Thursday 2 July 2009
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Model D Features
FilterD: This week's picks
 

The Comerica Cityfest is Detroit's premiere street party, spanning five days in New Center. Among the dozens of live acts are dangerously cute Aussie twin sister electro-pop duo the Veronicas (pictured).

There's great food, much more entertainment and all the happy details in FilterD, which is packed with nine other hot happenings this week in metro Detroit. Come inside for the scoop on all the yummy summery fun.  
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Neighborhoods:
New Center , Downtown Detroit , Midtown
He is Family: The Fierce, Hot, Messy Times of Adriel Fantastique
The timeless face behind many of Detroit's best anything goes dance parties since the early 1990s, Adriel Fantastique is the master of ceremonies for Skintight, Fierce Hot Mess and Family.
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Neighborhoods:
Midtown , Downtown Detroit
Microloans Bring Macro-Benefit to Detroit


When the banks won't answer the door, the smallest of small businesses can go knocking on the doors of Detroit's microloan programs, which are changing the face of the city one coffee shop or high tech start up at a time.
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While Model D is Away, Get Out and Play
Summer's here in the city. We're taking some time off to get out there in the heat and play in Detroit. Check in with FilterD for hot tips on what to do in the D during the next two weeks. We'll be back refreshed and ready to roll July 14. See you then.


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Neighborhoods:
Downtown Detroit
Model D TV: Traffic Jam & Snug


Four reasons to love Traffic Jam & Snug: Homemade beer, cheese, ice cream, baked goods. It's our stop this week on the Model D TV tour of all that's good in Detroit.
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Neighborhoods:
Midtown


Development News Five units of Midtown housing born from two burned out homes Construction to begin on Dequindre Cut trail extension in July Wayne State adds to retail mix with new salad shop Round-up: I-75 re-opens, Compuware launches downtown farmers market, Lager House adds food to menu D-Biz: Avanti Press designs creative cards downtown
Innovation + Job News Michigan invests $14.5 million into Detroit’s Peninsula Capital Partners Realtyme Productions opens up production studio, art gallery in southwest Hamtramck welcomes new newspaper with Review Fast Company: James Canning of Canning Communications
Detroit in the News Tweet of the Week: MonCon, MJ and a heat wave
Twitter
Detroit News blog making a difference in neighborhood
Detroit Make It Here
fDi Magazine names Detroit a city of the future
fDi Magazine
Grocery store may fill empty Borders location
Detroit Free Press
DPS student's portrait of President Barack Obama gets her to D.C. for a second time
Chicago Tribune
The political spirit of Detroit seems to be shifting
WIndsor Star
Bloggers look at social innovation and urban farming in Detroit
Detroit Free Press

Featured Place

FD Lofts
FD Lofts at Eastern Market
3434 Russell
Corner of Russell and Erskine
313-832-3000
urbanlifedevelopment.com

Year leases range from $1000 - $1500

Contact: Robert Heide

Neighborhood: Eastern Market
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Detroit Neighborhoods
Sala Thai in Eastern Market

Featured Neighborhood
Detroit has long espoused the idea that its urban core could be designed in such a way as to allow the integration of affluent, working class, and low income people within a few blocks of each other. Immediately east of Lafayette Park reside people whose household incomes are lower than Lafayette Park, but the 1960s modern feel of the area offers a seamless flow to the historic Villages.

Here, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elmwood, and other residential communities offer quality urban living with the same proximity to Eastern Market, downtown, and the riverfront as those in Lafayette Park. Mini-street malls support the needs of residents, from video rentals and fast food outlets to Walgreen’s and CVS drug stores. Close to East Jefferson’s retail strip, yet a few streets removed from the hustle bustle.

Looking beyond this corner of the Near Eastside, north to 1-94 and east to McClellan, you have an area that is being redefined and redeveloped by grassroots organization trying to preserve what hasn’t been lost and build a new community in its place. To understand the Near Eastside, however, one needs to examine its local assets: schools, churches, neighborhoods, and parks.

For more information about the Near East Side visit the Model D:
- Investing Guide
- Visiting Guide
- Living Guide

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