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" …
One of the popular narratives of Detroit’s comeback is that it doesn’t include the neighborhoods. But a program, Fitz Forward, is over by McNichols (Six Mile) and Livernois is solidly in the Detroit neighborhoods and there are big plans in motion. You can listen to the story in the player above and there's a map, pictures, and renderings below. There will be …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on June 27, 2018. It's often said Detroit's comeback isn't making it into the neighborhoods. On this episode of the Daily Detroit News Byte podcast, we went to the Fitzgerald neighborhood in Detroit today to check on a new development happening with The Platform and Century Partners that not only has historic houses, but urban …
On McNichols at the border of the Bagley and Fitzgerald neighborhoods is a new entrant to Detroit's coffee game, Detroit Sip. It joins an area that's quickly gaining new spots for java. For instance, earlier this week we first reported a Biggby coming less than a mile away on Livernois. Narrow Way Cafe opened earlier this year, as well. The Detroit Sip shop is owned by …
Marygrove College, which has been facing a steep enrollment decline over the last three years, announced today that beginning in January of 2018, it will offer Master’s degree programs and close their undergraduate programs. According to the college, Marygrove enrollment peaked in 2013 with more than 1,850 graduate and undergraduate students. In Fall 2016, total enrollment …
Patio season is fully upon us in Detroit and with that comes a myriad lists and heatmaps of where you should be spending your sun soaked days and nights. The problem with most of these is that they simply opt for a geographical map or perhaps simply a list of places randomly selected from the …
