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WATCH: How Does Living Wage Fast Food Joint Moo Cluck Moo Make It Work?

Moo Cluck Moo is not your typical burger joint. They pay employees $15 an hour, which is considered a fair living wage. As a result, the employee turnover is low, and the employees care about the food that they serve. Interestingly enough, the Wagyu beef burger that they serve is a dollar cheaper than a McDonald’s Big Mac. The debate about fair living wages for fast-food workers made quite the splash in 2014, and became the center of a larger national debate about raising minimum wage overall...

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WATCH: A Mini-Doc on Detroit's Land Use Featuring Community Push

Remember the project called Community Push? They did an incredible thing by restoring the Wigle Recreation Center area into a skate park called “The Wig” for local kids. With a little bit of money, they made a big difference in the neighborhood. However, the land was sold by the city to a developer which is a bummer for the local community, because the skate park must go … at the very least, they will have to start over somewhere else. The Detroit Future City initiative is a plan that was cr...

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Inspired by Detroit: Shades Apparel Collection Launched

There’s no denying that Detroit is a unique city with a rich, colorful history, and now some of the most iconic symbols of its street art are available for a limited time. Antonio “Shades” Agee, one of Detroit’s best known street artists, has partnered with MyLocker to create an Inspired by Detroit: Shades Collection. MyLocker, an e-commerce company headquartered in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, is using automated embroidery technology combined with state-of-the-art color printing to r...

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Here's How To Get A Free Ride This Week Thanks To Uber And Cadillac

The North American International Auto Show will have thousands upon thousands descend upon the D over the next few weeks, but it doesn’t come without benefits. Starting tomorrow on Monday and running through Friday the 16th of January, you’ll be able to grab a free 15 minute Uber ride. Fifteen minutes should be more than enough to get you anywhere downtown, or most of the way to a bordering suburb like Ferndale. All you have to do is open up your Uber app and hit the “Cadillac” option starting M...

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Schadenfreude: Poetic Justice For Dallas Cowboys As They Lose On Controversial Call

What goes around comes around, right? The Detroit Lions took to Twitter after the Cowboys 26-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers, and there’s definitely a little bit of schadenfreude for the Detroit Lions and they (and their fans) took that to Twitter, along with plenty of references to Kermit the Frog “sipping tea” (here’s more on that meme in case you’re not in the know). Even better, it’s due to the “Calvin Johnson” rule, about completing the process. [View the story “Lions, Fans Tweet About D...

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Citizen Yoga Is Looking To Not Just Serve The City, But Also Connect With It

Kacee Must is a natural for Detroit – she’s the kind of business person who knows her customers by name. Well, it’s more than that. The owner of Citizen Yoga, which opened today inside “The Z,” calls them her students. These are the people who come to her classes to share, learn and experience the practice of yoga together. And she respects them equally. Citizen Yoga is one of the many new businesses that have set up shop in the city in recent months. There are many new eateries, such as Sel...

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Pro Tip: Here's How To Handle Parking At A Broken Meter In Detroit

Back when parking tickets in Detroit were a mere $20, or $10 if paid within ten days, parking in legal ambiguity was not such a risky move. On busy days, getting a ticket was a deal compared to parking in many of the downtown lots. Since the dawn of the $45 ticket rate set by the parking department in June of 2014, risky parking is now a lot riskier. The raise in price has angered a lot of Detroiters and frequent visitors and has even been deemed a “War on the Poor.” Regardless, it makes the s...

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Meet Detroit's New Buses: First Seven Hit The Streets In Two Weeks

Detroit’s aging and banged-up bus fleet is about to get a much needed boost. The seven buses hitting the streets in the next two weeks are being equipped with security cameras inside and out. All of the new coaches will replace older ones that are far beyond their useful lifespan. Making a younger fleet for the city means more buses can be stay in service instead of being constantly under repair, as many of Detroit’s buses are significantly beyond the normal lifespan for such coaches. “Toda...

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Karmanos Cancer Institute Receives $5.3 Million Grant For Continued Research

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in midtown Detroit is a unique organization. It’s the only hospital in Michigan to focus exclusively on battling cancer, and it’s one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive care centers in the United States. Karmanos is dedicated to preventing, detecting, treating, and eradicating cancer, and now they have some help continuing their critical mission. Karmanos was designated as the recipient of a generous $5,375,000 grant from the...

