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QUICK TIP: Detroit Company Looking For IT Salespeople

CBI in downtown Detroit is holding a networking event on May 12th to find people to fill entry-level IT security sales positions at its Detroit office called “Jumpstart Your Cybersecurity Sales Career.” The event is at Cornerstone Barrel House at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12. They’re looking to fill several entry-level IT sales openings in our downtown Detroit office. “Breaking into an IT industry sales role can be an uphill battle. Many times, entry-level positions that exist provide littl...

Detroit And Livonia Rank At The Bottom Of Nation For Diversity, Says Report

When it comes to diversity of four types – among social class, ethno-racial, economic and household diversity – the least and second to least diverse cities in the nation are Livonia (ranked 312) and Detroit (rank 313). Detroit and Metro Detroit has a very long history of racial segregation – first within city neighborhoods, and then among suburbs as the population sprawled far beyond the city borders. The survey was published by Wallethub, and here’s how they talked about their methodology...

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Brendan Patrick Can't See Sh*t: The Story of a Blind Artist

Blind artist. Those are two words you don’t hear together every day, but that’s what Brendan Patrick is, among other things. Patrick was born with cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder that causes damage to the lungs and digestive system. Through complications with this disease, Patrick lost his sight. However, he hasn’t let that, or his deteriorating health, slow him down. He and his good friend, Rob Cousineau of Get Super Rad, are busy creating a documentary, aptly named “Can’t See...

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Here Are Your 5 World Beer Cup Winners From Michigan

What are the best beers in the world? That’s probably a question that will never be truly settled, but the World Beer Cup, organized by The Brewers Association, a non-profit, tries to come close. The annual competition at the Craft Brewers Conference this year in Philadelphia received more than 6,500 entries from 1,907 breweries in 55 countries. Only five percent of that total received a winning medal. Because this is a passionate topic for folks, what are the criteria? What gets you a gold,...

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Detroit’s Blight Removal Program Receives Additional $42 Million

The City of Detroit’s blight removal program is now able to expand into more neighborhoods as a result of an extra $42 million in funding approved by the U.S. Treasury and Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). The city has been allocated a total of $170 million in federal blight removal, including this most recent round of funding. Detroit has so far used the funds to demolish more than 8,600 vacant buildings since January 2014. This year, the city plans to demolish 5,000 vacan...

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26 Percent of Detroit Area Millennials Live With Mom, In National Top 10

If you’re a Millennial in Metro Detroit, there’s a 1 in 4 chance you shouted “Happy Mother’s Day!” from the living room. Over a quarter of millennials in Detroit – 26.1 percent – live with their moms, and living with mom is something that’s happening across the country, according to Zillow. In the U.S., Zillow estimates that 21 percent of 24-34 year olds live with their moms, and that number has increased since 2005, when just 13 percent of young people lived at home. Why? The reason is more...

Romeo, Oh Romeo - For An Estate Sale In A House From 1868, That's Apparently Where To Go

Update: Due to the immense interest in this estate sale the organizers have postponed the sale. The Estate Sale of the Century will now be held on Thursday, May 19th through Saturday, May 21st from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. We don’t often write about the farther reaches of Macomb County around here – we did include Frank’s Eastside Tavern as one of the basement bars you have to check out – but considering there are more than 3,000 people interested in this “Estate Sale Of The Century,” and the...

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The New "D Rover" Is Like A Food Truck That Serves Up Detroit's Best Attractions

There aren’t too many institutions that have been around since before the turn of the last century, but the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau – known socially as “Visit Detroit” – has been serving the region since 1896. The world’s first convention and visitors bureau unveiled on Friday a 20 foot, artist-decorated van that will be used at events to talk about all of the attractions and good things happening in Metro Detroit at event. You might not think of Metro Detroit as a to...

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Sheila Wright And Her Journey From Automotive Engineer To Successful Entrepreneur

What do automotive engineering and making children’s crafts have in common? Ingenuity, creativity, and problem-solving, for starters. Bloomfield Hills resident Sheila Wright has all three qualities, so it’s not quite so hard to see how she made the leap from automotive engineer to founder of Ann Williams Group, the company behind successful children’s craft kits like Loopdeloom and Loopdedoo. Sheila explains, “As a child I used to daydream about businesses I would like to start. I had a few...

