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10 Small Businesses Share $500,000 In Grant Funding Thanks To Motor City Match

On Monday, Mayor Mike Duggan announced the second round of projects that will receive a combined $500,000 in grant funding through Motor City Match to help them start or expand in Detroit. Motor City Match connects new and expanding businesses with Detroit’s quality real estate opportunities and provides them with the funding and technical assistance to help them get from idea to open. Although Detroit has a lot of open real estate, much of it is not in usable condition. Funding for 10 neigh...

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In-Depth: Tech, Security And Auto Trends With Joe Wiesenfelder Of Cars.com

We caught up with one of the brightest and most respected minds covering the auto industry, Joe Wiesenfelder, at the North American International Auto Show. He’s the Executive Editor of Cars.com and has driven pretty much every kind of vehicle ever made. He was part of the Cars.com launch team back in 1997 and his first car was a 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a 455-cubic-inch engine. Daily Detroit: What are some of your impressions of the show? Joe Wiesenfelder: Interesting mix of things at...

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Michigan State, University of Michigan, Wayne State University Research Corridor Statewide Economic Impact Tops $17 Billion

Here’s some positive news from Michigan’s education sector. Michigan’s University Research Corridor, consisting of three universities – Michigan State, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University – contributed $17.5 billion to Michigan’s economy in 2015. That’s up from $16.8 billion the previous year and $12.9 billion in 2007 That’s an increase of $700 million over the previous year, according to the 9th Annual Economic Impact & Benchmark Report released Tuesday. The URC also rank...

Love To Rehab And Renovate Buildings? This Event On Saturday, Jan. 30 Might Be For You

Sometime we write about expansions from big companies and big places. Other times, it’s Detroit’s revitalization a few thousand square feet at a time. If you’re into the rehabilitation and renovation of buildings and haven’t heard of Brick & Beam Detroit or Building Hugger, maybe you should. The first, Brick & Beam Detroit, is a community for building rehabbers that aims to support rehab in Detroit by sharing knowledge, building talent, and providing access to resources. The second, Building H...

Detroit Lions Players Donate 94,000 Bottles Of Water For Crisis In Flint

Pitching in to the dire situation in Flint, some Detroit Lions, led by defensive end Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah traveled to Flint on Friday to donate 94,000 bottles of water. “I am thankful to be in a position to do something about this,” Ansah said in a statement. “I can only hope this helps as a more permanent solution is being determined. It speaks volumes that my teammates were happy to jump on board and support as well.” “These are our fans. These are the people that support us and it means...

Hey Leadership: If You Want People To Stay In Michigan, Read This

Last week we asked “Why did you move from Michigan” as well as “What if anything would bring you back?” and your responses were amazing. 200+ comments and replies through social media, and enough page views of the blog post that if each one were a person there would be enough to overflow Comerica Park. For the benefit of our readers and leaders of the state (for instance, the Detroit Policy Conference is around the corner and big gathering of leaders on Mackinac Island will be here before you...

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8 Cooking Classes In Metro Detroit To Spice Up Your Kitchen

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the difference between Marinara and Alfredo, or if you can whip up delicious versions of both with one hand tied behind your back, you should check out this list of cooking classes in Metro Detroit. We’re covering a lot of ground here, but you’re sure to find something that suits your cooking needs and be a dinner table hero to the family. So grab that spatula and prepare to be whisked away to culinary heaven, as you feast your eyes on this list of cooking cla...

Gilbert Buys Three Historic Buildings On Woodward In Downtown Detroit

The portfolio of Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate just got a little bigger, with three buildings on Woodward purchased today. The development is called Lofts @ Woodward. It’s three buildings right next to each other from 1424-1448 Woodward, between Grand River Avenue and John R. Contained within are three first-floor retail spaces and 61 residential units totaling approximately 105,000 square feet. Oh, and there’s also a surface parking lot located behind the buildings on Farmer Street whic...

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Why Did You Move From Michigan? What (If Anything) Would Bring You Back?

There is new data out that shows the pace of Michigan’s population loss is gaining speed again. According to the U.S. Census, Michigan lost 38,911 people to other states in 2015. As part of an in-depth report at Bridge Magazine, the former head of Data Driven Detroit and current Mayor of Pleasant Ridge, Kurt Metzger, said: “We are still seeing young people, especially people from elite universities, going elsewhere,” said demographic expert Kurt Metzger, director emeritus of Data Driven Detr...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Had A Dream ... In Detroit

Before the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., he used a version of it in Detroit at Cobo Hall in June of 1963. It was part of a “Walk to Freedom” march with more than 125,000 people in downtown Detroit was the largest until the famous event at the Lincoln Mall in Washington, D.C. Why was the “Walk to Freedom” in Detroit on June 23, 1963? It was to remember the end of race riot that had happened from June 20-22 1943, where two d...

