Small businesses will make a big splash at events in downtown Detroit parks this summer. The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is asking Detroit-based vendors to apply to be featured at Downtown Street Eats, Market Thursdays, Market Fridays and the Night Markets at Beacon Park. The events attract thousands of weekly visitors. Downtown Street Eats, Michigan’s largest […]
It will soon be easier to fresh fruits and vegetable in Detroit. Hungry Harvest will launch its doorstep fruit and vegetable delivery service across the city in June. It is also launching the service in Ann Arbor. The company rescues fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste due to cosmetic imperfections or surpluses, puts the […]
The Downtown Detroit Market held last winter was so successful it’s coming back this spring and summer. It will run from May 24 – Sunday, September 9. , vendors have been selected for this upcoming season. This spring and summer, Bedrock and the Quicken Loans Community Investment Fund will welcome two phases of market vendors […]
Summer means baseball for many kids. Hitting a home run. Throwing that ball to first base to get the out. Batting in the winning run. Playing on a team. All are dreams they hold. For some, though, those dreams can be out of reach, either because of cost or because of talent. It’s a shame […]
If you want to learn the ins and outs of social media and turn those skills into a great job, here’s your chance. Grand Circus, a professional tech training institute with campuses in Detroit and Grand Rapids, is ready for its second wave of bootcamps supported by Facebook. Under this partnership, residents of Michigan are […]
The City of Detroit this week will begin the first phase of a project along a 5.4-mile stretch of East Jefferson Ave. that will make the street safer and better connect residents to the riverfront. The roadway will soon have seven lanes rather than five, more protected bike lanes to help connect residents to Belle […]
It’s finally happening. We can say good-bye to potholes and rough surfaces on many Detroit roads. The City of Detroit has launched a $58 million project that will repave 88 miles of roads in neighborhoods and some major thoroughfares across the city this year. Repaving those roads will provide jobs. While residential street paving is done by city workers, many […]
Those heading to opening day of The Whitney’s Garden Parties must sprint to the event. By sprint, they mean sprint. On Thursday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m. those attending can either do a .1K “minithon” (0.062 miles. 109.361 yards. 328 feet) across Woodward Avenue or a 5K run around Midtown ending at the garden party. The sold-out event is called “Sprint to the Spirits” […]
Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhoods. It is the first project of this type for the nonprofit real estate developer and is the first scaled, for-sale, new construction in the North End in decades. Homes built in Grandmont-Rosedale will be in partnership with […]
The City of Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund (SNF) will soon bring more investment into seven city neighborhoods and add additional affordable housing. The fund will raise $130 million (SNF 2.0) for investment in seven neighborhoods – Grand River Northwest, Warrendale/Cody-Rouge, Russell Woods/Nardin Park, Campau/Banglatown, Gratiot/7-Mile, East Warren/Cadieux, and Jefferson Chalmers. It has already successfully invested […]