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Have a few minutes? Sit down and enjoy these longer-format stories (north of 750 words). Mostly feature stories.

PODCAST: Downtown Detroit’s Development Paradoxes With Retail & Urban Design Expert Conrad Kickert

Jan 24, 2020 by Jer Staes

"If you open up a building next to a Dan Gilbert development that's a good thing. There's more people on the sidewalk, more crowd, more buzz, more Instagram pictures — If you open up a development …

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Filed Under: Business, CBD, City Of Detroit, Corktown, Development, Lafayette Park, Longform, Midtown, New Center, Podcasts, Tech Town

In Ferndale, Angst Rises Alongside Housing Prices And New Developments

May 18, 2018 by Sven Gustafson

My wife and I talk a lot lately about what to do with our house. We just passed our 13th anniversary of buying our first home here in Ferndale. We’ve had two children in that time. Our home is, at …

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Filed Under: Development, Ferndale, Longform, Oakland County Tagged With: Development, Don't Ferndale My Royal Oak, Ferndale, Gentrification, royal oak, Suburbs

Book Gives Tips On How Not To Be A Dumb Criminal

Jan 13, 2018 by Bill Kubota

Krystal Banks got into the bail bonds business eighteen years ago, right out of high school. Since then, she’s learned how the courts work in Southeastern Michigan, and began giving her clients …

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Filed Under: Business, City Of Detroit, Culture, Doing Good, Longform Tagged With: banks, Detroit, Don't be a dumb criminal

Sister Pie Is Baking (And Dancing) Their Way To Success In The D

Dec 16, 2014 by Kristen Golembiewski

Detroit, Sister Pie, Bakery, Hannan House, Kitchen, Cookies, chocolate chip, buckwheat

As far as Detroit businesses go, Sister Pie may just be having the best year ever. Owner Lisa Ludwinski blew judges away at this year’s Hatch Detroit competition, securing a $50,000 grant. She …

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Filed Under: Development, Featured, Food + Drink, Longform, Staff Picks Tagged With: Detroit Pie, Hatch Detroit, Sister Pie, Sister Pie Detroit

What Will Detroit Do With Garner And Brown?

Dec 6, 2014 by Patrick McNamara

We are all one bullet away from being a hashtag

Obviously the history, social fabric, and current issues facing Detroit as a region make it ripe for discussion around the Eric Garner and Michael Brown incidents. Detroit has had not one, but three …

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Filed Under: Featured, Longform, Opinion Tagged With: Detroit, Detroit Life, Detroit Race Relations, Detroit Social Issues, Eric Garner, Garner and Brown, Michael Brown

Detroit Startup Weekend Winner MagicBook Makes Augmented Reality Reading A Reality

Dec 1, 2014 by Jer Staes

When Christina York and Marjorie Knepp arrived at Startup Weekend Detroit, they weren't sure what to expect. The pair ventured to the Grand Circus co-working space that was hosting the event looking …

Detroit Startup Weekend Winner MagicBook Makes Augmented Reality Reading A RealityRead More

Filed Under: Longform, News, Tech Tagged With: Global Startup Weekend Battle, Magicbook, Startup Weekend

Detroit’s New Record Man Andrey Douthard Finds The Groove With Paramita Sound

Nov 23, 2014 by Daily Detroit Staff

Andrey Douthard at the turntables in the new Paramita Sound

Andrey Douthard had a vision of starting a record store and label. At 28, he’s another one of the Detroit-epreneurs that is trying to make something go in a city where it’s not always the easiest. We …

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Filed Under: Development, Lifestyle, Longform, Staff Picks Tagged With: Andrey Douthard, Detroit, Entrepeneurship, Paramita Sound, West Village

Don’t Like The Change Coming To Detroit? Get Involved

Nov 15, 2014 by Dave Phillips

“The city needs the suburbs…and, like it or not…the suburbs need the city.” – Me, almost four years ago Before I even clicked “publish” on this one, I knew people are going to get upset about it. …

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Filed Under: Longform, Opinion Tagged With: Detroit, Get Involved, IT in the D

ESSAY: Why Everyone Should Experience Startup Weekend Detroit

Oct 30, 2014 by Scott Kloustin

Startup Weekend is like no other event or competition. It compresses many of the key aspects of a startup into 2.5 days. You pitch an idea, lobby for that idea, recruit or join a team, validate your …

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Filed Under: Featured, Longform, Tech Tagged With: Detroit, Robotelecop, Scott Kloustin, Startup Weekend Detroit, Startups, Technology

Fostered But Not Forgotten: Finding A Better Future For Those Aging Out Of Foster Care

Oct 16, 2014 by M.R. Campbell

Maura Corrigan (second from left)with child protective services supervisors at Fostering Futures.

Ten years ago when Maura Corrigan, director of the Michigan Department of Humans Services (DHS) was a judge and first became involved with Michigan’s foster care system, there were 19,000 children and …

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Filed Under: Doing Good, Longform Tagged With: Foster Care, Maura Corrigan, Michigan Foster Care

Greedy Greg’s Is The Best BBQ You’ve Probably Never Had

Jun 10, 2014 by Patrick McNamara

Rib Tips

Greedy Greg cooks up ribs, rib tips, and turkey legs outside of his home near McNichols and Gratiot on Detroit’s East Side. You might know him from his appearance on Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown: …

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Filed Under: Food + Drink, Longform, Staff Picks Tagged With: BBQ in Detroit, Best BBQ in Detroit, Food, Greedy Greg's, Hidden BBQ in Detroit, Where is Greedy Greg's

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