What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Despite a steady trickle of leaked recordings of him being horrible, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was re-elected to a fourth term on Tuesday. On today's show, we talk about and what it says about Warren. Then, we highlight some other races from around the region and discuss what they say about those cities, from Ferndale to Flint and Eastpointe to Livonia. Finally, we …
A piece of history is up for sale. The former Ford Motor Company Sales and Service Building that was part of the Highland Park Ford Plant is for sale according to a DBusiness report. The Sales and Service building offers 54,000 square feet of space across four stories. The lot size is 147,668 square feet. Interior shots of the building show it is in disrepair.DBusiness A …
Hey there everyone! I hope that your short workweek has been easy breezy. I'm currently in denial that it is September. Sure the kids are now back in school and the sun is setting earlier. But I'm not ready to give up on this summer feeling. Keep your Pumpkin Spice Lattes to yourself over there. Maybe it will hit me more when I drop off my little at his first day of …
If you’re looking for a way to get $50,000 in funding for your brick and mortar business or business idea that’s based in Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park, Hatch Detroit might be the answer. The contest is in its eighth year, and through a popular voting and judging process selects a winner to receive not only $50,000 in funding thanks to Comerica Bank, but also there’s a …
The Detroit Greenways Coalition will hold a group bike ride Sunday to create awareness and raise money to build a 26-mile rail-to-trail greenway loop in the city. The Joe Louis Greenway is a proposed pedestrian loop through Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. Previously known as the Inner Circle, it’s currently a network of abandoned rail lines and local streets. But …
Highland Park’s school district is a shadow of its former self following years of state emergency management, the closure of its high school in 2015 and its subsequent demolition. But the district is now out of financial oversight and looking to grow. Last week, while recording an episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour, we ran into Highland Park School Board President …
If you’ve been following Detroit happenings for awhile, you may have heard of some of these names. Batch Brewing Company. Sister Pie. Hugh. La Feria Tapas. Live Cycle Delight. All businesses that went through the Hatch Detroit contest. Some were even featured nationally by Martha Stewart and others. For each of the last eight years, Hatch Detroit has awarded a $50,000 …
One of the biggest challenges for Detroit business is access to capital. After all, in a community that faces large amounts of institutional poverty, it’s not like there’s family to lean on for a few thousand dollars to get to the next level. There have been a lot of businesses that have been forever stuck because they don’t have access to the most basic of capital …
Here's what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit. Our rundown today: A new development called the City Club Apartments - CBD Detroit broke ground at the former site of the Statler Hotel 1,000 Properties are coming up for development in Highland Park - could it be the next hotpsot? TopGolf is coming to Auburn Hills and it could attract 450,000 visitors a …
The top four finalists of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest have just been announced. These four entrepreneurs are competing to win $50,000 from Comerica Bank and more than $200,000 in pro bono support from Hatch Detroit and its partners. The winner will use the money to open a brick and mortar business in Detroit, Highland Park, or Hamtramck. “The community is as …
On Thursday night, ten semi-finalists were announced for the annual Hatch Detroit Contest out of more than 160 applications that were received. If you're not familiar, Hatch Detroit is an annual contest where the winner will receive $50,000 from Comerica Bank and more than $200,000 in pro bono support from Hatch Detroit and its partners. It must be a brick and mortar …
If you're looking for a way to get $50,000 in funding for your brick and mortar business or business idea that's based in Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park, Hatch Detroit might be the answer. The contest is in its seventh year, and through a popular voting and judging process selects a winner to receive not only $50,000 in funding thanks to Comerica Bank, but also there's …
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 out of 215 submissions. The grant is to help raise awareness and …
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. You'd be forgiven if you thought it was a subway in the traditional sense with rails and cars when you walk up. Of course, this isn't the case. The Detroit area has had multiple failed …
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 financial crisis where the city of Highland Park owed $4 million to DTE …
If you're looking for some cash and/or support to get your brick and mortar business in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck off the ground, Hatch Detroit might be your ticket. As last year, the winning business pitch will take home $50,000 from Comerica Bank and a package of accounting, legal, IT, public relations, and counsel from Hatch Detroit and its partners. The contest …
In a statement released by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, the boil water advisory that parts of Detroit as well as Hamtramck and Highland Park has been lifted by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Per the statement, in part, below: The low-water pressure resulted from a problem at the Water Works Park distribution facility operated by the Great …
ED. NOTE: THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED. MORE HERE. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has just announced that the boil water advisory for parts of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park has been extended until Friday, March 3. According to the DWSD, while the preliminary tests have come back showing no contamination, there are still secondary tests that need to …
ED. NOTE: THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED. MORE HERE. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has issued is a boil water advisory is for the area defined by south of McNichols, East of Linwood and west of Conner. We've included a map above you can click to make larger. The reason, according to the DWSD, is due to an equipment malfunction at Waterworks Park on …
Since 1983, the Hoedown in one form or another has been in Detroit. Started by Coleman Young’s administration, the formerly free country music festival has used Hart Plaza (a venue that’s really starting to show its age) and then most recently it turned into a ticketed event in the parking lot outside of Comerica Park. …
