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PJ's Lager House to raise money for future Detroit music store
MJ Galbraith
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Police-community partnerships offer way to improve neighborhood safety
Brandon Alcorn
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Detroit Experience Factory to move to Monroe Avenue, Build Institute to Bagley Street
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
December development news round-up
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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'More than just a place for a party,' Berliner Dimitri Hegemann sees Detroit as place for new ideas
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Feature Story
Detroit's first family of the arts: Dell and Sharon Pryor
Danny Fenster
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Brooklyn's Galapagos Art Space to make new home in Detroit, buys property in Cortown, Highland Park
Monday, December 8, 2014
Feature Story
On the Avenue of Fashion, small businesses are driving the revival of a neighborhood retail district
Veronica Grandison
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Partner Content
TechTown SWOT City spreads opportunity to neighborhood businesses
New Economy Initiative
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Benzinga creates jobs with its move to downtown Detroit
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Source: Model D
Building Hugger finds opportunity in the historic preservation of Detroit structures
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Source: Model D
Feature Story
Stop by Model D House during Noel Night on Dec. 6
Model D Staff
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Businesses work together to draw holiday shoppers to the Villages
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Feature Story
Holiday season brings good tidings of new Detroit bookstores
David Sands
Monday, December 1, 2014
100-year master plan for Palmer Park revealed
MJ Gabraith
Friday, November 21, 2014
Photo and audio exhibition chronicles life in Delray before the bridge
MJ Galbraith
Friday, November 21, 2014
Feature Story
Berliner Dimitri Hegemann to discuss plans for Fisher Body 21 at community talk on Nov. 29
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
After a three-year fight, West Village community garden buys land from city
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
New Midtown co-working space to offer painting classes on weekends
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Skate park campaign suspended as city puts target property up for sale
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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changemakers using business acumen to empower and build communities. With this year's stories supported by Build Institute, we report on entrepreneurs and innovators shaping the city's business ecosystems.
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