Bedrock has announced $2.1 billion in new investment for four downtown development projects that could bring up to 24,000 new jobs to Detroit. The package, which includes the Hudson’s Site, Monroe Blocks, Book Tower and One Campus Martius expansion project,would bring 15,000 construction jobs and up to 9,000 permanent jobs to the city.The projects will […]
Cara Wendling has lived a life of service. She served in the U.S. Navy, which left her with debilitating insomnia. She worked at the Manna Community Meal, a soup kitchen in Corktown and as a counselor for fellow veterans in New Orleans. She alsoworked on Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign and did a stint with […]
You’ve heard the phrase “A stitch in time saves nine.” It has a simple meaning. Mend the tear right away with one stitch instead of the 10 stitches it may take if it goes unfixed. You can be that one stitch that goes a long way to sewing up a problem by helping Southwest Solutions […]
As we begin this story let’s take a step back in time and visit a high school in the last century. The teacher has just assigned the class a paper on Abraham Lincoln. She then divides the class into two sections. She tells the group on one side of the room they can go to […]
There is no doubt about it. Small shops in Detroit are cool, and thriving. What so many don’t know is many of these small shops have been operating in our city’s neighborhoods for years. Others are quietly opening new businesses that will make a difference to residents. Many of those small shops are invisible, never […]
More than 2,500 GM volunteers put on work gloves, work boots and safety glasses and headed for the Cody Rouge community for the company’s week-long volunteer event July 24-28. Volunteers came from all levels of GM’s Detroit operation including Chairman Mary Barra, who spent time working in the community. Besides painting, cleaning, gardening and doing […]
There is a new beacon of light in Detroit. Detroit’s newest world-class public space and entertainment hub — Beacon Park – opens to the public on Thursday, July 20. The park, located on Cass Avenue and Grand River Avenue, is supported by DTE Energy and reflects its mission to be a catalyst for development in […]
Check your dollar bills on Monday, June 12. They could be worth $100, $5,000 or $10,000. Ally Financial will circulate 500 of its “Hardest Working Dollars” around Detroit that day to underscore its commitment to be “home of the hardest working dollar.” A mystery “dollar dropper” will put the worn bills into circulation across […]
When Alejandro came to Western International High School from middle school he ate his lunch in the bathroom. He was scared and felt he didn’t fit in. An older student, Tomás, changed that. He found him in the bathroom and invited him to sit with him in the cafeteria and Alejandro was on the way […]
It was a great morning for Carol Eggert. She was attending, and was one of the hosts, at a support ceremony to honor Comcast’s veterans, National Guard and Reserve employees. Comcast wants to make the community aware of the sacrifices these individuals make to serve and highlight the skills and talents they learn in the […]