Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project
Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project
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economic development
Stuck In A Fiscal Hole? Just Borrow Against The Future, Says Detroit’s Mayor
Mike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.
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Pingree Detroit Celebrates Five Years of Triple Bottom Line Innovation and Fashion
Pingree Manufacturing celebrates five years in Detroit of veterans empowerment– and making chic footwear and accessories.
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Lancaster, PA: As A Small City Thrives, Its Suburbs Founder
On a recent trip back to my hometown, I poked around the eastern suburbs, visiting a friend who had just
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The Billion Dollar Hot-And-Ready: Touring Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena
Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena is impressive. Whether it’s a masterpiece of sustainability of community development, on the other hand, is up for debate.
Read moreThe New Mobility Requires A New Workforce
This morning I attended “Driving Our AV Future,” an event produced by the Michigan Mobility Institute (MMI) and the Partnership for
Read moreOn The Banks of the Mighty Maumee
In anticipation of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s imminent assumption of her role as supreme socialist ruler of the cosmos, in which she
Read moreThe Ilitch Perfidy Makes It To The Media Majors– Now What?
With HBO now coming after Detroit’s second-favorite billionaire family in the city’s Holy Trinity– comprising the Ilitches, Dan Gilbert, and
Read moreWill Jeff Bezos Be The Next Billionaire to “save” Detroit?
The water cooler topic du jour in Detroit is the grumbling about why Amazon won’t move here because the region
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