What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
The Detroit region already squandered the latest, best opportunity to invest in our region and sharpen our economic competitiveness, thanks to the intransigence of Oakland and Macomb Counties in stonewalling the latest Regional Transit Authority plan. The refusal of Oakland and Macomb representatives to simply approve putting the proposal before voters this year means we’ll …
On today’s show, we dive into yesterday’s late-breaking news about Detroit City Council’s vote to establish the new Cass-Henry Historic District in the shadow of Little Caesars Arena. The district includes two buildings owned by the Ilitch family that they’ve proposed to demolish as part of the District Detroit project. We speak with Eric Kehoe, president of the board of …
Now, when you buy a Detroit bus pass, you’ll get a free 30-day MoGo bike share pass. That's part of a new deal between the city’s department of transportation and the bike share system that is good for weekly, bi-weekly or monthly DDOT bus passes. Although met with some initial skepticism, by most objective measures MoGo, a service that focuses on the greater downtown …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on June 26, 2018. - Detroit is becoming the first urban core in America with independent, self-driving commercial vehicles on public streets - A Country Fresh dairy plant in the Detroit suburb of Livonia is closing its doors due to losing business from Walmart. More than 100 people will be laid off at the facility that …
The Detroit Department of Transportation will have a series of public meetings to share details and gather feedback about changes it plans to make to DDOT bus service starting in September. That is when DDOT says it plans to start rolling out improvements to its 10 24-hour bus routes including Wi-Fi service, upgrades to bus stops, improved buses, and easier fare …
[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 sits down with Amanda Lewan, who, along with the organization she leads, Bamboo Detroit, is part of flipping the script when it comes to entrepreneurship and startups in Detroit. Bamboo Detroit is a co-working and business development space …