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Metro Detroit’s 20 Largest School Districts, Ranked by Student Attainment

Education is important, but it’s very clear that not all students are educated equally. The New York Times published an article based on a study that looked at the correlation between money race, and student success. The results were fascinating and disheartening. But what does that mean locally? Using the Stanford Center For Education Policy Analysis study data, we applied the findings to Metro Detroit’s 20 largest school districts (using the tri-county area as definition this time) to see ho...

An Auto Engineer Returns to Work After 24 Years Raising Children

Stepping out of the workforce for two decades is enough to kill any career in technology or engineering. After spending 24 years out raising her four children and teaching at a home-schooling co-op, 54-year-old Wendy MacLennan scaled a Mount Everest-like learning curve to make a comeback as an automotive engineer....

Express Bus Service Plans For Gratiot, Woodward: RTA To Hold Open House Workshops, Public Hearings

One of the things the RTA does, beyond the big plan for transit we’ve talked about, is help coordinate the existing suburban and city systems of SMART and DDOT. Two areas that have been identified as high demand for bus service, where more express service down the roads could make an impact, is the Woodward and the Gratiot corridors. The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will be hosting several opportunities for public input to discuss express service along Woodward and Gratiot Avenues with l...

Bike Share Contract Adds To 'Pretty Damn Fast' Growth For Detroit Bikes

Homegrown bicycle maker Detroit Bikes LLC hopes to be able to soon turn its first profit in the wake of a new contract to supply bikes for the nation’s largest bike share operator, the upcoming release of a new model and other developments. Founder and President Zak Pashak said he’s also hopeful his five-year-old company will be chosen to supply bikes for the upcoming Detroit bike-share program, which could launch later this year. Detroit Bikes announced Wednesday it has partnered with Motiv...

QUICK TIP: Brass Ensemble From The DSO Will Be Playing Opening Day Of Milford Farmer's Market

When you think symphony, maybe you think top hats, tails, suits, and ladies in their finest. But the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, as they’ve proved with various events before, is an orchestra of all the people – not just the fancy folk – and that’s very appropriate for our region, isn’t it? With that in mind a brass ensemble from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be playing the opening day of the Milford Farmer’s Market in Oakland County this Thursday, May 5 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The...

Watch Texans Try To Say Hamtramck, Mackinac, Paczki And Other Michigan Words

This admittedly is pure candy for a Michigander, but it sure is entertaining. We stumbled across this gem of Texans attempting to say words commonly used in Michigan or Michigan locations – and as one of our team is originally from Texas, we’re going to have to test her when she gets in tomorrow. Words attempted include: Ontonagon Dowagiac Hamtramck Mackinac Island Charlotte Sault Ste. Marie Pinconning Ypsilanti Gratiot Gogebic Paczki Poutine Poutine is one of those things tha...

Write A House Puts Homes In The Hands Of Creatives

Detroit has a new writer in residence thanks to the people at Write A House. On Tuesday Anne Elizabeth Moore received the keys to her house in the Banglatown neighborhood of Detroit. Along with her new keys Moore received a Spirit of Detroit award from District Three Councilman Scott Benson. Moore is an acclaimed writer, artist, editor and a cultural critic from Chicago. She is the third writer to receive a free house through the Write A House program. Moore has traveled the world, but has fin...

LOOK: Virtual Reality Technology Is Coming To Job Training

The first thing that I think of when I hear virtual reality is the Aerosmith video Amazing. If you grew up in the 1990’s you know the one I’m talking about. It’s the one where Alicia Sliverstone and Jason London are in the desert on the motorcycle, except the whole thing is the virtual world. Jason London has a desk full computer monitors, electronics, and a giant headset in order to create this fake world. Long story short, the technology for virtual reality has become much more refined. The...

We Will Be Back To Work Tomorrow, But This Is Far From A Win

Today, Transition Manager Judge Steven Rhodes provided a signed document stating DPS teachers will be paid for services rendered. We will all be back to work tomorrow. However, as this was happening, the Republican majority House of Representatives were busy voting down a proposed forensic audit, and voting down the proposal to return teachers the $10,000 in TIP money they each “loaned” the district out of their checks in 2009 (not to mention restoring the 10% pay cuts that were taken on top...

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