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Take a look at the new Tesla gallery just a mile from the Detroit auto dealers HQ

Without fanfare or much coverage in the local media, Tesla has opened a new “gallery” to showcase their cars just a mile down Big Beaver from the headquarters of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) in the Detroit suburb of Troy. We decided to head up to Somerset Collection (“collection” is the buzzword for a high-end mall) and take a look at the 700 square foot space nestled inside the first level of the Nordstrom store. And the word “nestled” is appropriate. At first glance, if you’...

Discover Christmas in Mexicantown at Southwest Holiday Fest on December 10

Here’s your chance to get in the holiday spirit, enjoy great food and learn a little about Christmas in Mexico, The fourth annual Southwest Holiday Fest is Saturday, December 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the heart of Detroit’s Mexicantown neighborhood. The family friendly festival is packed with fun winter-themed activities. You can see it all in the Bagley/Vernor Corridor between 16th and 25th Streets while sipping hot chocolate or traditional Mexican Christmas fruit punch. Be sure to expl...

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Detroit's first intentionally diverse charter school might not stay that way

It was four days into the two-week enrollment period for the new Detroit Prep charter school and Kyle Smitley was starting to worry. Smitley, the school’s co-founder, had opened Detroit Prep in September with grand ambitions of building the city’s first truly diverse charter school. She had embraced an idea that’s gained momentum across the country as educators have increasingly acknowledged that the nation’s segregated schools are hurting children and communities, and had managed to recruit...

Eight Detroit non-profits each receive $5,000 grant from the Detroit community Nike Store

Eight metro Detroit organizations will be receiving $5,000 grants from the Detroit Community Store and the Nike Community Impact Fund (NCIF.) The six Nike Community stores throughout the country will share a total of $240,000 in grant money to award to organizations in their communities. Locally, the Detroit Nike committee awarded their $40,000 to eight organizations throughout the city. The committee, made up of employees and store athletes, looked at organizations that give youth early, po...

What Can Viewing 32 Years Of Metro Detroit From Space Tell Us?

This is cool and sobering at the same time. It’s a short clip – just twelve seconds – but it covers 32 years of Metro Detroit history and development from space It’s part of a larger project called Google Timelapse, where you can view pretty much anywhere over the timespan from 1984-2015. Google, using their Earth Engine, combined over 5 million satellite images acquired over the past three decades by five different satellites. There are a lot of changes you can see. You can also play with t...

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Miniature golf course on verge of being built in Detroit's North End neighborhood

Up on Oakland Avenue and Clay, it looks like seven vacant lots in the city of Detroit are about to be turned into a miniature golf course. There’s a crowdfunding campaign that was launched Thursday to raise the final $5,000 required for 4Ward Phoenix Miniature Golf, described as a safe and secure 18-hole mini golf course with ample parking, lighting and benches. If the campaign reaches its crowdfunding goal of $5,000 by January 16, 2017. Who is putting this thing together is a bit unique. Th...

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Detroit's getting a new "Agrihood," looks to transform neighborhood through sustainability

This latest project in Detroit’s North End ties neighborhood growth along with agriculture. One of the more interesting storylines in Detroit’s transformation has been the rise of urban agriculture. The variety of uses of land across the city — and what is going to happen to them long term — is constantly evolving. Totaling about three acres and nestled in a neighborhood among vacant land, occupied and abandoned homes, The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) urban “agrihood” as they cal...

Your City 5: Things to do in Detroit for the weekend of December 2-4

Do you feel like December snuck up on us? Because I do. I’m still eating Halloween candy to be honest. This weekend is filled with all things shopping, drinking, and holiday merriment. It might not feel like December this weekend, but lets make the most of it. Detroit Urban Craft Fair — Detroit Head over to the Masonic Temple this weekend for the 11th Annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair. This is a three-day event, that will be filled with over 100 vendors that will be selling their handmade goo...

Detroit is the best city for hockey fans, 8th best sports city in nation

When it comes to sports fans, Detroiters are all-in for their teams. The website WalletHub that puts out a variety of reports related to personal finance and lifestyle shared Thursday that Detroit’s in the top 10 cities in America for the best sports fans, clocking in at number eight. They used a variety of metrics to come to their rankings of the best cities for fans. The comparison ran across 423 cities and 50 key metrics related to the five largest sports in the U.S.: football, basketball...

