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MoGo, the bike-share system that launched a network of stations in Detroit in 2017, will launch its expansion into five northern inner-ring suburbs and northwest Detroit on June 4, Daily Detroit has learned. Crews will be installing five docking stations in Oak Park starting Thursday, the city announced in a Facebook post. Work will also take place that day in …
While running errands the other day for the podcast I happened upon a new mural by one of my favorite artists, Hubert Massey. The Flint-born Massey has art installations in different parts of the city, and this one seems fresh, much like the donuts right across the street from Dutch Girl. This one celebrates the surrounding neighborhoods and the beautiful park across the …
Hey there everyone! Here's your weekend round up of the best events in the City of Detroit this weekend. I'm not sure how this week has been for you, but it has flown by for me. I can't believe we are already halfway through the month of May. Can you? There is a lot going on this weekend, let's get going shall we? ArtBlock Open House and Exhibition Looking to …
Good Wednesday afternoon, and welcome to a super Detroit-y edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we walked over to the Avenue of Fashion, where Mayor Mike Duggan came to speak about the streetscape redevelopment of a roughly 1-mile section of Livernois to calm traffic and make the commercial district more attractive to pedestrians and, hopefully, prosperous to business …
A quick tip for you from the border of Detroit's University District and the Bagley neighborhood. The Biggby we had previously reported was coming to 18685 Livernois is now open. The same folks own it as the location in Ferndale at Livernois and 9 Mile. If you've been to a Biggby, you know what's in this store. This is similar to the ones I've been to in the past. Lots …
This is your Daily Detroit recorded on October 30, 2018. On today’s show, more than 200 medical marijuana businesses face closure in Michigan. Golden Tate is no longer a Detroit Lion. Brenda Jones wants to be a congressperson for more than a few weeks. Chef Godwin Ihentuge stops by to talk about his upcoming brick and mortar African and Caribbean eatery in Detroit’s New Center. …
Hey there everyone! I hope that your short workweek has been easy breezy. I'm currently in denial that it is September. Sure the kids are now back in school and the sun is setting earlier. But I'm not ready to give up on this summer feeling. Keep your Pumpkin Spice Lattes to yourself over there. Maybe it will hit me more when I drop off my little at his first day of …
Activity at the site of the $8 million 7.Liv mixed-use development has entered a new phase with the demolition of a former pharmacy next to the long-vacant B. Siegel Department Store on the corner of 7 Mile and Livernois on Detroit's Avenue of Fashion. The corner has been busy for months, with crews working on underground infrastructure having dug up the entire corner. Today …
Detroit looks to be in line to get its first-ever PGA Tour event. The Detroit News reports that the city will play host to The National, one of the professional golf’s major tournaments, when it moves from Washington D.C. to the Detroit Golf Club in June 2019. Quicken Loans will be the title sponsor in a four-year deal. The Detroit Free Press reports that Quicken Loans …
Here's your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Development gets moving at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull... The PGA Tour looks like it's coming to Detroit. What could that mean having such an event in a Detroit neighborhood? City Year Detroit & Gensler Detroit have teamed up to improve a Detroit …
On this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we channel our inner "This Old House" and talk about a big, old house in Detroit’s University District. Between 6 and 7 is the name of a blog written by Miranda Steinhauser. She and her partner, Brandon Suman, bought a 1927 house in Detroit’s University District — and yes, it’s located between 6 and 7 Mile. The two …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Wednesday, April 25th. Real estate outfit The Platform buys another big New Center building A school that aims to get Detroiters into jobs gets a million dollar donation We have details on the Riverdays festival this summer And Mayor Mike Duggan says he’s getting complaints about all the bike lanes sprouting up around …
A lot of attention is paid to the Greater Downtown area of the city of Detroit, but here's more development news out of the neighborhoods. There is a new development news on West McNichols (otherwise known as 6 Mile) and Wildemere Street on the border of the University District and Martin Park neighborhoods. I spoke with Corey Williams who is one of the owners of …
Hello, hello, hello! We have almost made it through the first month of the 2018. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to tackle February. Here are five events to network around Detroit. Detroit Speed Networking Ever go to a networking event and feel a bit like a wallflower? I know I do. This is where Detroit Speed Networking can be a benefit. It's kind of like speed …
The historic Avenue of Fashion is going to get some new swagger thanks to a new mixed-use development called "7.Liv." Developer Bagley Forest Properties, LLC plans to rehab the former B. Siegel Department Store building at the corner of Seven Mile and Livernois. Two buildings next door to the old department store, including an old Revco pharmacy, will also be demolished …
There's going to be another java option opening up in Detroit. We spied a new Biggby Coffee on Livernois between McNichols (a.k.a. Six Mile) and 7 Mile near the Avenue of Fashion. That's at the border of the University District and Bagley neighborhoods. Biggby is a franchised chain based out of Lansing, Michigan founded in 1995 and has 182 stores open in Michigan as of …
Are you a soon to be mom looking for cool things for the nursery? Maybe you are in need for a cool baby gift for a baby shower, but you don't want to shop at a big box store? If this sounds like you, then I have you covered. Having a toddler means I have spent my fair share shopping for all kinds of things for him. Most of the time I look to small businesses to purchase items …
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Metro Detroit has our fair share of restaurant weeks throughout the year. Restaurant weeks are used to give diners an opportunity to try restaurants that they might have thought to try, often with a reduced price or specials to bring folks in the door. The newest restaurant week is the Metro Detroit Black Restaurant Week is being organized by BlackMetroEats.com and …
The six murals for the Small Business Mural project are complete. The mural project partnered small business owners from around Detroit with an artist to create a mural together. The murals reflect the business, the artist and the community it is in. The program was sponsored by the Quicken Loans Family of Companies. Three of the artists had volunteer help completing the …
A local ministry is celebrating Good Friday with a fuel & oil change giveaway that organizers expect will serve more than 500 people. Detroit’s New Life Family Church is holding their second annual $10K Gas Giveaway on Friday, April 14, or Good Friday. According to a release, New Life will provide free gas at the BP Gas Station, 4125 8 Mile Road and added new for this …
Voters may have deflated hopes for more robust public transit when it defeated the Regional Transit Authority proposal last fall, but that doesn't mean backers have given up. Ferndale is pushing a plan to launch free weekend shuttle service linking neighborhoods and shopping districts in Detroit, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak with the Detroit Zoo. Ferndale has …
One of the reasons to love Detroit is that it has a wonderful weird quality about it. You really never know what you're going to see one day to the next. Weird in that sometimes, you're going to see a video on Twitter of a guy on his horse as if we're partying like it's 1899 on Seven Mile. He's been around the city for awhile now. Today on Twitter a video is circulating …
In the last few years the city of Detroit has seen the beginnings of a real estate resurgence. Although challenges remain in the city real estate market, such as continued difficulty in getting mortgages and the market having a high percentage of cash sales, there are three neighborhoods in Detroit that the real estate site Redfin (who also provides real estate agents as a …
When medical marijuana became legal in the state of Michigan in 2008, it was received with mixed reviews. One point of contention that remains is the question of what impact dispensaries – the distributors of medical marijuana – might have on the communities in which they exist. The Grass Station opened its doors in June and will …
