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Yes, There Is Such A Thing As "Barn Of The Year"

There are awards for a lot of things. But who knew there was a “Barn of the Year” award? Well, there is – and it’s award by the Michigan Barn Preservation Network. Established in 1995, The MBPN is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting appreciation, preservation and rehabilitation of Michigan barns, farmsteads and rural communities. This year, the award in the “Non-Profit Agricultural or Adaptive Use” category went to a bright yellow, 100-year-old beauty at Oakland University. Accor...

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Large Part Of Westbound I-696 Is Going To Be Closed This Weekend For Repairs

We don’t know how to put it any clearer: I-696 this weekend in southern Oakland County is going to be the worst. You’ll need to figure out a detour (we have MDOT’s suggestion). This weekend – 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday – I-696 going westbound will be closed between Lahser Road in Southfield and I-275 in Farmington Hills for concrete repair. All your ramps onto westbound I-696 from Orchard Lake, Telegraph Road, and Lahser Road will be closed as well. So what are you to do? MDOT says...

Here Are 8 Reasons You Should Ride With Me On Bike To Work Day Detroit

Bike to Work Day is Friday in Detroit, I’m excited and I’m putting on the full-court press for why you should join us. I previously wrote about how I’m involved in Bike To Work Day. As a reminder, please register so we have enough food and beverage and swag for you. Here are eight reasons to ride: 1. It’s a great way to kick spring into gear You’re sick of the cold weather and have suffered long enough from cabin fever. You could use some fresh air, you long to feel the breeze ruffle your...

Two New Things: Go! Sy Thai Adds Location, Mean Weenie Finds A Permanent Home

Metro Detroit’s food scene is getting a couple of new additions. First off, Go! Sy Thai, the popular midtown Thai place that makes locals smile with their “Iced T” dispenser (with a picture of Mr. T) is adding a small, 29-seat downtown Detroit location in Capitol Park, next to Dessert Oasis and Detroit Bikes in the Albert on Griswold, according to a release. It’ll also have a condensed menu to fit it’s small space as well as add delivery in midtown and downtown, which should be a hit with cubi...

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Nyjah Huston Wins at Red Bull Hart Lines

This past weekend, thousands of fans crowded into Detroit’s Hart Plaza to watch top skateboarders compete on a street skateboarding course like no other. On Sunday, Myjah Huston took first place in the event with an impressive list of tricks. Last year’s Hart Lines champion, Curren Caples, had a solid performance and secured a second place finish. Belgian skater Axel Cruysberghs was one of the fastest skaters through the course and paced third on the podium. After the awards ceremony, the Be...

Gilbert Is Bidding For Yahoo; Buffett May Finance

It’s not that Dan Gilbert and Warren Buffett are trying to buy Yahoo and both have equity together – it’s that Gilbert’s trying to buy Yahoo, with Buffett possibly financing the deal. That’s the news CNBC is reporting today. “I’m an enormous admirer of Dan and what he has accomplished in Quicken Loans‎. Yahoo is not the type of thing I’d ever be an equity partner in. I don’t know the business and wouldn’t know how to evaluate it, but if Dan needed financing, with proper terms and protecti...

Detroit Summer Jobs Program To Receive $2 Million From Obama Administration

A local summer program that provides thousands of jobs, Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, will receive a $2 million federal grant awarded over two years, enabling the city to provide another 1,000 young people with summer employment opportunities. In total, $21 million in funding was announced Monday by the Department of Labor and the Obama administration, and the $2 million represents Detroit’s share. The funds are aimed at connecting disadvantaged young people with jobs this summer and year-round...

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Detroit Startup Week Speaker Lineup Released, Includes Bill Ford And Mike Duggan

There’s a lot to be excited about in Detroit’s startup and entrepreneurial scene as of late. The final of three major events just this month, Detroit Startup Week, just released its marquee speaker lineup. They include: * Bill Ford, executive chairman, Ford Motor Company * Jennifer Piepszak, CEO of Chase Business * Danielle Weisberg & Carly Zakin, co-founders, theSkimm * Tami Door, president and CEO, Downtown Denver Partnership and co-founder of Denver Startup Week * Mike Duggan, mayor, c...

If Detroit Had Our Own Money, Who Would You Put On It?

There has been a lot of talk about money and who is on it as of late, with some of that conversation including our own civil rights icon Rosa Parks. But we got to thinking. What if through some quirk of time, space and coincidence Detroit had our own currency? Who would we put on it? This started a lively debate at the Daily HQ in Cass Park. Here are some suggestions we came up with – along with runners-up. Are we on-point or totally off-base? $1 – Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac Followi...

