What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Detroit-based architecture firm Rossetti has released some updated renderings for The Corner, its $30 million mixed-use development taking shape on the former site of Tiger Stadium at Michigan Avenue and Trumbull. Rossetti and Larson Realty Group, the development firm founded by Downtown Detroit Partnership CEO Eric Larson, are teaming on the project. The …
The saga of Detroit's Packard Plant continues, as a city-owned portion of the plant south of Grand Boulevard is being demolished. An eagle-eyed photographer Felicia Fullwood first caught wind of it. View this post on Instagram Demolition on parts of Packard officially started... It was a surreal feeling watching them tear down the exact spot where …
Paul Ajegba, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nominee to head the Michigan Department of Transportation, faced a grilling in a state Senate committee on Tuesday. And he let slip a rather interesting tidbit, saying that MDOT likely needs another $1.5 billion in funding just to fix state roads. And that doesn't account for the needs of counties, cities and villages. On today's show, we …
Busy show for you podcast listeners today. Ford is laying off 1,000 employees at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, but offering them positions in other Ford plants, with about half expected to take jobs at the Livonia Transmission plant. Meanwhile, GM is adding 1,000 jobs at Flint Assembly to make heavy-duty Chevy and GMC trucks. Those jobs will be offered first to workers affected …
It was an especially bad start to the week for many salaried employees at General Motors, as the automaker started handing out pink slip in a bid to eliminate 4,000 white-collar employees over the next two weeks. It's part of plans GM announced in November and discussed on our podcast to slash 14,000 jobs and save $6 billion by 2020. In other news, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …
The last time Detroit was the central backdrop of a major television show, it was Detroit 187. This time, crimefighters have been traded for hapless marketing professionals in Comedy Central’s new show, “Detroiters.” The show features some talent from the area. “Detroiters” was created by Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson who also star in the show, …
