The District Detroit is one the city development that has caught the most attention in the last year. The expansive, $1.5 billion vision anchored by the University of Michigan’s Detroit Center for Innovation means there’s a lot to talk...
Goodbye Monroe blocks, hello Development at Cadillac Square. This surprise announcement hit our inboxes and this is our reaction and the details within 30 minutes of learning the info. The thumbnail facts include: 1.5 million square foot...
Today is not a regular episode of the Daily Detroit podcast. Here’s a word about the Michigan State University shootings, the aftermath, and what needs to be next.
You can find am earlier version of the text in our newsletter:
Today, we’re getting out the studio and heading to Detroit’s capitol park. We’re visiting the newly-opened Throwbacks Home – a showroom and retail space in the old Lover’s Only burger spot. But instead of double patties with cheese, it’s a...
A big blue wave swept over Michigan this 2022 midterm election with big wins everywhere from Gretchen Whitmer for Governor to reproductive rights to a Democratic state legislature for the first time in four decades. We dive in with Steve Friess...
LWhile Porter Burks was in mental crisis, the 22 year old black man was shot 19 times by Detroit Police on the city’s west side on October 2, 2022. Police allege he was carrying a knife and went for officers. But video of the incident shows a lot of...
The COVID hiatus gave the Belle Isle Nature Center to come back with a new look and new exhibits. Amy Greene, the nature centers director for the Detroit Zoological Society joins me to talk about it outside the center that has had $2.5...
Welcome back from the holiday weekend. We’re talking Detroit City FC as the regular season wraps up and a little mailbag on the Lions. – A quick look back at the Louisville City FC game – Fletcher Sharpe unpacks what happened with...
Today’s feature conversation is with Eric Trytko, who traveled to Vietnam to learn more about emergent electric car maker VinFast. We take the opportunity to talk more about the wider space and if Eric thinks automakers are going to hit their...
It’s Primary Election Day in Michigan! Steve Friess is here to help unpack it and make some predictions relevant to Metro Detroit. Then, we’ll look back at it later this week and see how we did and what surprises there were in 2022...
John Morrissey (@USLTactics) on Twitter is one of the best strategic minds in American soccer. Today we get an outside perspective looking in on Le Rouge’s inaugural USL Championship season as we’re about 2/3rds of the way in...
Engineer Randy Walker steps in to talk about some of the places we’ve checked out around town and our first impressions. We touch on the new Pizza Cat Max in downtown Detroit’s Greektown; Time Will Tell, a newish cocktail bar on...
Jer and Fletcher catch up on the porch to talk a little Detroit City FC. Devon Amoo-Mensah is out for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. We discuss the impact to the team.A point on the road is usually good, but when it’s against the...
Paul Demko, Cannabis editor for Politco joins me to talk about his recent piece that’s a deep-dive into Detroit’s late-opening cannabis industry, the well-intentioned equity components that are facing legal hangups, and if black owned...
Detroit City FC showed well on a national audience of ESPN this weekend. And there’s a lot to be proud of with the season so far. But there’s also a lot to talk about. Antoine Hoppenot is stepping up in big ways and evolving as a player...
