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Warning: Episode contains salty language. Not many F-bombs, but F-bombs nonetheless. Friends, we're back! After a brief hiatus, the Daily Detroit Happy Hour returns with a fresh new episode. Truth be told, we've been taking some time to refocus the show and what we're about. So you'll notice some new things. In the interests of offering more variety, we'll be doing more …
How does can an urban revival work for everyone? That's a question at the center of Detroit's nascent comeback. Sven Gustafson talks with Alan Mallach. He's the author of new book, "The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America." Mallach is a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress in Washington DC. A city planner, advocate and writer. He is known for …
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 Highland Park where Mama Shu and a group of people who love their city have made a safe place. A homework …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Wednesday, April 25th. Real estate outfit The Platform buys another big New Center building A school that aims to get Detroiters into jobs gets a million dollar donation We have details on the Riverdays festival this summer And Mayor Mike Duggan says he’s getting complaints about all the bike lanes sprouting up around …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for Monday, April 2. Here are our stories: Wayne County is among the most affordable places in the nation to buy a home. Detroit Bus Service changes are coming Fuel economy standards may be changing Detroiters line up for free pizza…. and the pizza bots are coming A locally based company is going to be front and …
Hour Detroit magazine named Parc its 2018 restaurant of the year in its March edition — yes, Daily Detroit readers, there’s still a place for print media — and so this week’s episode takes you down to Campus Martius for a conversation about the restaurant, the award, food and the city’s fast-changing dining scene. We chat with Parc’s executive chef, Jordan Hoffman, and Hour …
This is you Daily Detroit News Byte for Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Our stories: A new plan emerges for the fail jail Detroit City FC will be broadcast on Fox Sports Detroit for the first time Mexicantown in Detroit is getting support to grow its business district Mirror, mirror on the wall.. what are the best Metro Detroit suburbs? And two conversations. One …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for February 27, 2018. Our Detroit news stories today: Detroit has a new budget and that could mean more officers on the streets All of Detroit’s election day poll workers are to be re-tested A long time Detroit politician, Burton Leland, has died. You can get some ice cream to soothe your pothole woes. A new …
This year’s Detroit Policy Conference takes place March 1 at MotorCity Casino Hotel, and the agenda is all about civility and putting aside our differences to help move Detroit forward. On this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we talk with two people closely involved in putting the conference together. Marlowe Stoudamire is the owner of Butterfly Effect …
Our guest on the Happy Hour this week could be considered Detroit cultural royalty, if there is such a thing. Around the Daily Detroit office, we often joke that the shirts that say "Detroit Hustles Harder," to be more accurate, should have said "Detroit Hustles/ Side Hustles / Other Hustles / Weekend Hustles Harder." Because it seems like the people who are doing things …
Here's what we're covering today on your Daily Detroit News Byte. Prison food will no longer be privatized in the state of Michigan MoGo, Detroit's bike share, gets some love General Motors employees getting large bonus What are the Pistons worth? More than a billion dollars. Paczki Run! Emagine adds games before the movie Berkley is looking for a new …
Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018! On the show: Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex'N'Gate Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James Beard chef Burns Night celebrating all things Scottish is happening at …
Detroit’s failure to make the list of 20 finalists for Amazon’s $5 billion HQ2 project and its 50,000 jobs has been the talk of the town. Especially after the all-hands-on-deck effort to produce a joint Detroit-Windsor bid that had many people believing the Motor City, once considered strictly a longshot, had a serious chance. In our latest episode, we talk to five local …
Board games are making a big comeback, and they're making a comeback here in Metro Detroit. Especially during the winter season, games with friends at a bar might just be the ticket to have fun without the sun. Madison Reitzel and Kyle Sweeney are at the front of this changing trend - and board games are much different today than they used to be, moving faster and having …
Welcome to your Daily Detroit for January 8, 2018. Our main topics today: A Detroit City Councilmember is under scrutiny for ethics Detroit's crime rate seems to be for the most part down Detroit's a top travel destination Michigan's population is up, but not growing as fast as the rest of the country Metro Detroit is getting a new FAST transit service to …
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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 storytelling show and podcast that was started by Allison in 2009. The RISK! podcast is released …
This edition of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour is very timely as Sven Gustafson is talking to veteran reporter Dave Battagello of the Windsor Star about the bridge projects to Canada, the border crossing, and how it affects thousands of people. He's been the lead guy covering this issue that most of the Detroit media has been silent on, even though long term, it will affect …
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Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. is talking with city officials about purchasing and redeveloping a vacant, historic firehouse in southwest Detroit for its third location in the city, Daily Detroit has learned. The firehouse, at 3396 Vinewood St., is located just off Michigan Avenue in the Core City neighborhood, nearly a mile west of the …
