What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
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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 …
Detroit Boil Water Advisory To Remain In Effect Until Noon On Friday, March 3Read More
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 …
25 Detroit Schools Could Be Shut Down In June, 38 Total In MichiganRead More
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 …
QUICK TIP: Detroit Company Looking For IT SalespeopleRead More
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, …
An Auto Engineer Returns to Work After 24 Years Raising ChildrenRead More
A year and a half after the city emerged from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, Detroit 2.0 is still beset by crippling bugs in the system. …
No Water, No Teachers: Behind Detroit’s Surge, Old Problems Stubbornly PersistRead More
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 …
Why Detroit Should Be Your Next Long Weekend GetawayRead More
Kaherl’s cure? Sticktoitvness. If you donate your time, money, or labor to help a struggling community, then run immediately to the next thing, the progress you made probably won’t stick. …
“Poor people used to go down and fish. Now there are all kind all kinds of people, all kinds of restaurants. The walkway is for everyone. Now my granddaughters go there and walk for hours and hours.” …
Will Detroit Keep Riverfront a Public Space for Everyone?Read More
"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 …
Detroit’s Billionaires Hope to Change Downtown with Development SpreeRead More
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), …
Bon Appetit: “We’d Visit Detroit Just to Eat at This Pie Shop”Read More
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 …
Multiple charges were filed against Mike Glasgow, the city's laboratory and water quality supervisor; Mike Prysby, a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality official; and Stephen Busch, the …
Two MDEQ Officials, One Flint City Official, Charged For Role In Flint Water CrisisRead More
“Evidence is clear that property adjacent to transit is valuable,” said Marie Donigan. “It’s like gold.” …
Infographic: Real Estate Deals Show Economic Clout Of Mass Transit ProjectRead More
Although focusing mostly on Chicago in this particular piece, there are implications for all American cities, including Detroit. …
“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 …
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." …
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 …
The Fight For $15 Movement Protests At Detroit McDonald’sRead More
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 …
For downtrodden Detroit, hopes of revitalization ride streetcar railsRead More
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 …
Fiat Chrysler Must Buy Back Hundreds of Thousands of Ram PickupsRead More
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: …
“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 …
"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 …
Report says Adidas thinks about locating manufacturing in DetroitRead More
