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Detroit Boil Water Advisory To Remain In Effect Until Noon On Friday, March 3

ED. NOTE: THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED. MORE HERE. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has just announced that the boil water advisory for parts of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park has been extended until Friday, March 3. According to the DWSD, while the preliminary tests have come back showing no contamination, there are still secondary tests that need to …

25 Detroit Schools Could Be Shut Down In June, 38 Total In Michigan

The state of Michigan Friday put 38 struggling schools on notice. After years of rock-bottom test scores and disappointing results, the schools were informed that they’re in serious danger of having to shut their doors forever in June. “Because we want all kids to have a good life after high school, our office is responsible for taking action when schools have been …

QUICK TIP: Detroit Company Looking For IT Salespeople

CBI in downtown Detroit is holding a networking event on May 12th to find people to fill entry-level IT security sales positions at its Detroit office called "Jumpstart Your Cybersecurity Sales Career." The event is at Cornerstone Barrel House at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12. They're looking to fill several entry-level IT sales openings in our downtown Detroit …

An Auto Engineer Returns to Work After 24 Years Raising Children

Stepping out of the workforce for two decades is enough to kill any career in technology or engineering. After spending 24 years out raising her four children and teaching at a home-schooling co-op, 54-year-old Wendy MacLennan scaled a Mount Everest-like learning curve to make a comeback as an automotive engineer. …

Why Detroit Should Be Your Next Long Weekend Getaway

If there's a moniker that fits now, it's Cuba of the North. Like the onetime Pearl of the Antilles, Detroit is starting to emerge from decades of economic privation with an entrepreneurial energy that's reshaping the landscape. …

Detroit’s Billionaires Hope to Change Downtown with Development Spree

"Many Detroiters for so long have not seen progress, so they just want to see something," said Dittmer, the director of architecture and design for Bedrock, the real estate company owned by billionaire Dan Gilbert. "What we have tried to do is say something is not enough. We need to do something spectacular." …

Bon Appetit: “We’d Visit Detroit Just to Eat at This Pie Shop”

Lisa Ludwinski opened Sister Pie just about a year ago in a former beauty salon in Detroit’s West Village neighborhood. Her grandmothers grew up in Detroit proper (Ludwinski grew up in the suburbs), and after working for a year at Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City, she knew it was time to go home. She started selling her pies at markets, and the community rallied behind her …

In A Big Hole For A Detroit House, But Happy

Amy Haimerl’s book about their migration and renovation adventure, “Detroit Hustle,” will be out on May 3. It’s a love song sung to a house and a city, but it’s also a money memoir, one marked by ignorance at the outset and a triumph of feelings over financial facts. It does not end in ruin, but it does end in debt. …

A Detroit Restaurant That Shows Michigan Pride

“Michigan has a very distinct approach to food,” said James Rigato, the restaurant’s chef and co-owner. “We’re the second-most agriculturally diverse state behind California, and the auto industry has created its own cultural influence. But because most people don’t travel here, most people don’t know.” …

Does Carrying A Pistol Make You Safer?

Detroit's Police Chief: "What concerns me, more than anything else, is guns in the hands of criminals, guns in the hands of terror suspects. That's what keeps me up at night. Not armed citizens." …

The Fight For $15 Movement Protests At Detroit McDonald’s

On a rainy Tuesday morning, about 200 fast food employees and political activists gathered outside of a McDonalds in support of a national movement to raise the hourly rate of fast food workers to $15 an hour. The nationwide rally is the combined effort of a group called, Fight for $15, who organized similar rallies in 270 cities across the country, marking the largest …

For downtrodden Detroit, hopes of revitalization ride streetcar rails

Via Washington Post - “I don’t want to say it’s back to the future, but when you see all this excitement, you can imagine what this place was like in the ’50s,” Childs, chief operating officer of the nonprofit organization behind the streetcar, M-1 Rail, said in an interview. “This by itself isn’t going to turn the city around, but it is one big part of the puzzle.” …

Fiat Chrysler Must Buy Back Hundreds of Thousands of Ram Pickups

Via NBCNews: The settlement is the latest sign that auto safety regulators are taking a more aggressive approach toward companies that fail to disclose defects or don't properly conduct a recall. The Ram pickups, which are the company's top-selling vehicle, have defective steering parts that can cause drivers to lose control. Some previous repairs have been unsuccessful, so …

Fort Wayne Plans Moving Forward

One option for the historic fort is a cultural and recreational park with sports, arts, open spaces and trails, waterfront access and creative workspace options in the existing buildings. Another: using the site as a campus and include educational opportunities and offices as well as research, exhibitions and recreation. …

Detroit Hustles Harder: Hanging with the Locals

“In Detroit, everyone has more than one hustle,” says my trusty tour guide during my #MittenTrip to Detroit. By that, she means that seemingly everyone within the city limits of Detroit is multifaceted – a banker by day and a DJ by night, or a painter during the week and a waitress on the weekends. Just like anywhere else, bills have to be paid. In Detroit, however, HOW they …

Report says Adidas thinks about locating manufacturing in Detroit

"It's all a part of speeding the future. We call it 'Speed Factories.' Because ultimately if we get this thing right, we can put it in Detroit. We can bring manufacturing back to Detroit and that's where we want to be in 2017." - Executive Board Member for Global Brands Eric Liedtke …