Features

Freshwater Metropolis in words and pictures: More than a concept

Matthew Lewis and Doug Coombe Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Now here's a two-for-one treat for our growing blue/green Detroit infrastructure readership: a springtime feature by project editor Matthew Lewis on rain gardens and an equally springy slideshow by photographer Doug Coombe.

Midtown

Detroit Revitalization Fellow: Owiso Makuku

Jay Walljasper Tuesday, April 30, 2013

With experience in the Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps, and in various jobs in New York, Boston and Burlington, Vermont, Owiso Makuku comes ready to make a difference in Detroit. Jay Walljasper shows us why.

New Center

Talk of the TechTown

Curtis Johnson Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Detroit is home to the third highest concentration of design professionals in the U.S., seemingly attracts entrepreneurs by the minute and has one of the best platforms for turning ideas into companies. Curtis Johnson tells us why TechTown is one of the catalysts for this growth.

New Center

Detroit Revitalization Fellow: Dara O'Byrne

Jay Walljasper Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Preserving the environment means reviving the city, says an urban planner and designer who relocated from Seattle to Detroit to be part of WSU's revitalization fellows project and live in the West Village. Jay Walljasper profiles Dara O'Byrne.

The Villages

Gazelles Roam Creative Corridor

Jon Zemke Tuesday, April 30, 2013

In the last few years, there has been a visible influx of creatively based, high growth businesses opening in, moving to or setting up an office in the greater downtown Detroit area. Jon Zemke tracks the exciting progress in this special report.

Downtown

UIX: Michael Davis and Hamtown Farms

Tunde Wey Tuesday, April 30, 2013

He started Hamtown Farms, a plot of land nestled between Kowalski Sausage, Lumpkin St. and an alley, after eating a strange-tasting fruit with the equally strange name of paw-paw. Tunde Wey introduces us to Michael Davis.

Hamtramck

No property left behind recapped

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A standing room crowd squeezed into a pop-up space in Lafayette Park to listen to members of Loveland Technologies, county officials and other land reuse experts talk about tax reverted Detroit properties. Matthew Lewis took a bunch of notes.

Lafayette Park

City kids: Community partnerships, creative classes

Amy Kuras Tuesday, April 30, 2013

More than 4,000 Detroit kids each year get the benefit of a strong arts education thanks to the College for Creative Studies. Amy Kuras goes into the classroom to see students excited about learning. Marvin Shaouni gets the pictures.

Midtown

UIX people: Nefertiti Harris and Tarot & Tea

Tunde Wey Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Proprietor of Textures by Nefertiti, a natural hair salon and spa opened as part of the Spiral Collective on Cass and Willis, and the soon to open Tarot & Tea in West Village, Nefertiti Harris is rockin' entrepreneurship, says Tunde Wey.

The Villages

Part of the solution: ACLU interns talk about need for justice for all in Detroit

Amy Kuras Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Law students from Brooklyn, Harvard, Virginia and Michigan schools get valuable training in a variety of civil rights issues at the Detroit office of the ACLU. They also get to know the city while they're here. Amy Kuras reports.

Woodbridge

May the Schwartz be with you

Tom Murray Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Celebrated animator Gary Schwartz, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker now living in Woodbridge, is one animated fellow. Tom Murray caught up with him before Schwartz left for London, where his work will be featured at the 2012 Paralympics Games in August.

Woodbridge