Have you missed the taste of Detroit’s various restaurants during COVID? Well, here is your a chance to play catch up. Detroit Black Restaurant Week (DBRW) will be back for a fourth year with 30 restaurants strong … and more still signing up. From April 9-18, and again August 20 – 29, Motown’s eateries will […]
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 […]
The vacant Holcomb Elementary school and the surrounding area in Old Redford are getting a new lease on life with a $6 million investment The school, which has been empty for nearly 10 years, will become a 32-unit senior cooperative housing community called the St. Matthew Cooperative. The renovation will also include walking paths, parks […]
Imagine climbing 71 flights of stairs – all of them, without stopping. You’d truly appreciate your healthy lungs after such an exercise. Ask Sweet Potato Sensations Owner Ettafly Thomas, who climbs the steps of Joe Louis Arena several times weekly (see her story ). That is exactly what a group of Detroiters are going to […]
Climbing the tall, narrow stairs at the Joe Lewis Arena helped Ettaflyy Thomas drop 50 pounds in less than a year. Call it steep, step cardio. Thomas, 35, co-owner of Sweet Potato Sensations in Detroit, rides her bike to The Joe on her days off and runs or walks steps because she loves exercising out […]