Today’s Daily Detroit podcast is brought to you by the letter F. Robin Runyan from Urbanize Detroit and Norris Howard joins us. First, we talk the blockbuster purchase of the Fisher Building – what’s involved, what it means going forward and more. On Urbanize Detroit: https://detroit.urbanize.city/...
On today's show it's a mix of multistory developments in Ferndale, Oak Park and Detroit to talk about with Robin Runyan of Urbanize Detroit. p.s. - Yes, we're aware of the Henry Ford Health $2.5 billion announcement over on Grand Boulevard and...
Wednesday marked the grand opening of PatchWork Collective, a new coworking space just outside of downtown Ferndale. Located on Woodward at the intersection of West Marshall, PatchWork Collective occupies the majority of the space formerly held by the now-downsized InkAddict tattoo parlor. PatchWork Collective splits their space into several parts....
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 long last, no longer under water, and we think...
Here’s your Daily Detroit News Byte For Wednesday, April 11th, 2018. Let’s dive in on these stories today: * Ferndale’s police chief is out, and the mayor delivers the state of the city * New development updates near New Center/Milwaukee Junction neighborhood * The editor and publisher of Crain’...
The holidays are over, deep winter has set in and you need a strategy to survive the next few months of cold and dark. We get it, and we’re here for you. What you need — what we all need — is someplace dark and warm, cheery and cozy to indulge...
When Local Kitchen in Ferndale closed in the beginning of October, the owners Geoff Kretchmer and Brian Siegel hinted that there was going to be big changes to the space. And boy, were there. Last night we got a chance to check out The Corner Grill, Bar + Game Room and...
The BUILD Institute has been helping people take an idea and turn it into a business since the spring of 2012. Over the years they have helped numerous people start businesses by giving them the tools they need to open and run a business. Additionally, Open City Detroit has been...
Storytelling has become pretty popular in the past few years, and one of the big storytelling podcasts is coming to Ferndale in November. Kevin Allison will be bringing his show RISK! Live to the Magic Bag on Saturday, November 11. If you’re not familiar with RISK! it is a...
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Ferndale PD and nearly 20 restaurants have teamed up to raise money and awareness. The Ferndale Police are offering pink police shoulder patch keychains to the first 100 people as part of the #PinkPolicePatch project. Present the patch at any of the...
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Food trucks & booze? It sounds like a winning combination. And, at first look, it seems as if Detroit Fleat, the new food truck park & bar just outside of downtown Ferndale, has delivered. Walking in the space, the walls are filled with Detroit nostalgia. Faygo. Better Made. Stroh’s....
This weekend looks like there will be plenty of things to do along the Woodward corridor. Have a great weekend, and have fun in Ferndale, Birmingham, and Bloomfield. If you have events in cities that touch Woodward Avenue, hit up our submission form. Improv Comedy Games – Ferndale If you are...
Ferndale will be gaining a new brewery, taproom and restaurant this weekend. The Grand Opening for Axle Brewing Company’s Livernois Tap will be this Saturday, June 3. Axle Brewing Company is owned and operated by Four Man Ladder which is the same group that owns Grey Ghost in Midtown....
Ferndale is hopping on the development front. One of the latest is the redevelopment of the Wing Hing Inn at 1820 East 9 Mile Road, just west of I-75. The space is going to become “Detroit Fleat,” a food truck park that also will have a bar that they’re...
There is a new seafood restaurant opening in Ferndale tomorrow. Voyager is owned and operated by Eli Boyer and co-executive chefs Jennifer Jackson and Justin Tootla. Jackson and Tootla relocated to Detroit from Chicago. However Tootla grew up in Bloomfield Hills, and Jackson grew up in Athens, Georgia. The restaurant...
Ferndale could play host to a new outdoor music festival that would involve bands playing acoustic sets on residents’ front porches in June after the City Council approved a special event permit earlier this month. “The Front Porch” is the brainchild of Michael Benghiat, a marketing professional at Front Porch...
Como’s captured headlines of the local food press as well as the hyperlocal sites when it closed temporarily due to health department violations. However, the place has been around since 1961, and it wasn’t going to go down without a fight. Word is the bar has re-opened and...
