in Detroit. “Our ministry is postured to celebrate Jesus just as...

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Motown Movement Aims To Build Education Center Focused On Affordable, Sustainable Housing

Do you remember the story of the Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike to stop the leak and saved the town? That’s what three Dutch architecture students are doing in Detroit. They hope to put their finger in the dike and help Detroiters cut their energy costs and save more houses that might still have life from demolition. Bob Hendrikx, Dominik Lukkes, and Ronen Dan just launched their nonprofit Motown Movement project, which aims to make blighted homes livable again by reducing energy...

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The Spirit of Detroit HydroFest Is Thrown A Life Preserver Thanks To New Title Sponsor

Hydroplane racing boats are going to grace the waters of the Detroit River for a 101st time. The Spirit of Detroit HydroFest announced today that the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers (MDCD) the new presenting title sponsor for this year. The event will be held August 25-27 on the Detroit River and has been restructured this year to include a new two races in two days format instead of one race over two days. This new race format has not been seen in the modern era of the sport, bringing a new lev...

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Detroit Design Festival Now Accepting Applications For The 2017 Festival

The Detroit Design Festival is a five-day festival will go through eight different neighborhoods throughout Detroit. The festival aims to show how design in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and how the products and services we use everyday can impact the way society functions and the way people experience the world around them. The dates for the seventh annual Detroit Design Festival (DDF) have been announced and this year it will be September 26-30. The DDF is being hosted by the economic dev...

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New Farm To Freezer In Eastern Market Will Create Jobs, Offer More Fresh Food Access

It’s going to be even easier for schools, grocery stores, community feeding programs and restaurants to get, and keep, fresh foods from local farmers at Eastern Market. The market announced this week a partnership with Michigan Farm to Freezer, a community-based processor of fruits and vegetables in Northern Michigan that is expanding operations to Detroit. It takes produce sourced and purchased from local farmers, flash-freezes it to preserve nutrients and flavors and packages it for purcha...

One Earth Writing Teaches Teens How Storytelling Can Bridge Cultural Gaps

Kids love to tell stories. What’s terrific is their storytelling can build bridges across communities, neighborhoods, nationalities, religions, socioeconomic status and more. That’s the goal of One Earth Writing, a nonprofit that connects student writers in grades 7 through 12 from different races, religions and socioeconomic backgrounds through its application-only Ambassador writing program. As they sit down and write stories that share details of their lives – loves, disappointments, spor...

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Hundreds Of People Turn Out To See Rosa Parks Home Rebuilt In Berlin

The home of US civil rights icon Rosa Parks – rebuilt in Berlin by an artist – drew hundreds of people out to see it Saturday, the first time it was put on view. The project, the idea of US artist Ryan Mendoza, was realized in his garden in the Berlin district of Wedding. “It is wonderful how great the response has been to the house,” said Mendoza’s wife, Fabia, who was filming the event. Rosa Parks, an African American, is best remembered for her refusal in 1955 to give her seat to a whit...

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The 17 Epic Bakeries Of Detroit

Detroit has a ton of great bakeries, many with their own unique spin on the sugary treats. For me, there is just something special about going into a bakery. Maybe it’s the smell of sugar, butter and baking bread. Or maybe it is knowing that I’m about to get some sort of delicious cookie or cake or loaf of bread. Frankly, if I could live on bread alone I would. We wanted to compile a list of bakeries that are located in the city of Detroit, and be sure to highlight the places most people kno...

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Sarap Detroit And Chef Aaron Egan To Collaborate On Jewish-Filipino Pop Up Dinner At Eastern Market

It’s not very often that you see Jewish cuisine fused with Filipino food, however on Monday, April 24 there will be a collaborative pop up with Sarap Detroit and chef Aaron Egan. The collaboration started after Sarap chef Jake Williams learned that 1,200 European Jews ended up in the Philippines during World War II. Chef Williams approached chef Egan with the idea to collaborate on the pop up. “Jewish and Filipino cuisines may seem like an unlikely pairing, but it’s a perfect collaboration...

