What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
On today's show: Detroit's Strategic Neighborhood Fund gets a $35 million infusion from seven companies in what's said to be the largest corporate donation to Detroit neighborhoods, ever. The city will splash the cash in seven new east- and westside neighborhoods to strengthen housing and commercial districts. It's part of Mayor Duggan's "20-minute neighborhoods" …
Hey, hey, hey! Happy Labor Day Weekend. It’s the unofficial end of summertime, so you better get outside to soak up all the Vitamin D you can before Autumn rolls around. If you decided to stay close to home this weekend, you’re in for a real treat. There are all types of events happening in and around Detroit this long weekend. I know that technically the City 5 is for …
Are you ready for the final weekend of August? I know I’m not. I think I need to take a quick trip up north or something before summer is officially over. There are a lot of fun things happening around town this weekend. Much Ado Para Nada This weekend is the final free show for the season for Shakespeare in Detroit. The theatre group will be performing their version of …
Cass Community Social Services has been incredibly busy building the Tiny Homes Detroit community on the west side of Detroit. The neighborhood has continued to grow since last September when the first home was completed. In May we reported that there were six more tiny homes completed. Next week on Monday, November 6 the non-profit organization will be breaking ground on …
A development that has caught national attention like few others has been the tiny houses created by Cass Community Social Services.We have written them up before here when they were first announced as well as were the first to spot the additional construction of what seems to be a popular program.The idea is that the small homes that rent for about $1 a square foot per month …
The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of the buildings that seems to have always been part of Detroit. Its cultural importance and clout make it an important fixture of Detroit history, but the DIA as we know it only came along in 1927. Up until that time, Detroiters visited the Detroit Museum of Art, located …
