Thirty Detroit neighborhoods are going to see spiffed-up businesses thanks to the Motor City Re-Store business façade improvement program. Forty-four long-time Detroit business owners have been approved for grants totaling $330,000 that will help them update the exterior appearance of their storefronts. Another $519,000 in potential grant funding was also earmarked for Round One design […]
Attention coffee and café lovers. The Red Hook Coffee is open inside of Will Leather Goods in Midtown. Sandi Heaselgrave, owner of neighborhood shop, had been exploring options for a location in Midtown for two years. She finally landed at Will after a friend of a friend suggested she look into the cafe space there. […]
There is always at least one family member with a Christmas sweater so ugly, so tacky, you want to scream … or you can just realize they are cool. Now just think about all those sweaters in one place at one time. That’s what the DTE Energy Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership have in […]
The front of Love Travels Imports is a testament to community involvement. Hanging in the window of the store on Livernois is a 12 ft. x 9 ft. Community Art Project made of ceramic pieces created by neighborhood residents, shoppers and young women from Alternatives For Girls. All the pieces were fired by local artist […]
There is an opioid crisis in Michigan and emergency rules have been extended to get the medication naloxone to help save the lives of those addicted. From 1999 to 2016, the total number of overdose deaths involving any type of opioid increased more than 17 times in Michigan, from 99 to 1,689, according to the […]
Believe it or not we have a real prehistoric fish in Michigan, and it’s coming to Belle Isle. The Belle Isle Aquarium is celebrating the return of sturgeon with a special fundraising event, “Urgin’ for Sturgeon,” on Thursday, Nov. 30 when it will unveil its new Great Lakes sturgeon exhibit. Guests will also enjoy an […]
Corktown is getting ready to celebrate the holidays, and you’re invited. The second annual Corktown-A-Glow begins at noon on Saturday, Dec. 9. It’s a day-long holiday celebration thrown by the Corktown Business Association and local business owners to bring the community together. You can shop and eat, of course, but there will also be caroling, […]
America’s Thanksgiving Parade is going to have a very special meaning for Yuliana Ortiz, a seventh-grade student from Clippert Academy. As the winner of the 26th Annual Skillman Foundation’s Float Design Contest, she’ll see her design, “The Snowing Mountains,” come to life in a larger-than-life Skillman float that will travel down Woodward in the 91st […]
For years hundreds and hundreds of Detroiters have worked behind the scenes to improve the city and its neighborhoods. They were here before business moguls began buying buildings downtown Detroit. Before national retail chains and restaurants came back to the city and before hipsters and the new creative class started discovering Detroit. Their work and […]
When meeting veterans we often say “thank you for your service.” Thank you is great and appreciated, but we need to remember that service can make it difficult for those men and women to readjust to civilian life when they leave the military. The FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of North American automaker FCA US […]