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Soon to Open in the GAR Building, Republic Makes National List of Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings

Eater.com, the parent site of Eater Detroit has included the soon to open “Republic” in a list of the 33 most anticipated restaurant openings of 2015. Listed not by rank but in alphabetical order by city, the list chooses restaurants that are being opened by highly regarded chefs and restaurateurs around the country. Republic is being opened by chef Kate Williams in late January or February of this year. It is located in the Grand Army of the Republic Building or GAR Building as it is commonly...

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LOOK: Michigan Gets 7 New Shark Residents

The Great Lakes are known for a lot of aquatic life, but one thing you are not going to see much of are Nurse, Blacknose or Bonnethead sharks! Well today in Auburn Hills, the Detroit region had a total of seven new shark residents move in. Why are the sharks here? On January 29, there’s a new aquarium opening to the public at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills called SEA LIFE Michigan. It’s 35,000 square feet with 22 tanks featuring everything from the sharks loaded today to crabs...

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Check Out These Visualizations Of Where Detroit Bikes, Runs and Walks

Here’s where Metro Detroiters work out, and the cities that are the most active, but with the story told through visualized data. How was this made? The app RunKeeper took a sample of 1.5 million runs, walks and bike rides across the country and then mapped them as traces and put them over the street grid. The colors of the tracks show the route length, glowing white hot in the places where athletes most often travel. Longer routes over 20 miles render yellow, while shorter workouts range from...

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The 2015 North American International Auto Show Promises To Amaze

The final stages of preparation for the 27th annual North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), one of the premiere automotive conventions in the world, are underway in Detroit. In the past, the auto show has been the place where global manufacturers introduce new products, and the lineup for the 2015 NAIAS is expected to be one of the most innovative yet. Highlights are expected to include: * “The Gallery” – Hosted by MGM Grand on Saturday, January 10. The event features more than $6 m...

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You Can Help Keep Homeless Feet Warm in Winter Through Art Van’s “Shoe-In” Drive

Plummeting temperatures and intermittent snowfall can turn any city into a winter wonderland, but they can be extremely dangerous for the homeless. To help keep Michiganders in need warm, Warren-based Art Van Furniture is partnering with Cass Community Social Services during the month of January to collect boots and shoes. The public is encouraged to participate in the “Shoe In” campaign by cleaning out their closets and delivering any new or gently used shoes to any of Art Van Furniture’s 39...

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POLL: Has The Cupcake Craze Crashed?

What started as a baking hobby for Pam Turkin quickly became a successful cupcake business. However, whether or not that success is here to stay remains to be seen. Turkin, the founder of Livonia-based Just Baked, is closing all but four of the company’s shops. The franchise locations in Ann Arbor, Canton, Southfield, and Southgate will remain in operation. Turkin opened Just Baked in 2008, riding the wave of public interest in gourmet cupcake shops. One year after it opened, the company had a...

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Southwest Detroit Was Originally Springwells Township (With Lots Of Maps)

Southwest Detroit and Springwells are suddenly in the forefront of conversation again, thanks to this Metro Times article diving into the work that a group called Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) and some others are doing in a part of Southwest Detroit. We at Daily Detroit found it interesting that the neighborhood name was something “most of its own residents have never heard of.” Part of pride in a neighborhood is to know its history. We haven’t shared until now because it’s not been ver...

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Detroit Zoo Attendance Exceeds 1.3 Million In 2014

For the ninth consecutive year the Detroit Zoo’s annual attendance exceeds one million, with 1,363,949 guests in 2014, up from 1,304,114 in 2013. More than 100,000 guests came for “Wild Lights” which is the Detroit Zoo’s annual holiday light display presented by Bank of America, contributing significantly to the year’s numbers. “Good weather for most of the year, excellent attendance for Wild Lights and continued improvements in operations and facilities were all contributing factors in our...

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Dilla's Delights Are Detroit's Doughnuts

For all the Detroit foodies hungry for a food adventure, try as many Dilla’s Delights doughnut flavors as you can in a single day. These doughnuts are a common denominator that tie together some of Detroit’s neighborhoods. In Midtown, home to the erudite Detroit Institute of Arts and Wayne State University, doughnuts are found at Alley Taco, part convenience store and Mexican food stand, and Goodwell’s Market, the local organic grocery store where live music and chess games are played for thos...

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