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Downtown lifestyle rising at Broderick Tower

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Jay Hack walks everywhere he needs to go downtown, for food and drink, for religious services, for sporting events - though his business is in the suburbs, where most of his friends remain. Dennis Archambault reports from the tower.

Building Communities, Detroit, Move to Detroit, Woodward Avenue Lifestyle

Downtown Detroit

Framing Detroit Future City: Let's get started

Jon Zemke Tuesday, January 15, 2013

We asked innovation & jobs editor Jon Zemke to come up with some key initial takeaways from last week's Detroit Future City framework launch. There will be more in the months ahead as the project moves from idea to execution phase.

Detroit, Transformational change

UIX people and projects: Liz Blondy and Canine to Five

Tunde Wey Tuesday, January 15, 2013

She is the owner of Canine to Five, a business on Cass Avenue offering day care, grooming and cage-free attended overnight boarding, and a co-founder of catalytic indie merchant group Open City. Take a bow, Liz Blondy.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Shop Local, Small Business, Social innovation, Social Networking

Midtown

Model D TV: LGBT leader of color Alfredo Smith

Tony Eggert & Andrea Poteet Tuesday, January 08, 2013

The boy who wanted to be a backup dancer for Janet Jackson ended up a man who advocates on behalf of transgender rights and HIV and substance abuse prevention. Video producer Tony Eggert shines a light on Alfredo Smith.

Detroit, LGBT

Thank you, come again

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, January 08, 2013

As retail competition grows in Detroit, customer service is critical, say the folks at Open City, a group formed to share ideas about attaining business success. Matthew Lewis reports from our December speaker series event.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Shop Local, Small Business

From Eastern Europe to Eastern Market

Jay Walljasper Tuesday, January 08, 2013

A background in finance and urban planning prepared Detroit Revitalization Fellow Jela Ellefson perfectly for her role as Grants and Special Projects Coordinator for the Eastern Market Corp. Jay Walljasper makes the introduction.

Move to Detroit, Urban Leadership, Wayne State University

Eastern Market

How we spent our winter vacation

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Some of us traveled, some of us got cozy with a book or two, others ventured downtown to see the glittering, metal 'D" drop on New Year's Eve. Now we're all ready to rock Detroit anew for 2013, says Walter Wasacz.

Arts, Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Nightlife

Hamtramck, Downtown Detroit, Midtown, The Villages

UIX TV: Peggy Brennan of Green Garage

DETROIT LIVES! Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Thanks to Peggy (and husband Tom) Brennan, Midtown's Green Garage has become a community hub for people dedicated to a more sustainable way of living. DETROIT LIVES! gets up close and personal in this video profile.

Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Social innovation

Midtown

From vacant to vibrant: A coalition rises

Jon Zemke Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Educating community activists about the resources and best practices available for improving the quality of life in Detroit neighborhoods is the mission of the Vacant Property Coalition. Jon Zemke talks local empowerment with the group's Janai Gilmore.

Detroit, Reuse / Rebuild, Transformational change

Grandmont Rosedale

Liquid assets: We begin a series on the water that sustains us all

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Did you know we all live in a watershed, are surrounded by over a fifth of the world's freshwater supply and interact, one way or another, with the Great Lakes basin every day? Matthew Lewis shares those factoids and more in our new blue-green infrastructure series.

Blue/Green Infrastructure, Detroit, Sustainability

Green City Diaries: Best of the year that was

Matthew Piper Tuesday, December 18, 2012

'Tis the season for reflection, among everything else. As the first year of the Green City Diaries comes to a close and a second year starts taking shape, writer Matthew Piper deviates from his formula to write a diary entry of his own.

Detroit, Sustainability

Model D's best pictures of 2012

Marvin Shaouni Tuesday, December 18, 2012

When it comes to shooting and illustrating each issue of Model D, we count on the keen eyes of photographer Marvin Shaouni. We say cheers to you, mate, and happily publish the best of your work in 2012.

Creative life is how you make it

Amy Kuras Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Its founder sees the Mt. Elliott Makerspace as nothing short of a place for transforming lives, hoping to break cycles of poverty and racism, and to hand people tools for determining their own future. Amy Kuras has the story.

Arts, Education and training, Transformational change

Near East Side

Have yourself a merry little

Model D staff Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The holiday season is already is in full swing here at Model D, but we're going to take it up a notch the next two weeks with family and friends. Stay warm and cozy and we'll see you back here Jan. 8.

Detroit

Model D goes mobile: Detroit on the move

Model D staff Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Model D's Speaker Series heads to Ann Arbor this Friday for our third IdeaLab collaboration with the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. The first two years were awesome. We expect nothing less this time.

Detroit, Education and training, Entrepreneurs, Small Business