What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
On today's edition of your Daily Detroit podcast, the team goes deep on the major statewide races and ballot issues that will appear on next week's Nov. 6 ballot. We're not making newspaper-style "endorsements," just breaking down each race and, yes, divulging who we're voting for. And agree or disagree all you want — just so long as you get out and cast your vote. It's the …
The city of Detroit has begun work on a one million-dollar project to redesign East Jefferson Avenue. The goal is to make it safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. The project centers on a nearly 5-and-a-half-mile stretch of East Jefferson from Rivard Street downtown to Lakewood Street in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood. There, it will join up with protected bike lanes …
What happens when seven of Detroit's best chefs come together to cook? Well, first of all I'm pretty sure that the food is going to be amazing. And secondly, there is probably a really cool reason that they are all cooking together. On Monday, April 30 that is exactly what is going to happen at the Great Lakes Culinary Center in Southfield. And it is for a really great …
The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation has announced the 13 winners in Round 10 of its Motor City Match grant program. The winners were awarded matching grants between $10,000 and $65,000 — totaling $600,000. Eight of the 13 businesses approved for Motor City Match are located near other Match businesses, which funders say will aid in creating commercial clusters. …
A mansion built in 1911 may be getting a new lease on life, but details are "under cover," when we asked on site. The area near West and Indian Villages on the east side has seen a lot of investment as of late. The James Burgess Book Mansion seems to have at least extensive exterior restoration work underway. Here are some photos. James Burgess Book was one of the …
A bus service that connects Ann Arbor, Detroit and now Dearborn provided by the University of Michigan is expanding their service first started in 2013 to seven days a week, as well as opening it up to the general public. It’s called the Detroit Connector. According to press information, the bus service starting nextw week …
