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Business Executives, Other Area Leaders Write Open Letter To Hackel And Patterson Supporting Transit

It’s pretty clear where some of the region’s heavy-hitters in the business community stand on mass transit, especially after a letter sent to the executives signed by nearly three dozen people. In a letter sent to Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, they line out many of the benefits they see in allowing the regional transit plan by the Regional Transit Authority to come to a vote. Dated July 27, 2016 Dear Executives Patterson and Hackel:...

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Two Downtown Ferndale Restaurants To Shuffle Up Their Spaces

There’s a pair of restaurants in the same building in downtown Ferndale that while open only for a short time have found quick success. They are Pop’s for Italian and the Daily Dinette, both owned by Kramer Restaurant Group. Pop’s is already needing to expand, while Daily Dinette will add some grab and go menu items and salads. The Daily Dinette has been notable of late for their 24-hour service, of which there are not many in the metro Detroit market, especially those in the middle of a w...

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Mexicantown Receives Grants To Reactivate Main Street Program

There is a lot of activity happening in Southwest Detroit lately. In June the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) and Mexicantown Community Development Corporation (MCDC) received a grant to reactivate the Main Street Program. This reactivation will help the businesses in the Mexicantown-Hubbard community. The SDBA and MCDC received a grant from the Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation and this is how the organizations reinstated their membership with the Main Street Progr...

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2,500 General Motors Employees To Volunteer In Detroit's Cody Rouge Neighborhood This August

The week of August 15 in the Cody Rouge neighborhood is going to see a ton of volunteers descend upon multiple projects. 2,500 General Motors employees have signed up and will donate their time to board up vacant homes, clean empty lots, spruce up streets and tackle other neighborhood and school improvements. Cody Rouge is a residential neighborhood on the west side of Detroit, and according to the CRCAA has roughly 35,000 people. The borders are M-153 (Ford Road) on the South to I-96 (Jeffr...

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WATCH: Check Out The Navy's Future U.S.S. Detroit In Action

It’s not due to officially come into service until October, but the U.S.S. Detroit is already showing off as it has completed its acceptance trial. Per the U.S Navy, here’s an explanation of the acceptance trial: The acceptance trial is the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for this fall. During the trial, the Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the littoral combat ship (LCS) intended to demonstrate the performance of the propulsion plant,...

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Check Out These Three Days Of Free Movie Nights At West Riverfront Park

If you have been looking for something fun to do during the week, we have just the thing for you. I don’t know about you, but I really hate feeling like I’m wasting my summer by not taking every opportunity to go outside and enjoy everything our city has to offer. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will be hosting free movie and music nights through July and August. Riverfront Relaxin’ will be at West Riverfront Park and will be held July 28, August 11, and August 25. Bring the family and li...

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Stroh's Detroit Made Bohemian-style Pilsner To Hit Shelves And Restaurants August 22

After much anticipation, we now have a date. The Stroh’s countdown has begun. According to a news release, Stroh’s Detroit made beer, brewed at Brew Detroit, will be hitting the shelves of many stores and the menus of many restaurants on August 22, 2016. “Stroh’s is Detroit,” said Dan McHugh, CMO of Pabst Brewing Company. “By reintroducing Stroh’s Bohemian-style Pilsner and brewing in the city, we are tapping into the history and heritage of Stroh’s and the innovation and hard work of the pe...

Back To The 80s: Check Out This Detroit Business Promo Video From 31 Years Ago

The 1980s were a pretty bleak time for Detroit. The auto industry was in crisis, and the city was firmly in decline, hemorrhaging jobs and residents. Children were being killed for their Air Jordans, crack cocaine was wiping out neighborhoods, and thugs were dropping cinderblocks into traffic from freeway overpasses. Broadly speaking, the era was better known for suburbia and new shopping malls than for today’s rush back to cities and urbanism. Not that there weren’t herculean efforts to rev...

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18 Photos That Capture The Magic Of Detroit's Soccer Team

Soccer. Futbol. Whatever you call it, Detroit and Hamtramck have something very special in the Detroit City FC. Le Rouge as they’re affectionately known have garnered the loyal support of thousands – all without giant in-your-face ad buys, without network television deals. Just the heart and soul of Detroit embodied on a rehabbed Works Progress Administration-era Keyworth Field in the enclave of Hamtramck. DCFC is, in so many ways, Detroit. Many of their players hold full-time jobs. After al...

