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LISTEN: The Future Of Downtown Detroit, A New Detroit Zoo Nature Center, Rally's Expansion And More

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for February 15, 2018! Here are your stories: * Nearly 350,000 people in Michigan have had their Driver’s Licenses suspended and the Driver Responsibility Fees will be erased. * The Detroit Zoo is going to build a new Great Lakes Nature Center in Macomb County * Federal funding for keeping the Great Lakes clean is in danger * A Ferndale Comic Book shop is closing * The Former DPD Headquarters designed by Albert Kahn may see new life *...

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The Man Who Saved Detroit's Thanksgiving Parade, Art Van Elslander, Dies

A local legend as far as business and philanthropy, Art Van Elslander, has died. He was 87. The founder of Art Van’s in 1959, he grew a store where he was the only employee into a furniture powerhouse based in Warren, Michigan. Born in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, Van Elslander was the son of a Belgian immigrant. He grew up in Detroit, selling newspapers and working in his father’s bar as a young boy. At age 14, he discovered his love of fashion when he took a job working at a local haberdashe...

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Detroit's Airbnb Ban Wasn't A Mistake. It Passed City Council Unanimously And With Direct Questions

We are starting to figure out how exactly an ordinance banning Airbnb — and people renting their homes to family friends — came to be on the books in the city of Detroit. It’s clear the ordinance targeted Airbnb, and it was not a side effect. How do we know? The council hearing that occurred October 5, 2017 is here, but let’s step through this. The action starts at a bit after two hours in, citing concerns from the Boston Edison neighborhood. Council member Scott Benson (3rd District) aske...

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LISTEN: Nigel Barker, Impossible Wahlburgers, MoGo Love, Detroit Pistons Value And More

Here’s what we’re covering today on your Daily Detroit News Byte. * Prison food will no longer be privatized in the state of Michigan * MoGo, Detroit’s bike share, gets some love * General Motors employees getting large bonus * What are the Pistons worth? More than a billion dollars. * Paczki Run! * Emagine adds games before the movie * Berkley is looking for a new city councilmember * Wahlburger’s Impossible Burger hits Detroit Feature Interview: Nigel Barker, Photographer, Perso...

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Detroit Teachers Working Second Jobs May Have To Begin Disclosing Them To District

Teachers and staff in Detroit’s main school district could soon have to tell their supervisors if they are supplementing their salaries with a side job. The school board’s policy committee last week approved a new policy that says the district  “expects employees to disclose outside employment” and bars employees from working a second job while on any kind of leave. The policy, which will now go to the full school board for more review before the board makes a final decision, comes amid a wh...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of January 26-28

I have a feeling that downtown Detroit is going to be insane this weekend between the Auto Show, Winter Blast, and the final weekend of the Downtown Detroit Markets. But a good kind of insane. Go explore Detroit, friends. Lexus Velodrome Grand Opening Bike Races The time has come for the first bike races inside the Lexus Velodrome. The bike races will take place over Friday and Saturday night. Even if you aren’t a fan of cycling it will still be cool to check out the velodrome. I know...

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If Oakland And Macomb Counties Don't Want The Benefits Of Mass Transit, Forget'em

The ongoing saga of regional transit negotiations is like watching a friend tragically go after dating someone they really, really like – but the person that’s the target of their affection just isn’t interested. The reality is a four county transit solution isn’t politically workable here. We should accept that and like Indianapolis, an Amazon top 20 city, move on. One of the things that was surprising on our most recent Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast was that Indianapolis was a top 20 ci...

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NEWS BYTE PODCAST: 400 Detroit Jobs, Burns Night, Antietam, The RenCen, And Detroit Rental Enforcement

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018! On the show: * Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city * 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex’N’Gate * Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James Beard chef * Burns Night celebrating all things Scottish is happening at Urbanrest Brewery with Ackroyd’s Scottish Bakery: https://www.facebook.com/events/838131263040408/ * Don’t forget to c...

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Old Coach Insignia Space At Top Of RenCen To Be Taken Over By James Beard Award Winning Chef Shawn McClain

An iconic space in Detroit restaurant history – the top of the Renaissance Center – is about to get a new chapter. James Beard Award winning chef Shawn McClain will be opening a restaurant in Detroit. This time in the Renaissance Center, home to the headquarters of General Motors. His restaurant will go in the former Coach Insignia space on the 71st and 72nd floors. The restaurant is expected to be open the fall of 2018. This is the first restaurant to be opened by McClain and the res...

