In the 1980s, the city of Detroit used eminent domain to clear a large swath of the Poletown neighborhood for GM to build a new assembly plant. Late last year, it closed. The saga requires us to to ask how Detroiters can make sure big development deals of the future are fair. 

Low-tech by design, the simple hoophouse helps extend the farmer’s growing season. Learn how one Michigan program supports hoophouse farms so growers can stock markets, schools, and institutions with farm-fresh food year round.

Construction on these initial seven designs are expected to begin this spring and be completed in 2020. A request for proposals will be released later this month. 

Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez started Featherstone Moments, a marketing company, to close the gap in minority business ownership by helping people of color attain resources and capital.

We spoke with several longtime Detroit residents to get a sampling of what they think about all the changes that have taken place over their lifetimes.

In Michigan cities, corner grocery stores don’t always increase access to healthy produce. In Detroit and Flint, some researchers are taking a closer look at customer service as a barrier to food access.

Now in its seventh year, DTX Launch Detroit pays participants a $2,500 stipend per individual, or up to $7,500 per team, for college students or recent graduates to work on their tech startups.

In Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, food hubs are getting locally-grown foods into the cafeterias and onto the trays of Bronson Hospital. At the same time, they’re supporting local farming economies and healthy communities.