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Metro Detroit's Future Could Go Off The Rails If We Walk Away From The RTA

This is why we can’t have nice things. That was our reaction, along with a cynical shrug of the shoulders, to the news that the Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority was forced to postpone voting on its master plan. This, after literally decades of false starts and setbacks that have left the Detroit region a woefully underserved backwater of public transportation, with two competing bus systems and a service area with glaring holes where virtually no transit service exists. The vo...

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31.5 Fantastic Facts To Celebrate Detroit's 315th Birthday

Happy Birthday Detroit! 315 years is amazing – as Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701. If only we could get Al Roker on the Monday morning to wish the city a happy birthday on the Today show. But since that’s probably not happening, let’s celebrate with knowledge. Detroit over more than three centuries has a lot of history that you might – or might not – know about. So let’s get started. 1. Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac didn’t come out of the factory a Cadillac There’s a car brand...

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Sustainable Sushi Restaurant ITADAKU To Open In Detroit Later This Year

It has been said preparing food is art. It can also be said art is food for the soul. Mike Han plans to give you both when his new, casual sushi restaurant, ITADAKU, opens in Corktown at 1701 Trumbull Ave. later this year. ITADAKU is the intersection of Han’s two greatest passions, art and sushi. Besides preparing the sushi, he will design and paint tableware, bowls and murals for the restaurant. The eatery will serve high quality sustainable sushi, fast. It will feature Daku Maki (large f...

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11 Motor City Match Grant Winners Announced

Round four of Motor City Match, Mayor Mike Duggan’s business development program, saw 11 more winners emerge recently. These businesses will receive grant funding to help them grow or expand in Detroit’s neighborhood business corridors. The grants range in size from $15,000 to $75,000 and have been awarded to a variety of small businesses, including a cycling studio, a butcher shop, and a musical instrument retailer. Motor City Match connects new and expanding businesses with Detroit real es...

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Michigan Humane Society Giving Former Shelter To City Of Detroit Animal Control

Detroit Animal Control has been plagued by issues as well as lawsuits, in part stemming from the challenges of dealing with an undersized and obsolete animal control building that’s located on West Jefferson. However, the Michigan Humane Society (MHS), through a private fundraising campaign, has been able to build a state-of-the-art new shelter and center by I-75 and the Northend, a few blocks away from their old facility. That opened earlier this year. However, that old facility MHS has lef...

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An Early Look Inside The New Co-Op Retailer Detroit Is The New Black

There is a new shop opening downtown this weekend on Woodward called Detroit Is The New Black. Calling it a shop doesn’t seem right, as that simplifies what it really is. DITNB is a co-op store that also serves as an art gallery. The space is much more than a standard store. It will be used as an incubator for businesses that are interested in the growing market. There are numerous businesses showcased in the store located on the 1400 block of Woodward. Roslyn Karamoko is the owner of Detroi...

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Downtown Boxing Gym Receives $25,000 From Rite Aid Foundation On The Rachel Ray Show

Rachel Ray and The Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program has a surprise on national TV yesterday. Ray announced a $25,000 donation to the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program from the foundation. In addition, they also are providing the DBG Youth Program with $5,000 in school, office, first aid and cleaning supplies. According to the gym, The Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program currently serves 110 students between the ages of 5 and 18, with more than 600 on a waiting list. To date, the organiza...

Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Week Of July 22-24

Get your birthday hats on because this weekend is Detroit’s 315th birthday. There are plenty of events happening through out the city, so find one that calls your name and celebrate our great city. French Food and Film – Cinema Detroit Cinema Detroit will be celebrating Detroit’s origin story by hosting a night of French food and the movie The Untouchables. There will also be some surprises for those who attend the film. French Cow Pop Up Crepes will provide dinner, (there will also have...

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The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Coming And Here's A Great Way To Enjoy It

One of the great things about living in Michigan is the natural beauty of our state. Match that with something cool happening in the heavens, and you have a winning combination. You can do that during the upcoming Perseid meteor shower during “Meteors & S’mores” in participating Michigan state parks Aug. 10-13. It’ll be even better if you can travel a little and check it out at a Dark Sky Preserve, of which Michigan has a few. Dark Sky Preserves have protection against light pollution and...

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