Although he’s not a local native, Dr. Antoine Garibaldi is on familiar ground. Hailing from New Orleans, the University of Detroit Mercy president has family in the Detroit area and a background of scholarship that supported black Michigan youth during the 1990s. Today his ongoing challenge is to lead a campus of 5,000 in the […]
New investments are popping up in Detroit’s neighborhoods, and we want to keep you up to date on where they are happening. If you take out the Michigan State Fair redevelopment project, the total investments currently in the pipeline for District 2 come to approximately $78 million. You can find it all here in “The […]
Brewing up at Livernois Avenue and Six Mile Road in the Bagley neighborhood is a new business that’s been getting buzz since before its grand opening. Local coffee shop Detroit Sip will open at 7420 West McNichols Road in late-August or early September. Jevona Watson, a resident of the nearby neighborhood and owner of the […]
Knock out hunger: That’s the aim of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA) block party partnership The block party is scheduled to run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 at Jimmy Paul Hands On Boxing Gym, 5620 East Seven Mile Road. The partners, who are celebrating their fifth year […]