“Suicide” conditioning drills, strength training and plenty of sweat tell just part of the story Garnett Mims envisions for a fitness and community center opening this fall in Detroit’s English Village. The renovated 12,000-square-foot building at 16246 East Warren will welcome anyone looking to shed pounds and tone up, but the other part of the […]
Wearing construction gloves, old jeans and a Motor City Blight Busters t-shirt, Justin Moore heads out with a caravan of teen workers to beautify his Old Redford neighborhood. His efforts net at least a couple garbage bags of trash a day, a weight loss of 60 pounds and, for the first time in three years […]
When customers walk into an urban party stores with a hunger for food, their options often lack nutritional value and taste, says Noam Kimelman, who hopes to do something about it through his Detroit-based company, Fresh Corner Cafe L3C. The executive director wants to provide better options for hard working Detroiters and is working feverishly […]
It’s a high-stress day at the office in downtown Detroit. Your neck’s tense from hours working under a project deadline you barely met, and you’re still wound up. What you crave is physical activity far beyond the cubicle, but the nearest gym’s not in sight. As you exit the parking garage, like a bright light, […]