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LISTEN: The Grand Prix & Belle Isle w/ Bud Denker, MoGo Biking Classes, No Booze At Taco Bell & More

Here’s your Daily Detroit News Byte For Tuesday, April 24th, 2018. * 13 Truckers do a good deed on a metro Detroit area freeway * Royal Oak denies a boozy Taco Bell Cantina * Homes in our region are selling faster * You might be able to get your next Amazon order delivered to your car * Detroit’s bike share service is offering classes And the Detroit Grand Prix is just around the corner. We talked to Race Chairman Bud Denker about setup times for the race – a contentious topic, impro...

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Amazon To Build Fulfillment Facility In Shelby Township, Hire 1,000

1,000 jobs are coming to Shelby Township. Amazon.com announced plans today to open a new million-square-foot fulfillment center in the Macomb County township in 2018. At the center employees with pick, pack and ship larger items. Amazon’s Michigan workforce will now number more than 3,500. Beginning in 2016, Amazon has announced multiple facilities in Michigan including three fulfillment centers and one sortation center in Livonia, Romulus, Brownstown and the Charter Township of Shelby...

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Amazon Should Be A Wake-up Call To Metro Detroit To Think Bigger

All the Mayor’s horses and all of Dan Gilbert’s men are looking to put together a deal together with Amazon. After all, the prospect of 50,000 jobs — with well-paying salaries — and a $5 billion total investment has the entire nation talking about where the online retail Goliath will build its second headquarters. Beyond the breathless headlines that will get shared ad nauseum on Facebook, we should take this as an opportunity to look at our region in the mirror and ask ourselves how we coul...

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Reports: Amazon to open massive $90 million fulfillment center in Livonia, hire 1,000+

Amazon has had a minor presence in Michigan for awhile, with some jobs at their downtown Detroit office, a facility in Brownstown Township as well as their holding in a Grand Rapids-based audio book company. This new project would be on a much larger scale. Amazon, according to multiple reports, is opening a large regional fulfillment center in the Detroit suburb of Livonia. The facility, according to Crain’s, would be at 13000 Eckles Road, a former General Motors-owned property. Outlets con...

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Detroit Achievement Academy Gets Lots Of Love From Amazon

It is hard to not be cheerful when you walk into the Detroit Achievement Academy (DAA) the northwest side of Detroit. It’s bright hallways, colorful walls and clean environment stands in stark contrast to the physical condition of many schools you may have seen on the news in the city today. Daily Detroit was invited to see the work that had been done with help from Amazon Local Love program, and the results are impressive. First up, it’s not very often you see a mural from renown artist Ouizi...

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Amazon To Open Tech Hub In Detroit, Giving Detroit's Tech Sector Another Boost

Detroit’s budding technology sector is set to receive another boost, helping to grow the city’s presence as a tech savvy market worthy of national attention. On Monday morning online retail juggernaut Amazon.com announced that it will build a technology hub in downtown Detroit, bringing more full-time tech jobs to the city’s growing downtown business district. Currently, Amazon has offices in the 150 W. Jefferson office tower located downtown, which is home to roughy 100 employees focusing o...