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A Look In The Mirror: 5 Smart People On Detroit’s Amazon HQ2 Disappointment

Detroit’s failure to make the list of 20 finalists for Amazon’s $5 billion HQ2 project and its 50,000 jobs has been the talk of the town. Especially after the all-hands-on-deck effort to produce a joint Detroit-Windsor bid that had many people believing the Motor City, once considered strictly a longshot, had a serious chance. In our latest episode, we talk to five local experts from a variety of backgrounds for their perspectives on what the failure says about our region and where we go fr...

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Detroit Will Not Get Amazon HQ2, Gilbert And Duggan React

Detroit is not getting the Amazon HQ2 project. 238 proposals were submitted from across North America the company’s second headquarters in North America. The HQ2 project is a plan to invest over $5 billion and hire as many as 50,000 people in high-paying jobs. The company says that construction and ongoing operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create tens of thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars in additional investment in the surrounding community. Metro Detroit di...

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Book Gives Tips On How Not To Be A Dumb Criminal

Krystal Banks got into the bail bonds business eighteen years ago, right out of high school. Since then, she’s learned how the courts work in Southeastern Michigan, and began giving her clients tips on how to protect their rights and better deal with the system. Banks said, “I found that, oh, just giving them a little bit of knowledge changed their outcomes. It was really helping them.” Now Banks is an author with Don’t Be a Dumb Criminal. The book breaks down the workings of the police...

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PODCAST: Board Games In Metro Detroit

Board games are making a big comeback, and they’re making a comeback here in Metro Detroit. Especially during the winter season, games with friends at a bar might just be the ticket to have fun without the sun. Madison Reitzel and Kyle Sweeney are at the front of this changing trend – and board games are much different today than they used to be, moving faster and having more creative ways of playing. So this week, Sven Gustafson dives into a neat corner of Detroit’s culture. The Loaded...

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New City Club Apartments Promise "Sexy Bathrooms," Gourmet Market, Pet Shop, & Restaurant

In place of the historic Statler Hotel will be a development that will have “sexy bathrooms.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but one can only imagine. Today was the official ground breaking for the new City Club Apartment – Central Business District Detroit mixed-use apartment building. City Club Apartments LLC is the developer and owner of the new apartment building. The new development will be built on the former site of the historic Statler Hotel that was demolished in 20...

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10 Cozy Bars In Metro Detroit For Whittling Away Winter

The holidays are over, deep winter has set in and you need a strategy to survive the next few months of cold and dark. We get it, and we’re here for you. What you need — what we all need — is someplace dark and warm, cheery and cozy to indulge in what the Danish call hygge. So grab your drinking coat and let’s have a lot of fun around town with these 10 cozy drinking spots. 1. Joe Bar, Hazel Park Here’s a newish, off-the-beaten-path outpost that’s entirely worth a visit. It’s smack-dab ne...

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Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast For Jan. 8, 2018

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for January 8, 2018. Our main topics today: * A Detroit City Councilmember is under scrutiny for ethics * Detroit’s crime rate seems to be for the most part down * Detroit’s a top travel destination * Michigan’s population is up, but not growing as fast as the rest of the country * Metro Detroit is getting a new FAST transit service to make bus service better in the region * Deep Dive: There’s a new garden coming to Belle Isle from famed designer Piet O...

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Medical Marijuana In Michigan And Detroit: What's Next? A Deep Dive Discussion

This is a deep dive roundtable discussion into what’s going on with medical marijuana in the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit as we head into 2018. Host Sven Gustafson welcomed for the first episode of our second season of the show: Roberta King, Canna Communication: https://cannacommunication.com/author/roberta-king/ Denise Pollicella, Cannabis Attorneys of Michigan and was actively involved in crafting legislation to create a legal medical cannabis industry, now known as PA28...

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Architect Of The Renaissance Center Dies At 93

The Detroit Renaissance Center is the building that most around the country know Detroit by. And its architect is gone. That man was John C. Portman Jr., who died on Saturday at the age of 93 in Atlanta, Georgia. Portman was also the mind behind various developments around the world such as the Peachtree Center in Atlanta; the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco; the Yintai Center in Beijing; and the Tomorrow Square in Shanghai. He left his modern, futurist mark across the world. Wh...