Detroit’s neighborhoods are on the rise. Millions of dollars are being invested in redevelopment efforts and the dollars continue to pour in. Long before stories about those investments were tweeted or made the front page of the paper block clubs, churches, community groups and residents were working diligently to transform their neighborhoods. They were just […]
When it comes to real estate development, Peter H. Brown speaks two languages. He is fluent in both “developer” and “neighborhood activist.” As such, the Minneapolis consultant is in a good position to act as an interpreter in the often fractious negotiations between the two, something he writes about in his recent book “How Real Estate Developers […]
You’ve got to start somewhere. In Detroit, far too many of our small neighborhood business start-ups launch their business operations with less capital and support than is needed to survive. They are not alone according to Bloomberg, which reports that 8 out of 10 U.S. entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. Tech Town Detroit is attempting […]
Since 1922 Temple Bethel has been a place of importance to the faithful of Detroit – first as a synagogue, and since 1973, home to various churches. In close to a century of service to the city it has done a lot of good. This would be “a place of reconciliation.” Now it has fallen […]