You know it’s summer in the city when events begin at the downtown Detroit’s five historic parks – Campus Martius Park, Cadillac Square, Capitol Park, Grand Circus and Paradise Valley’s Beatrice Buck Park It all started June 1 with Quicken Loans Summer in the Parks, featuring free entertainment daily, all summer long in the parks. […]
One consistent thing that happens at the Mackinac Policy Conference is someone (or multiple someones) has to ask: What, if anything, happens when business leaders, governmental representatives, philantropists, educational experts and the media are stuck together in a hotel for four days? The typical answer is – or, at least, the expectation of those naysayers […]
It’s no exaggeration to say the world awaits Detroit – seeking its ideas, its creativity, its designers and their dreams, its manufacturing prowess and its gigantic imagination. To that end, the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3) announced Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference the launch of the ten-year Detroit City of Design initiative. Now in […]
What is the future of the art world? That is a hard question to answer, but on Thursday, June 2 you can see the possibilities. The Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies’ Night of the Arts (NOTA) will be a four-floor exhibit of K-12 students’ work at the A. Alfred Taubman Center of Design […]
Building bridges is a great thing. They connect people and cultures, break down separation, and bring businesses to jobs and jobs to businesses. In short, they fill gaps. There’s a new bridge being built between Michigan and Israel. It’s part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) Pure Michigan Business Connect program and is created […]
With a still sluggish economy, the quicker high school students are prepared for their future, the better. Perhaps it was the thought that led The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration to team up and create a more diverse transportation workforce for the future with the Youth Development and Mentoring Program. It is […]
I refuse to call it Midtown. The last time I misspoke, I felt stinging from a thousand needles on my tongue, as the ghosts of Cass Corridor chastised me, enraged. I suffered mind-numbing paralysis that left me dazed for hours, as I repeatedly dabbed drool from my lockjaw-frozen lips. It was as if I’d spoken […]
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 […]
by Claudia Gregory Poets and pundits alike have proclaimed: “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” This statement rings particularly true for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA)Bruno Olvera, 27, who has been selected for the 2016 Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) program by the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility. Being selected for the prestigious program, which […]
Palmer Park is a neighborhood on the rise and its third annual Palmer Park Art Fair is certainly proof. The Palmer Park Art Fair started in 1976 and after a strong ten-year run it was retired as the neighborhood declined. Three years ago the nonprofit People for Palmer Park and Integrity Shows brought back the […]