Yah-Q? Gilbert Reportedly Part Of Buffett Group Aiming To Buy Yahoo

It looks like billionaire Detroit businessman and founder of Quicken Loans, Dan Gilbert, is teaming up with Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway founder and often referred to as the “Oracle of Omaha” to make a run at buying Yahoo. Yahoo is one of the first wave of big internet companies, but has fallen out of favor as of late even though it has millions of daily users. It’s considered by experts as a company without focus – and is up for sale with a shortlist of around 10 bidders. Verizon is c...

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Detroit Zen: A Couple Of Minutes With The Koi On Belle Isle

The Aquarium on Belle Isle, originally opened in 1904 and at one point was America’s oldest-running aquarium (it was shut down for a few years starting in 2005 due to budget issues), has a very cool koi pond next door between it and the Whitcomb Conservatory. The Aquarium was designed by none other than the godfather of Detroit architecture, Albert Kahn. The pond houses nearly 300 fish, with some estimated at being 80 years old – and they like to take an interest in people staring at them –...

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Nickelodeon’s The HALO Effect Honors Detroit Area Teen

It’s no secret that men outnumber women in the computer science field. That fact alone often discourages women from entering the field. However, Macomb County teen Christina Li from the Utica Community Schools has set out to change the gender imbalance by creating computer science camps for girls. Her work will be honored on Nickelodeon’s The HALO Effect, a television show that highlights teens who “help and lead others” (HALO) in their community. The all-new episode, called “Hello World,” pre...

One Man's Litter Is Another Man's Free Speech - But Is It The Right Way To Treat Readers?

If you haven’t heard, Orion Township in Oakland County and the biggest paper in town, the Detroit Free Press, are now in a legal dispute over a Sunday edition called “Select,” delivered in a pink paper bag to some communities in Metro Detroit. So what is “Yes! Your Essential Shopper” or “Sunday Select?” According to a release in 2007: Sunday Select offers our advertisers a new way to reach active consumers. With Sunday Select, these consumers opt in to receive the advertising package of nati...

New Detroit Nike Store Gets Opening Date, Time - And Tom Izzo

Over at 1261 Woodward in the core of downtown, across from the old Hudson’s site, there’s a new Nike Community Store in the old F.W. Woolworth Company Building that’s currently getting ready for an opening day of its own. It’s part of an overall effort to bring more retail and national brands into the downtown core to draw shoppers and people into the city. The retail space has in the last few years served as a welcome center and then a home for the Somerset Collection’s CityLoft pop up. The...

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Smart Cities Challenge Comes To Detroit, $100,000 Up For Grabs

Detroit has made a name for itself when it comes to innovation. From the automobile to the mechanical heart pump, Detroit has been at the forefront of new technology. NextChallenge: Smart Cities will help ensure that it stays there. Hosted by NextEnergy, DENSO, DTE Energy, and Wells Fargo, the global Smart Cities challenge aims to encourage friendly competition in an effort to create hardware and software technology solutions for the growing problems facing urban areas. “Urban populations ar...

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A First Look Inside The New All-American Woodward Thowbacks On Michigan Avenue

On Michigan Avenue, just west of the Lodge and east of the iconic Hygrade Deli and Mike’s Famous Ham Shop, is a low-slung storefront building that contains the new retail store and woodworking shop of Woodward Throwbacks. If you’re an Eastern Market regular, you may have seen the wares created by Detroit residents Kyle Dubay and Bozenka “Bo” Shepherd – from furniture to bottle openers – made all of reclaimed and repurposed materials, much of it from illegal dumping sites. One man’s tras...

Here's How The RTA’s Plans To Improve Detroit Regional Transit Are Shaping Up

There would still be shortcomings and gaps, but plans to shore up our embarrassingly inadequate public transportation system in metropolitan Detroit carry the distinct whiff of a credible and functional system that can compare with those found in other big cities. On Thursday, I stopped by the second of two public workshops held by the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan to view plans for express service between the suburbs and city along Woodward and Gratiot Avenues. I spoke with...

State To Pay Water Bills Of Flint Residents For Month Of May, 15,000 Additional Eligible For Medicaid

City of Flint Mayor Karen Weaver Thursday, along with state and federal officials, rolled out a new campaign to encourage Flint residents to flush the water in their homes for a total of 10 minutes a day to remove lead particles as well as coat the pipes to protect their homes. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder also announced, according to both the Governor’s office and the City of Flint, that the state will pay for water used by Flint residents during the month of May to encourage them to partici...

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