[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroitnewsbyte/daily-news-detroit-122617.mp3″ image=”http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/c/0/d/5c0d9d6931e61fc5/daily-news-byte.jpg” download=”true” social_gplus=”false” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” twitter_username=”TheDailyDetroit” ] Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte for December 26, 2017....
Over the past few years we’ve noticed that there is a severe cultural disconnect in metro Detroit. Before you say “oh, another city vs. suburbs rant!” let’s be clear: It’s way more complicated than just city vs. suburb. Or black vs. white. This cultural divide doesn’t...
In the heart of the Motor City lies a freeway whose days are numbered. I-375 is a mile-long, sunken freeway serving downtown Detroit. Its construction half a century ago destroyed an historic African-American neighborhood. Today, the freeway and its bridges are literally crumbling. It forms a barrier between Greektown and...
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroithappyhour/DD-33-Happy_hour_Amanda_Lewan_mixdown.mp3″ image=”http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/2/9/b/429b7ae4400ffd60/height_480_width_640_overlay_amanda-lewan-square.jpg” twitter_username=”TheDailyDetroit” ] For today’s episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, Sven Gustafson...
To say that there has been a lot of buzz around the new Founders in Midtown is an understatement. National publications have been picking it up, one positioning it the anchor of Detroit as America’s next beer city, as well as every outlet in town. Today, I got a...
Detroit’s a geographically spread out region. So running to your favorite restaurant to pick something up might be a bit of a chore — or time you just don’t have between shifts or when you know you’re going to have to stay late. Now, food might just be...
Founders is one of Michigan’s most well-known beer brands, and their taproom in Midtown Detroit is just about ready to swing its doors open. Back in April, the Grand Rapids-based brewery announced plans that they were going to open a new location, just a few blocks from the new...
Do you love ugly Christmas or holiday sweaters? Have you ever wanted to be part of a World Record attempt? Here’s your chance. Here’s the plan. On Saturday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Beacon Park in downtown Detroit the hope is to get together more...
Here’s an interesting topic to try to describe with data. Can you quantify sinfulness? Well, someone tried. According to some data shared by Wallethub.com, Detroit is America’s 7th most sinful city. Wallethub tried to quantify (one can debate how well) the seven deadly sins: Anger & Hatred,...
I’m personally not a fan of shopping on Black Friday. Sure there are some O.K. sales, but I don’t really like crowds. That is why I love shopping on Small Business Saturday. There are also more benefits to shopping small, like keeping your money in the community....
Hello all you movers and shakers. This week is a bit light on the networking events due to Thanksgiving, so we have looked ahead to the beginning of next week. We hope that you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. The Panel: Downtown Boxing Gym On Community Impact Khali Sweeney...
After months of renovations the Sfumato Fragrance’s flagship store will be open this Friday, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The store will be located on Second Avenue in Midtown. The 650 square foot store will have a workshop, a place for consulting, and for classes. Customers...
Google is moving more than 100 jobs to downtown Detroit. They’ve signed a lease for nearly 30,000 square feet in the new District Detroit as part of Little Caesars Arena. The office, at 52 Henry Street, will open in 2018. The workers coming down will be mostly sales...
The Grande Ballroom is one of the most hallowed spaces in Detroit music history. It has been home to jazz, big band, rock. It was a center of Detroit’s counterculture movement. It also is a gem of a building designed by Charles Agree and completed in 1928. He left...
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...
It’s something that a lot of Detroiters have been feeling but the data hasn’t been there to back it up — until now. A new report from SmartAsset utilizing U.S. Census Data shows that rent is rising very quickly in the City of Detroit. So fast that when...
Detroit’s bid for a Major League Soccer team continues to have signs that, despite all of the positive press Team Gilbert/Gores want to foist on the local media around this, it is not going anywhere. The latest is in a report by Grant Wahl in Sports Illustrated that...
Being a mother can be a really hard job. It can be even harder if you are struggling to make ends meet between housing, food, and diapers. Diapers are one of those things that you kind of need when you have a kid. Both cloth and disposable diapers are an...
