On today’s show: Sven and Jer talk about falling sales for the auto industry (including Ford, FCA and GM) and how Ford is making respirators out of repurposed car parts. Also: The most recent official Coronavirus case numbers. Michigan cases...
The coronavirus pandemic is intensifying in Michigan on multiple fronts. The state reported a jump of 801 new cases, Detroit Police Chief James Craig has now tested positive for COVID-19, and Ford and GM spent much of Friday on the firing lines of...
The City of Detroit is building a temporary dam on the city’s east side. With Great Lakes and river waters expected to be higher than last year, the dam, at a cost of $2 million, was deemed necessary to protect the Conner Creek Wet Weather...
Dr. Joel Fishbain Dr. Joel Fishbain, an infectious disease specialist with Beaumont, Grosse Pointe, joins the show today and tells us about what’s happening on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus. Fishbain tells Daily Detroit...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday issued a stay-at-home order to all Michigan residents, ordering non-essential businesses and work places closed and outlawing all public or private gatherings between people who aren’t part of the same household...
If you like listening to people eating telling stories over a box of paczki, this episode is for you. Because it’s Fat Tuesday, and that can only mean two things here in Detroit: jelly-filled paczki and drinking. We also discuss an interesting...
At Rosa Parks and Atkinson in Detroit, an old church from the 1920s has been turned into a coffee shop and cocktail bar called The Congregation. It officially opens on March 5, 2020. So what does it take to make that happen? Here’s our...
Philip Kafka has made a big splash since arriving in Detroit during the last decade. He’s helped open two of the city’s most celebrated restaurants, Takoi and Magnet, and he’s the developer behind the Quonset hut development “True North,” public...
City officials today unveiled their sweeping vision to boost support for arts and culture with a multi-faceted plan that envisions it as a tool to attract talent and use the arts as a catalyst for economic growth. It will all be housed in the...
Australian-style coffee in the Motor City? It’s going to become a thing. We talk about it with the owner of the forthcoming Coffee Down Under going into Detroit’s Financial District, Tarun Kajeepeta. It’ll be located in the...
On today’s show, we look at a group making a garden grow on the east side of the city, Eden Gardens; as well as a non-profit that’s helping more than 100 organizations grow in Detroit, Michigan Community Resources. Our guests are Karen...
Eastern Market continues to change as another long-time establishment is closing shop. Eastern Market Seafood at 2456 Market Street in Detroit will close February 29, 2020, according to their social media. The reason for the closure is owner John...
On today’s podcast, we discuss: Sven dove deep into the muck that is the DOT parking garage project in Ferndale. He’s got an in-depth story and we talk about it. Detroit’s city council wants action on water shutoffs (DETNEWS) [0]=68...
On today’s show: Our feature conversation is with Glenn Stevens. He’s the executive director of MICHAUTO, and an interesting voice to talk with Sven Gustafson about the future of electrification, where the auto industry is in Michigan...
On today’s podcast: A new report from the University of Michigan is forecasting that the city of Detroit will have faster growth than the rest of Michigan. Read the report here. The Sears at Middlebelt and Seven Mile in Livonia will...