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QLINE Releases Two New Videos With Driver, Pedestrian And Bicycle Safety Tips

The folks at the QLINE have released two short videos that are full of tips on how to handle the addition of the streetcar to Woodward Avenue between the Central Business District and New Center. Above we’ve embedded the video around driver safety. One thing to note if you haven’t noticed is that the QLINE is going to have a special streetlight that will let it go forward in front of traffic to make the situation where the streetcar is switching from curbside to the center of the road easier....

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Macomb County Officials Say Proposed Trump Budget Will Cost County Millions

When it comes to Michigan’s Macomb County, an important part of President Donald J. Trump’s Michigan election victory, the President’s new budget could cost Macomb County government nearly $30 million according to county officials. For context, last month the White House released a $1.1 trillion budget proposal. The proposal shifts dollars toward defense spending to the tune of $54 billion, but that money comes out of major cuts to a number of departments and the services they provide. Macom...

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Retro Motor City: Check Out Detroit's Talking Police Car From 1936

Imagine a 1930s police car with a ridiculously sized horn on top, politely but firmly giving orders on Detroit’s streets. Well, that was Detroit’s “Voice of Safety,” or their talking police car that’s featured in this neat retro film clip. There are some cool scenes of downtown Detroit in the video as well. The “Talking Police Car” (an officer, of course, was doing the talking) was a plan to lessen the amount of tickets written while educating the public. It feels like this would be useful...

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Detroit Grand Prix Poster Competition Win Goes To 21 Year Old Kaylin Mahoney

Being able to design the official poster for one of Detroit’s most nationally visible events is quite the honor. 21-year-old Kaylin Mahoney, a junior at CCS, was selected last as the winner of the fifth annual competition following an afternoon of judging at the downtown Detroit college campus. Mahoney’s creative vision of the Grand Prix) featured a unique watercolor design with the cars of the Verizon IndyCar Series racing side-by-side beneath the picturesque Detroit skyline. CCS student...

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Detroit Blows Expects To Open This Summer, Aims To Be A Blow Out Salon For Women Of Every Ethnicity

With a name like Detroit Blows, you’re bound to get a lot of attention from people. I know that’s what caught my attention. At first I thought it was someone who has something nasty to say about our fine city, then I checked out the Detroit Blows Instagram account. They plan on creating a salon that will specialize in blow outs and express manicures, express pedicures, and other “finishing services” like eyebrow grooming, make up, and lash applications. According to the company backgrounde...

Annual Comcast Cares Day Looking For Project Volunteers Around Metro Detroit

If you’re looking for a way to get involved around Metro Detroit, Comcast has quite a few service opportunities during the 16th annual Comcast Cares Day. The projects begin Saturday, April 15 and culminate on Comcast Cares Day, Saturday, April 22. This year, Comcast estimates more than 100,000 volunteers will participate in approximately 900 projects across the country and around the world. To date, volunteers have contributed nearly 5 million volunteer hours at 7,700 projects since Comcast C...

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Eminem Sighting Sets Off Speculation About A New Album

It’s not often that you see Eminem in public. Even rarer that you see Eminem and Paul Rosenberg, his longtime manager, with him at a local 7 Eleven. But that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday with an Instagram post from Rosenberg’s account hashtagged #7ElevenSeries. Before we go deeper down this rabbit hole, let’s be clear. As of this writing, nothing has been confirmed. But folks are definitely talking about this. It's been a long time… #7elevenseries A post shared by Paul Rosen...

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Historic Fisher Building Will Host Flint Eastwood's "Broke Royalty" Record Release Party April 14

The Fisher Building has always been beautiful, but it might be turning into one of the more interesting multipurpose places for fun in the city. Sure, it’s always had the Fisher Theatre, but the lobby of the Fisher Building recently hosted a halfpipe for skateboarders, and in the past fashion shows. Now, Daily Detroit gets word that none other than Flint Eastwood will be having their record release party there. Hot off a successful South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin this year, the record re...

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