Live. Love. Laugh Detroit: Detroit author creates the ultimate insider’s guide to understanding the cityscape

Live. Love. Laugh Detroit: Detroit author creates the ultimate insider’s guide to understanding the cityscape

Detroit might be the ultimate Rorschach test. Everyone sees something a little different, depending on his or her angle. When Aaron Foley looks at Detroit, he sees a city that “black history defined.” A thirtysomething writer living in Detroit, Foley is a Michigan State University graduate who has contributed to such publications as Jalopnik Detroit, […]

Recovery Park: Re-growing Detroit’s job market one seedling at a time

Recovery Park: Re-growing Detroit’s job market one seedling at a time

A head of lettuce is a high-cost, low- value commodity. From the moment it’s planted, it requires intensive care, says Gary Wozniak, president and CEO of RecoveryPark. The company grows specialty produce and works to provide sustainable jobs for those facing employment barriers because of addiction or imprisonment. “If there were a plant hospital, it […]