What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
On today's episode, we wrap up 2019 auto sales with Michelle Krebs, executive analyst at Autotrader. The industry finished the year above 17 million cars and trucks for the fifth straight year, the first time it's ever gone that long above that number. We go over results at each of the Detroit automakers, including surprising troubles for some of Ford's popular SUVs and how Ram …
On today's show (yes, we're moving to mornings! Finally!) - A film focusing in part on a Detroit automaker, "Ford V. Ferrari," takes the top spot at the box office - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Israel - A Metro Detroit gas price update from AAA - Taxpayers are on the hook for free health care for Warren's elected officials for life. In-depth …
Lester Graham is a journalist at Michigan Radio, where he hosts "The Environment Report" and the news magazine "Stateside." Tammy Coxen is the host of Tammy's Tastings, a series of food and drink tastings, classes and experiences in Ann Arbor. The two friends been doing a segment on cocktails on Michigan Radio called "Cheers!" for more than three years. Now, they've got a …
The now-defunct Axle Brewing said it hoped to find a like-minded brewer to take over their gleaming Livernois Tap when it announced it was ceasing operations in June, and it appears to have found one in Eastern Market Brewing Co., which announced it will take over the gleaming brewpub and eatery in Ferndale they're calling the Ferndale Project. According to the Freep, EMBC will …
Nearly 50,000 UAW workers have gone on strike at General Motors, the first time the union has gone on strike in 12 years, after the last four-year agreement expired without an agreement over a new one. The strike also comes at a time that federal authorities are widening their investigation into embezzlement by top union leadership past and present, with nine people so far …
Ford’s Dearborn campus may be best known today for the so-called Glass House headquarters building or the “Salt and Pepper Shaker” office towers visible from the Southfield Freeway. But the automaker has ambitious plans to redevelop its Research and Engineering Center in Dearborn as a futuristic, walkable campus filled with modernist architecture and technology, and buzzing …
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics information shared by the city, 230,655 city residents are employed. The last time Detroit hit that number was 2009. The city pins the success on improved workforce training programs such as Detroit At Work, a "rebooted" Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation and a recent program to eliminate driver responsibility fees on the state …
The nonprofit Jefferson East Inc. has been working since the 1990s to redevelop Detroit's hard-bitten Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood and business district, located on the far east end of Jefferson Avenue near the border with Grosse Pointe Park. Recently, the organization and its for-profit real estate development arm East Jefferson Development Corp., held a weeklong …
A jam-packed show for you today. Comedian, Actor and Impersonator Dave Coulier is returning to his roots and moving back to Metro Detroit. More at Hour here. KMart is closing all but three of their Michigan stores, as an era draws to a close for the once mighty retailer created in Detroit. A new salon called "Hair." is opening in the Fisher Building. We talk with …
Large projects like the new Fiat Chrysler America plant on Detroit's east side that are part of Detroit's comeback - and a lot of economic development in Michigan - almost always come with incentives given by the city and the state. But does the math work? Does it make sense? The President of the Center for Economic Accountability, John Mozena, says no. One of the …
L. Brooks Patterson, who died Saturday at age 80 at his home in Independence Township, was one of the Detroit area's most consequential and controversial figures in local politics. To some, he represents the ascendancy of an economic powerhouse, in Oakland County, and the very pinnacle of good governance and fiscal stewardship. But he's also a key player in the region's …
Happy Friday. On today's show, Jer speaks with Detroit muralist Sheefy McFly — he's the one who was arrested while doing a city-commissioned mural on a Detroit viaduct. He's got a new mural that will be unveiled this weekend at the Mo Pop music festival on Detroit's riverfront. We also run down a few news stories from the past week: New affordable housing units …
There's been a ton of scrutiny, including from this podcast, about the Ilitch family's failure to follow through on its promises to develop the District Detroit. Now, The Detroit News reports that the Ilitches also own 44 vacant lots and eight empty buildings surrounding the MotorCity Casino Hotel complex, where the family now hopes to build a seven-story parking …
Welcome back from the holiday weekend, comrades. Today's show is Episode 300 of your Daily Detroit, and for that we thank you, our listeners. We also dive into two pieces of Ilitch-related news: First, that Olympia Development has missed a deadline to submit a development proposal for a parcel on Woodward between the Little Caesars Arena and I-75. After already receiving a …
It's good to see good works in Detroit get good press. Rebel Nell is a jewelry maker based in the city of Detroit. They're turning graffiti chips into new beautiful works of art. But there's more to the story. And full disclosure — I own a couple pairs of Rebel Nell cufflinks. Why? It's about a lot more than just the art. The program, founded by former big league …
