Small shops work with city, state to keep afloat and social distancing from becoming social disaster

Small shops work with city, state to keep afloat and social distancing from becoming social disaster

With entertainment and restaurants shutdown, downtown Detroit is almost empty. Auto plants have come to a halt. Throughout the region residents are bouncing off the walls from social distancing. The coronavirus has left its mark on Detroit, and small businesses across the region are nervous. Calling on their Motor City determination. small businesses are working […]

ARISE Detroit! documentary celebrates decade of bringing neighborhoods together

For years hundreds and hundreds of Detroiters have worked behind the scenes to improve the city and its neighborhoods. They were here before business moguls began buying buildings downtown Detroit. Before national retail chains and restaurants came back to the city and before hipsters and the new creative class started discovering Detroit. Their work and […]

Thousands will do great things all across Detroit on Neighborhoods Day — a day of pride, work and fun

Thousands will do great things all across Detroit on Neighborhoods Day — a day of pride, work and fun

Before there were business moguls buying buildings in downtown Detroit … Before there were national retail chains and restaurants coming back to Detroit … Before the so-called hipsters and the new creative class started discovering Detroit … Before claiming to be concerned about the neighborhoods of Detroit became a trend and a feel-good cliché … […]