Features

Is bike sharing success a real possibility for Detroit?

Kelli Kavanaugh Friday, January 24, 2014

We welcome back Kelli Kavanaugh, Model D's former development news editor and now East Riverfront bicycle entrepreneur, who will be writing about cycling in the city over the coming months. First up: all you needed to know about bike sharing but were afraid to ask.

Woodbridge, Hamtramck, Southwest, Corktown, Palmer Park / University District, The Villages, Lafayette Park, Grandmont Rosedale, Eastern Market, Midtown, New Center, Downtown

New chapter begins in Detroit literary arts scene

Matthew Lewis Friday, January 24, 2014

The fab Write A House project has gone viral, and we welcome all the out-of-town budding literati that it will spawn, but we wanted to focus on the "where" as much as the "what." The neighborhood called Banglatown, NoHam or Power House is what Matthew Lewis is talking about.

Hamtramck

Opinion: Inspired DSO sets diverse course for the future

Anne Parsons Wednesday, January 22, 2014

We were recently invited to sit in on the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's annual meeting. It was a terrific event, filled with news of Midtown community love and artistic and financial growth for the organization. President and CEO Anne Parsons shares her remarks.

Midtown

City kids: Growing next generation of medical professionals

Amy Kuras Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A combination of mentoring, job shadowing, and taking kids inside classrooms and labs used to train tomorrow's scientists, doctors and coders is helping prepare young Detroiters for careers in health care. Amy Kuras shows us how it's getting done.

Stabilizing neighborhoods by investing in Detroit Land Bank

Dennis Archambault Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Shoring up the middle class is key to improving neighborhood life in Detroit. By working with homeowner associations in the Boston-Edison and East English Village neighborhoods, the Detroit Land Bank is starting to get results, says Dennis Archambault in this report.

The Villages

On the Ground: Brightmoor on film

Oren Goldenberg & Matthew Lewis Wednesday, January 08, 2014

In this fab video piece by Oren Goldenberg and Matthew Lewis, we get up close and personal with the doers and the makers that are rebuilding Brighmoor brick by brick, wall by wall. It's a story to inspire neighborhood redevelopment across the city.

Meet Model D's new development news editor

Model D staff Wednesday, January 08, 2014

MJ Galbraith is a creative writer, a musician and a guy with his ear to the ground looking for all the Detroit development news that's fit to print. Find him walking into a building or business near you.

Shop local: Our list of holiday shopping destinations

Nicole Rupersburg Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Only seven days left to get the rest of your holiday shopping on and, thanks to a growing number of creative urban entrepreneurs, your options are increasing. Nicole Rupersburg compiles a list of places you need to go.

Hamtramck, Corktown, Palmer Park / University District, Eastern Market, Midtown, New Center, Downtown

Growing bold ideas for Detroit's future

Matthew Lewis Wednesday, January 08, 2014

At this year's Idealab at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, six Detroit innovators were invited to Ann Arbor to share radical ideas for the future of the city. Matthew Lewis was there with his notebook, Doug Coombe with his camera.

Model D TV: Detroit Design Center sculpts new signage for Avenue of Fashion

DETROIT LIVES! Wednesday, January 08, 2014

A neighborhood retail initiative led by the Detroit Lions and Hatch Detroit brings our video team back again to the upper Livernois commercial district for this series of Model D TV episodes. Enjoy Part II produced by DETROIT LIVES!

Palmer Park / University District

On the Ground, in words and pictures

Aaron Mondry and Marvin Shaouni Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Meet some people who consider self-sufficiency integral to their lives and choose Brightmoor over a more remote location because of the value they place in community. Slideshow courtesy of Model D photographer Marvin Shaouni.

Green Grocer: Finding fresh food in greater downtown

Nicole Rupersburg Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Our food shopping tour concludes in Lafayette Park, East Riverfront and Midtown, where Nicole Rupersburg visits markets offering fresh produce, meats, fish and other home cooking staples. Marvin Shaouni puts it all into focus with his camera.

Lafayette Park, Midtown