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Launched!: Urban Innovation Exchange debut in review
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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UIX: People and projects profiled
Tunde Wey & Claire Nelson
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Source: Model D
Freep's John Gallagher takes a deeper dive into downtown and Midtown
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Source: Detroit Free Press
Nain Rouge makes Atlantic's list of imaginary city monsters
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Source: Atlantic Cities
TextFromLastNight expands virtual office to M@dison, Pony Ride
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Model D
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Stemming the brain drain with international students
Sarah Szurpicki
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Hacienda Mexican Foods renovates W Vernor storefront in Mexicantown
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Model D
Greenway network announced for The Villages, Lower East Side
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Model D
Midtown garage opens its fabulous house of green
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Facebook
Let's argue for more walkable streets, shall we?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Atlantic Cities
Nain Rouge, Midtown and placemaking
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Economics of Place
Keep on reimagining Detroit
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Source: Facebook
Slows growth: How one cool biz transformed a neighborhood
Noelle Lothamer
Monday, March 26, 2012
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J. Bennett Rylah
Monday, March 26, 2012
Downtown renovations spur Marquette’s turnaround
Kurt Mensching
Monday, March 26, 2012
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Noelle Lothamer
Monday, March 26, 2012
Bizdom preps to launch latest class with newly tweaked brand
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Source: Model D
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The Nain Rouge
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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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.
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Source: Southwest Michigan's Second Wave
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