Featured Stories
Matthew Lewis
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
An impressive group of creatives, business owners, real estate and logistics innovators, and festival promoters made up our speaker series panel last Wednesday. Matthew Lewis took notes, Oren Goldenberg captured the event on video.
Amy Kuras
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
One of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods, Southwest Detroit attracts people with its ethnic food options, its early 20th century residential architecture and, increasingly, for innovative learning projects. Amy Kuras reports from the classroom.
Ajooni Sethi
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
It is becoming widely known that immigrants in Michigan contribute enormously to the state's economy. Ajooni Sethi walks us through a preview of what could be a landmark initiative to help attract and retain Detroit talent.
Kimberly Ross Clayson and Ellen C. Schneider
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
We asked a handful of Detroit thought leaders and community activists to weigh in on critical matters of the day. This is their space, these are their opinions. This week, Ellen C. Schneider and Kimberly Ross Clayson illuminate what emergency financial management can mean for the city.
Model D staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Join us this Friday, April 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit for a conversation with local placemakers transforming their neighborhoods through art & design. This one will be special. Register in advance today.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Over 300 years ago, Detroit founding father Antoine de la Mothe, Seur de Cadillac drove a nasty red dwarf back into the woods with a swift rap of his cane. So begat the legend of the Nain Rouge, who came out of hiding to give Walter Wasacz this exclusive interview.
Jon Zemke
Monday, March 18, 2013
There is a new generation of manufacturers emerging in Detroit. Watches, bicycles, pickles and other environmentally friendly processes and products are being created. Jon Zemke takes a closer look at Shinola, McClure's and Fusion Coolant Systems in this Model D special edition.
Jon Zemke
Monday, March 18, 2013
Growing up in the metro area, Joe McClure spent much of his childhood making pickles using a family recipe, passed on for generations. He tells Jon Zemke why education and the Detroit brand are critical to the success of his business in this special edition Q&A.
DETROIT LIVES!
Monday, March 18, 2013
This high-flying company has 20 employees for watch assembly, and its bicycle division expects to produce 2,000 bikes each year. Shinola has an impressive one-two punch. DETROIT LIVES! shows us how it's all done in this video.
Natalie Burg
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Sometimes it seems historic preservation and economic development are at odds with one another, but innovative business owners across Michigan are proving otherwise. Learn how entrepreneurs in Pontiac, Ypsilanti and Lansing are blending the two to create neighborhood growth.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Growing up in suburbia, Tom Habitz Jr. heard horror stories about Detroit as a kid -- and believed most of them. Now that he lives and work in the interior city he says he'd rather be nowhere else. Jay Walljasper tells his transformative story.
Tunde Wey
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Noam Kimelman is co-founder of Fresh Corner Cafe, a business that brings fresh, healthy and nutritious foods to corner stores and gas stations throughout Detroit. Tunde Wey does the taste test in this report.
Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
We asked our wet goods expert Nicole Rupersberg to dive into some choice neighborhood joints for her first roundup of classic Detroit bars. She headed southwest for her first taste and came back with some real gems. More to come, we promise.
Model D staff
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
It behooves us, now that we are almost directly in the line of fire of the Marche de Nain Rouge, to invite the ahistoric red devil himself to a proper Model D party the night before. You're invited, too, Detroit dears. Come one, come all.
Model D staff
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Read all about it, folks, "gazelles" -- fast companies that double their size over a four-year period -- are popping up in greater downtown Detroit's creative corridor. A special edition dedicated to this exciting trend is on its way.