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The Art of Neighborhood Innovation recapped

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Artists skilled at community and business development were our panelists at this standing room only event at one of MOCAD's largest galleries. Just for you, Cass Corridor Films and Walter Wasacz were there to report it all.

Arts, Building Communities, Detroit, Museums, Placemaking, Transformational change, Woodward Avenue Lifestyle

Midtown

Freshwater Metropolis speaker series

Model D staff Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Join us this Thursday on the campus of Lawrence Technological University to hear from a panel of experts, activists, and business owners about how green and blue infrastructure is transforming our region, and learn what you can do to be a part of this movement.

Blue/Green Infrastructure, Detroit

C'mon down, culinary adventurers: your time is now

Noelle Lothamer Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April not only means baseball is back for another season. It's also the spring version of Detroit Restaurant Week, 10 days of lovely food and drink options at 19 premier locations. Food specialist Noelle Lothamer sets the table.

Detroit, Dining, Food and Drink

Downtown Detroit, Midtown

UIX: Portraits of urban innovation

Marvin Shaouni Tuesday, April 16, 2013

One of the many highlights of last week's Urban Innovation Exchange speaker series was a slideshow of portraits taken by Marvin Shaouni. In case you missed it, here it is in living color and occasional black and white.

Detroit, Social innovation

Freshwater Metropolis: the underground scene

Matthew Piper Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Matthew Piper attended the Sierra Club's recent "Green Your Neighborhood" forum, where people learned how to decrease water consumption, save money, and reduce the disposal of harmful chemicals into the water system. Here is his report.

Blue/Green Infrastructure, Detroit

UIX people: Nefertiti Harris and Tarot & Tea

Tunde Wey Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Proprietor of Textures by Nefertiti, a natural hair salon and spa opened as part of the Spiral Collective on Cass and Willis, and the soon to open Tarot & Tea in West Village, Nefertiti Harris is rockin' entrepreneurship, says Tunde Wey.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink, Small Business, Social innovation

Midtown, The Villages

Bountiful biennial: Get ready for Art X 2013

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, April 09, 2013

It's back, bigger and, we're certain, better than ever. The Kresge Foundation's first Art X Detroit in 2011 gave artists a platform to showcase what they do best: create, innovate and perform. Walter Wasacz talks to organizers in this Model D Q&A.

Arts, Detroit, Film, Performing Arts, Placemaking, Sense of Place, Woodward Avenue Lifestyle

Midtown

Talking revolution and reinvention with John Gallagher

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, April 09, 2013

John Gallagher's stories in the Detroit Free Press are required reading for all who are fascinated in the greater Detroit narrative: how a once dominant global industrial powerhouse retools itself for the future. Walter Wasacz brings the questions.

Building Communities, Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Redevelopment, Sense of Place, Social innovation, Sustainability

Detroit Revitalization Fellow: John Corcoran

Jay Walljasper Tuesday, April 09, 2013

From New Jersey, with stops at Cal-Berkely and Georgetown, John Corcoran now serves as manager of real estate projects for TechTown Detroit. He's here because of WSU's Detroit Revitalization Fellows program. Jay Walljasper has the profile.

Detroit, Urban Leadership, Wayne State University

New Center, Midtown

Opinion: Detroit is the Opportunity of a Generation

Jason Lorimer Tuesday, April 09, 2013

In the 14 months that the author has lived in Detroit after moving here from Philadelphia, he has assembled a spirited team of innovators, specialists and changemakers. Jason Lorimer sent us this opinion piece. We're happy to run it.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Social innovation

UIX: Alicia George and Motor City Java House

Tunde Wey Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Alicia George is the owner of Motor City Java House, a neighborhood coffee shop that anchors redevelopment happening in Old Redford on Detroit's northwest side. Tunde Wey of Urban Innovation Exchange tells her story.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink

Modeshift: Edible hut comes to Osborn neighborhood

MJ Galbraith Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Part of Friday's UIX+ArtXDetroit: the Art of Neighborhood Innovation speaker series event is devoted to this project, which our media partners at Modeshift SE-MI Move Together wrote about in this week's newsletter. Click and dig in.

Building Communities, Detroit, Food and Drink, Sustainability

Green City Diaries: Paradise found

Matthew Piper Tuesday, April 02, 2013

A few weeks into spring has lightened our hearts and brightened our spirits, helping us turn our attention to the city's natural environment hiding in plain sight. Matthew Piper finds Detroiters who know the landscape inside and outside.

Detroit, Sustainability

East Riverfront, The Villages

Model D TV: Detroit's ghost waters

Oren Goldenberg and Matthew Lewis Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Detroit abounds with largely unknown waterways: Baby Creek in Delray, May Creek running parallel to train tracks connecting the U.S and Canada, Savoyard Creek that snakes beneath downtown's skyscrapers. Matthew Lewis and Oren Goldenberg team up for this video report.

Blue/Green Infrastructure, Detroit, Sustainability

Belle Isle to 8 Mile: Time to go outside

Emily, Andy and Rob Linn Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Legendary urban blues parties, bicycle racing in a battered, still beautiful velodrome, competitive rugby matches and drive-in movies at an art deco masterpiece are all recommended by our authors, the fabulous Linn siblings. Get out there and enjoy.

Arts, Detroit, Entrepreneurs