Without Detroit's urban leaders, the city would not have the richness it has today. Whether it's promoting the ousting of the Nain Rouge or organizing a neighborhood-based futbol league or creating organizations to save Detroit's green spaces, it's all pushed to the forefront by Detroit's array of urban leaders.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Literally minutes after Model D TV producer uploaded this video to Vimeo, it was making its rounds around the web. That's just the way we like it. Seems everyone wants to take a peek inside the rehabbed Madison building. If you haven't seen it already, go for it.
Vince Keenan
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Detroit's City Council is about to fix the gears of a new kind of democratic government, wind it up and set it in motion, says political blogger Vince Keenan. But the body needs feedback from city residents on the best ways to create a fair, equitable new districting system. Read on and jump into the discussion.
Francis Grunow
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
GalaxE Solutions believes so strongly in the potential of Detroit's information tech future that it announced it would hire 500 skilled workers simply because it made economic sense to employ them here. The group recently participated in an "insourcing American jobs" forum at the White House, where the focus was on repatriating jobs to the U.S. Francis Grunow drills into the details.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The two-hour program was filled with lively, quotable conversation by a diverse group of presenters willing to step outside the box to talk about entrepreneurship in Detroit. It was a "wow" kind of afternoon at U-M's Ross School of Business. Walter Wasacz reports from the student section.
Revitalization & Business Conference
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
With Idealab just a few days away, we dug through the video vaults to find some great footage from last January's event at the University of Michigan. See you Friday.
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