Over the last few years we’ve seen it happen in Texas, in Kanas, and in South Carolina – shootings that killed and wounded parishioners while they worshiped. The violence has also hit close to home. Just a few weeks ago, a bullet went flying through the glass door of Zion Church in Troy. No one […]
A good pitch will win 12 local women a share of $50,000 to use to support the startups they’ve created that will make their communities better places to live. You can see how they do at the inaugural Ford Empower-HER pitch competition on Feb. 7 at Ford headquarters in Dearborn. You can register for the […]
We may very well see four University of Detroit Mercy students handling our portfolios in a few years, and that could be a very good thing. The business students placed in the top 25 in the world in the ETF Global Portfolio Challenge, a web-based simulated investment challenge. Adam Ross finished in 10th place, Paige […]
The elephant in the room that kept Detroit out of the top 20 cities angling for the Amazon headquarters was simply the city’s reputation. So says Dan Gilbert., Quicken Loans founder and chairman. The accepted view is Detroit did not make Amazon’s next round because of its lack of talent and transportation. Not so fast, […]
Flex-N-Gate Detroit is ready to hire for more than 400 jobs, ranging from hourly workers to management positions. The company will partner with Detroit at Work to train Detroiters for the new positions and has committed to hiring Detroiters first. When it reaches capacity over the next three year it will provide up to 700 new […]
Dawn Wood mended her ways and got a new lease on life. A drug addict for 24 years, she’s been clean for the last year. After serving time in jail, she found Mend on the Move and that’s made all the difference in the world for her. Mend on the Move is a non-profit social […]
Yehowseph Brown not only found a way to prepare for a successful career, he also latched on to something that would make him a better person. A participant in Bank of America’s Student Leaders program, he is featured in a video on the company’s website. In it he says the experience gave him the tools […]
OK, Detroit is Hockeytown, but there may just be room for another sport created in Canada – at least for eight weeks. Every Monday and Tuesday from 6 – 10 p.m. through February 28 you can watch broomball at The Rink at Campus Martius. It’s a great way to meet new people, find out about […]
Where do you think the man with best beard in America lives? Right here in Detroit. Jason Heien’s whiskers just took first place in Wahl’s annual Man of the Year Contest. Wahl’s 30-ft. mobile barbershop visited the Top 10 Most Facial Hair Friendly Cities in America in search of the guy with the best facial […]
Partner programs like Project Green Light, Ceasefire Detroit and the Detroit Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center helped take a big bite out of crime in Detroit in 2017, and officials are putting more strategies in place to ensure the trend continues. Since 2016, nearly every category of major crime in Detroit has seen significant […]