Highland Park is, again, on the brink of bankruptcy. This time, over water bills. Eric Lupher, president of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, joins us to talk about the plight of Highland Park and a number of small cities in Michigan that just aren't big enough to...
What do you do when a neighborhood… and your city… crumble? Leave? Throw your hands up? Not Mama Shu. She’s taken tragedy — the death of her son by a hit and run driver, Jakobi Ra — and turned that energy into Avalon Village. Avalon Village is a magical corner of...
In support of overall plans to create a 26 mile loop trail through Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn called the Inner Circle Greenway, the nonprofit Detroit Greenways Coalition received a $5,000 grant from the Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund. The local organization was one of only six winners...
At first when you walk up to these relics from a time when Fords rolled out of a plant on Woodward and Highland Park was the model of American success, you might not believe your eyes. Editor’s Note: There’s an update version of this story on our Daily...
To say Highland Park has seen better days is an understatement. Highland Park, a 2.98 square mile enclave city centered around Woodward Avenue is where Ford and Chrysler made thousands of cars, has been ravaged by the economic downturn and de-industrialization of America. In 2011 to help solve a...
While freeways are pretty standard in American cities now, it wasn’t always that way. Instead of the ability to potentially go up to 70 miles an hour like on today’s highways, motorists had to use regular city streets to cross town. That was especially the case for motorists...
After what Shamayim ‘Shu’ Harris has been through, most people would have understood if she quit. Her son was killed by a hit and run driver just a few blocks away from her house in 2007. Her city, Highland Park, is just under three square miles of surrounded by Detroit...
The quality, or lack thereof, of the roads in Metro Detroit is notorious. Feeling your teeth clack together as you bounce over potholes and poorly patched roads is a normal occurrence for most Michiganders. However, the M-8 Service Drive is getting the serious facelift it needs. The catalyst for this...
If you’re looking to get a big boost for your Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park based business, the window on getting your ticket to $10,000 is closing. NEIdeas, a program of the New Economy Initiative, is accepting applications for its $10k Challenge for businesses that gross under $750,...
There is an “Art of the Coney” (or maybe a religion) that has been practiced by Richard Harlan for 40 years at Red Hots Coney Island in Highland Park. The place was opened in 1921 and holds the title as the oldest Coney Island in Highland Park, a little city...
