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GM moves from RenCenGeneral MotorsHudson's Detroit

GM is moving out the RenCen. What could go there next? (ft. Robin Runyan)

In a move that's got the whole Detroit region talking, General Motors is leaving the RenCen in 2025 to take up the upper floors of the office space at Hudson's Detroit.  But that leaves one of Detroit's most iconic buildings without a clear path. Bedrock and GM are going to work over the next year to think about what it looks like going forward, but we take a first take at it, and talk about some of the amenities we'd like to see - and what the city might need.  As always, feedback - dailydetr...

Sven Gustafson
BicycleBicyclingGeneral Motors

GM Unveils 2 eBikes, Wants Suggestions For Names

General Motors is branching into e-bikes. The company has unveiled images of what it calls “innovative, integrated and connected eBikes” that it says will go on sale in 2019. One is folding and the other is compact. But neither of them have a brand name yet, and that’s where the company is soliciting help. GM has set up a website called eBikeBrandChallenge.com where you can submit your ideas for a name. The person who comes up with the winning name gets $10,000, while nine participants...

Marge Sorge
General MotorsGiving Back

Five Metro Area Nonprofits Receive $50,000 In Grants From Two GM Assembly Plants

The General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant awarded $50,000 in grants to five metro Detroit nonprofit organizations committed to community development, environmental cleanup and educational programs. The nonprofits were voted on by employees at each plant and awarded through the GM Community Grants program, funded by the GM Foundation. The checks were presented during Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly’s annual employee appreciation day event. Each organi...

Jer Staes
Cody Rouge NeighborhoodGeneral MotorsGM

2,500 General Motors Employees To Volunteer In Detroit's Cody Rouge Neighborhood This August

The week of August 15 in the Cody Rouge neighborhood is going to see a ton of volunteers descend upon multiple projects. 2,500 General Motors employees have signed up and will donate their time to board up vacant homes, clean empty lots, spruce up streets and tackle other neighborhood and school improvements. Cody Rouge is a residential neighborhood on the west side of Detroit, and according to the CRCAA has roughly 35,000 people. The borders are M-153 (Ford Road) on the South to I-96 (Jeffr...

Ardelia Lee
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Karmanos Cancer Institute Raises $2.8 Million, Creates 24-Hour Clinic

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute raised more than $2.8 million at its 33rd Annual Dinner, held April 25 at General Motors Design Dome. This year’s dinner set new fundraising records for Karmanos, making it one of Detroit’s most successful events. Karmanos had raised $2.3 million through sponsors and supporters leading up to the Annual Dinner, and the event itself raised $500,000 more. This year’s dinner will benefit the expansion of the institute’s Intensive Care Unit and create a 24-...

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