
Detroit 21 celebrates five years of neighborhood revitalization at …
2024年12月13日 · Friday, December 5, was a frigid night in the D, with winds gusting up to 30 mph across Roosevelt Park.But that didn’t stop 125 community leaders and their colleagues from venturing out for a unique opportunity to re-connect and celebrate in person.
Doors open, lights on at Dr. Maya Angelou Village
2024年10月14日 · Lights are coming on at the Dr. Maya Angelou Village in northwest Detroit as the first residents have moved into their new homes. This 45-unit building on Burt Road and Grand River Ave. represents a partnership between Chicago-based developer Full Circle Communities and Alternatives for Girls, a Detroit nonprofit which has served at-risk girls and young women for 37 years.
HISTORY LESSON: The right-wing radio mogul who gave the Lions …
2024年11月26日 · When George A. Richards bought the Portsmouth Spartans and moved them to Detroit, he had big plans. He was convinced that he was the man to take the NFL to the big stage.
Collaboration gets Dearborn air quality data to people who need it
2025年1月31日 · In Dearborn, industrial facilities, trucking routes, schools, and homes are in close proximity, and air quality varies significantly over time and from neighborhood to neighborhood. To address public health concerns, the City of Dearborn launched an air quality monitoring program in February 2024 ...
What does "affordable housing" mean in Detroit?
2024年11月14日 · Chase Cantrell Chase Cantrell. "There's a language disconnect that happens when we use the word 'affordable'," says Chase Cantrell, executive director of Building Community Value Detroit, an organization that promotes small-scale, equitable development in the city."So I usually start there, letting people know that when a government official or developer is using that word, it is not the ...
Model D Home -- Detroit's Online News Magazine
2025年2月12日 · New ideas and forward-thinking actions are all part of the arts in the D. Visual artists, including painters, sculptors, designers, architects; and musicians working in nearly every genre (or sub-genre) under the sun and moon are here doing their funky thing.
HISTORY LESSON: A sympathetic look at the Renaissance Center's ...
2025年1月9日 · Welcome to History Lesson, a new recurring feature in Model D led by local historian Jacob Jones, in which we delve deep into the annals of Detroit history and nerd out over a different topic each time.
Neighbors drive development at Brightmoor’s Eliza Howell Park
2024年11月22日 · This October, Brightmoor resident Marlin Franklin went camping in a unique spot– right in his own Detroit neighborhood at Eliza Howell Park. Accompanying him were his son and two grandchildren, and this was their first camping trip.
Driving innovation: Corktown tech hub welcomes inaugural cohort …
2024年10月8日 · What’s happening: An innovative fellowship converging at the intersection of technology and mobility has officially launched in Corktown as the MI Mobility Fellows Program welcomed its inaugural cohort earlier this month. Five of the ten fellows have been stationed at Michigan Central’s tech hub Newlab Detroit, with the remaining five placed at various transit and economic development ...
Detroit embraces AI as it adds 'AI invitation statement' to future …
2024年12月17日 · What’s happening: It was only this past November when the City of Detroit announced that it would soon accept cryptocurrency payments for taxes and other city fees, becoming the largest city in the United States to do so. Now Detroit is further embracing trends in technology and innovation, adding an “artificial intelligence (AI) invitation statement” to all Requests for Proposals (RFPs ...