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One Of Detroit's Worst School Buildings Is Down The Street From A $365,085 Home Listing

Just yesterday we received a generic email about a newly redone property on Mack Avenue, listing at $365,085 for a 1,281 square feet 3-bedroom place. It even uses the superlative “magnificence.” And there’s no doubt, the place looks nice. But the address – 248 Mack – rang a bell, because there has been a lot of coverage of the problems happening at Spain Elementary in Midtown. That’s because Spain Elementary, a Detroit Public School, is basically across the street. We’ll get back to why t...

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Gas Dips Below $1 A Gallon In Houghton Lake, Michigan

When do you last remember gas being under a dollar.. or just 78 cents a gallon? Gas Buddy is saying there’s a price war going on at gas stations in Houghton Lake, Michigan – and as a result, we’re the first state in the union to see prices under $1 in years. SUB-$1 GAS RETURNS: 78 cents per gallon- the current #gasprice at a station in Houghton Lake, Michigan pic.twitter.com/nllE5a6yLO — Patrick DeHaan (@GasBuddyGuy) January 17, 2016 This is a photo from the Beacon and Bridge Market ther...

This Engineer From Metro Detroit Is Making Your Fantasy Sports Dreams Come True

“I am immensely aware of how different I am in this environment.” Erin Teague is the Director of Product at Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, and Broadly, a Vice property, followed her for a day. Not only is Teague an African American, but a woman engineer, a group makes up only 1 or 2 percent of the industry. Erin is responsible for designing the interface of Yahoo!’s fantasy gaming apps, which are used by millions of people every year. Here’s what Broadly said: From a humble background in suburban...

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WATCH: The New Eminem/Obama Mashup By The Detroit Pistons Is On Fire

Some might have thought it crazy when the folks from the website Funny or Die embedded their marketing team into the Detroit Pistons late last year. But the partnership has produced some awesome videos. The latest is a mashup of Eminem’s music and the words of President Barack Obama for “Forgot About Dre?” The “Dre” is Detroit’s Andre Drummond in this case, currently sitting fourth in the All Star voting. The partnership promised a “a creative way to deliver exciting new media content that t...

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The Flint Water Crisis Could Have Been Prevented For Just $100 A Day

The Flint water crisis is perfect fodder for the Daily Show as this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder – and unfortunately, sadder and sadder. Daily Show host Trevor Noah in a three minute segment we embedded below (linked here in case it doesn’t play) calls on his native continent of Africa to save a city in the United States.. for just $100 a day. Why? Because treatment to prevent the horrific problems happening in Flint would have cost about $100 a day. The $100 number explanati...

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"Detroit Strikes Back," Wired Says GM Is Taking Lead In Electric Car Race

It’s a magazine cover that evokes Star Wars and highlights General Motors CEO Mary Barra. But more importantly, this Wired article highlights the fact that with their new Chevy Bolt, GM is turning the corner on a technology that, especially when gas prices rebound, will be key. The whole thing is a great piece and dives in deep around the process and tech, but below is a key paragraph you shouldn’t miss. For GM, the Bolt stands to offer a head start in a new kind of market for electric cars....

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10 Things White People Like In Detroit

I spent my twenties working and partying in downtown Detroit. This was before Dan Gilbert came to town and made parts of it all fancy-schmancy with “placemaking initiatives” that “leverage the assets.” I’d drink well specials at The Well, talking with my friends about what should be done to get the city out of its current funk while I learned how real life worked and where I might fit in. My days of staying out all night running around the streets of Detroit are over. I’ll let the next gener...

VIDEO: Injured Bald Eagle Returns To Michigan's Skies

If you thought that the Detroit Zoo was the only place to find Bald Eagles around here, think again. A tipster forwarded us this video showing that yesterday a female bald eagle was released back into the wild on the DTE Energy Monroe power plant property. In the past, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has counted more than 100 eagles, adults and juveniles, near the shoreline at the Monroe Power Plant. The coal-fired plant near the shore of Lake Erie serves both Michigan and Ohio....

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