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Gilbert unveils $100M+ "Monroe Blocks" project that includes two high-rises

To say the folks over in Gilbertland are busy as of late is an understatement. Greater Downtown’s development is starting to move at breakneck pace, and they’re driving a large part of it. The latest project from Bedrock that was revealed to be in the planning stages is called “Monroe Blocks,” consisting of a pair of high-rise buildings and other developments on two mostly vacant parcels of land near Monroe street and bordering Campus Martius. During a press event for a development in Brush...

My top 5 picks for the 44th annual Noel Night

It is hard to believe that Noel Night is already upon us this Saturday, but it is. The thing I love about Noel Night on December 3 is that the cultural center comes alive, and sometimes it is the one night a year that you get a chance to check out some of the smaller places in Midtown. There is musical performances, art shows, vendors selling anything you can imagine, and it is so festive. Just be sure to wear comfortable shoes, and dress for the weather. There is a free shuttle that can tak...

BuzzFeed gets Detroit's beloved McClure's Pickles all wrong

Don’t screw with our pickles. In a post that’s obviously meant to create some discussion and emotional reaction (we wouldn’t know anything about listicles here at Daily Detroit, now would we?) BuzzFeed talks about “15 Hipster Food Trends That Need To Die In 2017.” Where we’re going to take exception is specifically number 9. In hating on “Artisanal Pickles,” they call out McClure’s Pickles with a picture and caption… “You can’t makeeeee me pay $40 for brined cucumber.” Let’s set the reco...

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VIDEO: Shinola commercial set in Detroit's Cass Corridor features Third Man Records

Shinola has a new-ish commercial out along with Third Man Records set in the Cass Corridor (part of the larger area often referred to as Midtown) and talking about Detroit music, with the aim of pushing Shinola’s new audio line. Three songs featured in the 90 second piece are While You Were Gone by The Combinations, Gotta Let You Know by James T. Cotton, and On the Run by The Gories. It’s set mostly in the Cass Corridor Third Man Records store. The commercial (embedded below) has some visual...

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Tuition-free, four year college now available to Detroit high school students

One of the challenges Detroit faces is education. Not just when it comes to local schools, but the low level of college graduates in the city of Detroit. And nowadays, you most likely need more than a high school education (whether it college or specialized training) to get a good job. Just 13.1 percent of city residents, per the latest U.S. Census, have a college degree. That compares to 26.4 percent in the state of Michigan, and 29.3 percent nationally. Detroit Promise, launched in March o...

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Two projects in Detroit aiming to increase access to healthy food & spur economic development receive $75,000

Imagine what it would be like to want an apple, a pear, a banana or carrots, peas, or, yes, even broccoli, and there was no place to get them. That’s what more than 1.8 million Michigan residents, including 300,000 children, face every day, according to the Michigan Good Food Fund. They live in lower‐income communities with limited access to the fruits and vegetables they need to be healthy and avoid serious illnesses such as obesity. Limited access to the right foods goes hand-in-hand with...

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Corktown-a-Glow is a brand new event for the holidays showcasing Detroit's oldest neighborhood

On Saturday, December 10, businesses in the Corktown neighborhood in Detroit are throwing an event to bring in and welcome shoppers, diners and visitors from around the region. This will be the first year of “Corktown-a-Glow,” complete with a Corktown tree lighting ceremony at Bagley and Trumbull. Quite a few businesses are participating in the event that will run from noon to 6 p.m. There will be a complimentary shuttle supplied by the Nemo’s stopping at various businesses. They are the D...

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Charlie LeDuff is done December 1 at Fox 2

Charlie LeDuff and Detroit are nowadays almost synonymous in the minds of many. His entertaining style of television reporting has drawn high praise, as well as a share of criticism. But as it has been said, “If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.” Now it seems LeDuff is closing a chapter. Posting earlier today on his Facebook page, he says he’s leaving Fox 2 Detroit (WJBK) December 1. [fb_pe url=”https://www.facebook.com/charlie.leduff/posts/10209751274832045?pnref=story” b...

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Peek Into History With These 10 Wigglegrams From 1880s Detroit

Detroit’s history as a city spans more than 300 years. Photography was only available for a portion of that time. Today, we’re going to look at stereoscopic images. See, before fancy virtual reality technology, there were stereoscopes. These were simple devices with special lenses that make the image seen through it appear larger and more distant. Often, the image is shifted to the left or right. If you have normal vision out of two eye, you could create a depth of field – or trick your eyes...

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