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New ads drive home need for strong regional transit in Southeast Michigan to create jobs, improve quality of life

New ads drive home need for strong regional transit in Southeast Michigan to create jobs, improve quality of life

There is no question we need a regional transportation system is Southeast Michigan. It will create jobs. It will help keep and attract talent.  It will give us the same competitive advantage enjoyed by other major cities and regions that see more economic development because they have a strong transportation system. To drive those points home, the Detroit […]

Thousands will do great things all across Detroit on Neighborhoods Day — a day of pride, work and fun

Thousands will do great things all across Detroit on Neighborhoods Day — a day of pride, work and fun

Before there were business moguls buying buildings in downtown Detroit … Before there were national retail chains and restaurants coming back to Detroit … Before the so-called hipsters and the new creative class started discovering Detroit … Before claiming to be concerned about the neighborhoods of Detroit became a trend and a feel-good cliché … […]

How Detroit’s coffee shops are shaping neighborhood redevelopment

How Detroit’s coffee shops are shaping neighborhood redevelopment

For a city on the rise, it seems appropriate that alongside retail, restaurants and commercial renovation, coffeehouses are among the top hot spots around Detroit’s neighborhoods. These caffeine-fueled developments are new and old – longstanding and still in the development stages. Lots of sites are popping up across our city, building new spaces as well […]

Expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks program helps Flint residents meet expanded nutritional needs

Expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks program helps Flint residents meet expanded nutritional needs

For shoppers like Jon Guice the options were limited. With nutritional food outlets in her community often hard to come by, Guice’s list of potential grocery stores, particularly affordable ones, was typically short. Then, in 2011, she learned about the Double Up Food Bucks incentive. As a recipient of the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program […]