More Detroit students will be put to work this summer, courtesy of a $100,000 boost from a major youth employment supporter. Connect Detroit, a nonprofit organization that supports Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, recently announced its receipt of a $100,000 grant from DTE Energy Foundation, a strong advocate of the annual program. The grant will support […]
Over the past half-decade or so, Motor City Comic Con has grown from a loose assortment of fans of genre fiction and cult-status mediums (like comics) to a scene for the masses. This year more than 60,000 attendees are expected to walk through the doors of the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue in […]
Tracy Tilmon-Jackson isn’t used to being stopped in her tracks. In late 2011, Tilmon-Jackson had just come home from a FEMA deployment – she works as a public assistance tech crew lead on various disasters – and was cleaning the house when it felt as if something had hit her in the chest, straight on. […]
Four Detroit-area organizations have received grants for projects to eliminate child lead exposure. They awards were announced by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), on behalf of Michigan’s Child Lead Exposure Elimination Commission (CLEEC). In total, 11 local health departments, non-profit organizations, universities and other entities in Michigan received the one-time grants […]
Detroit’s own Erika ‘Big Red’ Stowall has danced her way into an online PBS series called “If Cities Could Dance.” The program is the creation of KQED, the San Francisco Bay Area NPR and PBS station. Each webisode in the series captures the dancers’ personal stories and their deep-rooted relationships to their community and city. […]
LinkedIn has signed a lease on the historic Sanders building at 1523 Woodward Ave. Renovations are underway and it expects to move in next year. The Sanders building is owned by Bedrock, which purchased it in 2016. Last August LinkedIn opened its first U.S. office in 10 years in Detroit in a temporary space. In […]
Few communities bring as much joy to Cinco de Mayo as Southwest Detroit. The annual Hispanic holiday, which translates to “Fifth of May,” commemorates the Mexican army’s historic 1862 victory in battle against French troops during the Franco-Mexican War. But in America the occasion lets Latinos and Latino descendants celebrate their heritage, often with meals […]
The future for Detroiters and the city’s employers just got brighter. We all know Detroit’s long-term growth depends on creating jobs and preparing residents to do them. A $1 million investment by Quicken Loans and Bedrock in the Breithaupt Career and Technical Center will help do that. Breithaupt offers many technology-based, hand-on education options in […]
Spring cleaning in Detroit began this week as crews from the Department of Public Works (DPW) hit the streets for the annual residential street sweeping program. They started on the northeast side and will sweep 2,000 miles of side streets three times this year. Each sweep takes about 10 weeks to complete. This 10-week citywide […]
When people think of harp music, they often conjure images of ethereal angels or red-headed performers from Ireland. This Sunday, April 29, you can hear a different kind of harp music when Patricia Terry-Ross plucks a decidedly classical and jazzy harp for the pure enjoyment of patrons at the “Music in Homes” concert in Palmer […]