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Model D and Open City Speaker Series in review
Ashley Woods
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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Imported to Detroit: Meeting downtown's residential new wave
Sarah F. Cox
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
MEGA tax incentive targets redevelopment in Hamtramck
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
D3 map puts end to city's food desert myth
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Source: Data Driven Detroit
NextCAT locks down another $500K in seed capital with SBIR grant
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Source: Model D
Sixteen miles of SW Detroit greenways to open in mid-September
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Revisiting the legacy of Belle Isle landscape artist Frederick Olmsted
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Source: New York Times
Detroit Bike Project seeks to link Detroit's greater downtown
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
SmartBuildings Detroit awards almost a half million in grants to downtown skyscrapers
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Source: DEGC
Spirit of Hope urban farm brings bounty to blighted neighborhoods
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Source: Natural Home and Garden
The Water Station plans health food store in Palmer Park
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
PBS examines city's urban garden and sustainability issues
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Source: Detoit Public Television
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Taking root: Art sprouts in Northend neighborhood gardens
Patrick Crouch
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Public art meets the sporting life at the Squash House
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
GM Ventures invests $7.5 million in solar firm Sunlogics
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Source: Model D
Conner Creek to host Detroit River kayaking tours
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Source: Conner Creek Greenway
Midtown's Green Garage nears completion
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
On Lafayette, Compuware builds an urban oasis
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Go (Mid)west, young man -- Detroit, the new frontier
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Source: YES! Magazine
Dig the waste-not philosophy of Detroit Dirt
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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There are lots of hopeful signs that Detroit is taking sustainability seriously, with bicycling, recycling, urban agriculture, green architecture and renewable energy each at the forefront of serious conversations about the city's future. A long time coming, but well worth the wait.
Across Our Network
Arc of Appalachia has acquired 14,000 acres to protect the region’s temperate forest biome forever
Source: Soapbox
Community Impact Day expands, mobilizes volunteers across Michigan
Source: The Lakeshore
How Fort Wayne food entrepreneur Johnny Perez built and scaled a restaurant empire
Source: Input Fort Wayne
Shared humanity that crosses language, religious and cultural barriers
Source: Second Wave Michigan