Downtown : News from Detroit

It's been another busy month for development news in the city. Let's catch up on some of the biggest stories from the past four weeks.

For those wondering what bus rapid transit might look like in SE Michigan, look to Cleveland, which has had a BRT line since 2008. 

In an analysis of greater downtown Detroit's rental market, the Detroit Free Press estimates that for 2016, 700 new units are set to open by the end of the summer. And the ones that have already opened are at or near 100 percent capacity. 

The Y Media Works Summer Institute gives campers the opportunity to learn from local media talent and produce their own film ideas.

LoVasco got its start in 2013 as a small, family-owned consulting firm starting out in a small space in the Buhl Building in downtown Detroit. Today it has grown to a point where it needed to move.

While not a replacement for a driver's license, municipal IDs will increase access to services for all Detroiters.

Michigan-based Go! Sy Thai will open its new location downtown at the recently redeveloped The Albert at Capitol Park. 

The Detroit Narrative Agency will give up to 12 grants for moving image projects for Detroiters telling their story. 

The Detroit Yacht Club Foundation (DYCF) is kicking off another year of major repairs to its clubhouse -- the largest of its kind in the country -- with its spring fundraiser, "Restoring the Grandeur: City Lights Gala."

Countless small projects take place in Detroit every day -- projects that don't get much fanfare outside the community, neighborhood, or even block in which they have an impact. If you've worked on something small but special in the last year, we'd like to hear from you.

Now in its sixth year, Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest rewards entrepreneurs on the path to opening brick-and-mortar storefronts in either Detroit, Highland Park, or Hamtramck with a $50,000 cash prize and a number of other benefits. 

Invest Michigan oversees the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0, a multimillion dollar angel investment fund capitalized by the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Detroit Entrepreneur Week (DEW) is a 6-day festival that takes place across three Detroit neighborhoods through events, workshops and seminars.

On April 20, the New Economy Initiative kicked-off the third and final year of the NEIdeas challenge, "a two-tiered challenge awarding $500,000 to existing small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park for their ideas to grow."