Aquavit is a caraway-flavored spirit long popular in Scandinavia, where it originated (aquavit literally translates to "water of life"). Yet it's never exactly been a liquor of choice here in the states. But here comes Norden Aquavit, a nearly year-old brand distilled right here in Detroit by longtime bartender and Berkeley, California native Robyn Cleveland. I met …
On today's episode, we check in with soccer journalist and The Outer Drive podcast co-host Fletcher Sharpe, who covers Detroit City FC. With five games remaining in the NPSL regular season, Le Rouge are now unbeaten in seven games and have held opponents scoreless in each of those matches. But City has also notched scoreless draws during that stretch with their top …
Cleveland. It's a city that is often compared to Detroit, and not always for their positive attributes. And nothing against our Rust Belt cousin, but it turns out it's one of the prime destinations for renters around metro Detroit who are looking to get out of town. And apparently there are a lot of people in that category. A new "Renter Migration Report" from Apartment List …
Bridge Magazine has a fascinating new story out that finds that while mortgage activity in Detroit is steadily increasing after bottoming out during the Great Recession, the recovery isn't mirroring Detroit's population demographics. What's more, there are still vast tracts of the city where mortgage activity is virtually nonexistent. Despite making up just 10% of the …
Welcome to a bonus Friday edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we discuss the sad news that Axle Brewing will shutter its Livernois Taproom June 30th, barely two years after it first opened. Dave Phillips, one-half of Podcast Detroit and the IT in the D podcast, and himself a former partner in a failed craft brewery, joins us to discuss how difficult it is to succeed …
Fiat Chrysler essentially said "NVM, LOL" this week in regards to its own proposal to merge with French automaker Renault, withdrawing its proposal 10 days after first shocking the automotive world by submitting it. But it isn't a crushing setback for the Italian-American automaker, says Kristin Dziczek, vice president of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann …
Welcome to a very Motor City-centric edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we're running down a pair of big stories from the auto industry, speaking with Kristin Dziczek, vice president of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor. First up: Fiat Chrysler has withdrawn its $35 billion proposal to merge with French automaker Renault just 10 days after FCA first …
Are tax incentives as a tool to lure large-scale corporate investment and jobs here to stay? That's the question at the heart of this interview today with Kevin Johnson, the president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Development Corp. It's particularly timely in the midst of Chrysler's planned $2.5 billion investment to create 5,000 new jobs on Detroit's east side, where …
Welcome to an al fresco edition of your Daily Detroit, recorded au natural in a park near downtown Royal Oak. We were there to cover a press event to discuss some of the things in store for Arts, Beats & Eats, which returns for its 22nd edition with a new sponsor Aug. 30-Sept. 2. We also cover the details of the newest historic building rehab in Detroit. It's called the …
Happy Monday, and welcome to a new week of your Daily Detroit. Today, Jer talks about an eventful past week spent at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island, filling us in on some of the things he came away with beyond just the headlines about no-fault auto insurance reform. Specifically, it's becoming clear that Detroit's comeback needs a lot more juice (read: …
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — Governor Gretchen Whitmer, leaders from the Michigan House and Senate, and officials from Detroit and around the state gathered on the big porch at the Grand Hotel this morning. They were there to watch the Governor sign a bill into law for auto insurance reform. The process on reform been stalled until there was a clear threat of a ballot …
The District Detroit has gotten a lot of critical media coverage. It's pretty clear that the renderings portrayed when the project launched haven't matched the reality. Instead of city-like streets full of life and teaming with offices, retail and residential — it's a sea of surface parking lots. Although the Ilitch organization has been getting a lot of the arrows (see …
New Order Coffee is in the midst of building out their second location on Woodward in Royal Oak, and the custom roaster and retailer said Monday it plans a larger expansion that includes locations in Birmingham, Ferndale and Troy. New Order’s second coffee shop location will open later this year in the Woodward Corners project near the corner of Woodward and 13 Mile, …
Welcome to a Car-a-Palooza edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we dive into the news that Dan "Dantroit" Gilbert is lining up a petition drive effort to force the issue of reforming Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system. If successful, it could allow Republican lawmakers, who already have passed essentially the same proposal, to approve it with simple majority …
Gerrymandering — the practice of drawing state legislative and congressional districts to favor one political party over another — is back in the news. Republican state lawmakers are proposing measures to weaken efforts to overhaul the process by which these maps are drawn. That's despite a recent judicial order to design new district maps for 2020 and voters' approval last …
A retired Detroit firefighter is going to get his 1939 home renovated, thanks to the 37th season of the PBS show, “This Old House,” that’s coming to Detroit. The show will feature a two-story Detroit residence in the Russell Woods neighborhood, which is located near West Davison and Livernois in Northwest Detroit. There will be …
