Downtown Energy, Cannabis Business Pains and the Elephant Buried on Belle Isle

On today’s Daily Detroit, Devon O’Reilly is back at the table after a family vacation in South Haven, so we start with some “Pure Michigan” talk about why that beach town has become a go‑to spot.

Back in Detroit, I share a new Campus Martius retail experiment: a 20‑foot shipping container turned into a niche merch shop with Michigannia‑themed designs, custom Pewabic tile, and all the Camp Martius‑centric gear you could want.

We also get into the lunchtime crowds, food trucks in Cadillac Square, and why it really feels like “IRL is back” in the city.

Then we open the mailbag for smart note from a listener on exactly why Michigan’s cannabis business is under serious stress.

We wrap with a grab bag of very Detroit stories: Devon remembers swimming in the Detroit River off Belle Isle, I share the tale of Sheba the elephant buried near the island’s giant slide (thanks Historic Detroit dot org!), and we kick around what a new Detroit City FC stadium needs to host beyond soccer.

There’s also a shout to a summer solstice member event at Henry and Clara Ford’s Fairlane Estate, where Jens Jensen literally designed the great meadow to frame the solstice sunset.

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