Features

Detroit's urban farms embrace green infrastructure for sustainable water use

Brian Allnutt Monday, December 05, 2016

Detroit's urban farms are using green infrastructure to reduce their water costs. Along the way, they're helping to improve the city's stormwater system.

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Can Metro Detroit's municipalities cooperate?

Ellen Vial Monday, December 05, 2016

In the wake of a narrow defeat for regional transit, Ellen Vial explores how we might learn from regional cooperation in Pittsburgh and the Twin Cities.

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Lucy Carnaghi, co-owner of Rose's Fine Foods

Higher wages and split tips: Working for fair pay in the Detroit service industry

Patrick Dunn Monday, December 05, 2016

The tipping system is the cheapest, easiest legal way for restaurateurs to maintain a staff, but it also has unfortunate side-effects for that same staff. Some in the service industry, however, are rethinking the tip.

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How Detroit's public parks are using green infrastructure to prevent flooding, save money

Brian Allnutt Monday, December 05, 2016

Detroit's parks are testing grounds for new green infrastructure projects that are changing the way the city manages its stormwater runoff.

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The Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood, located on the far east side, is one of the areas most at risk for flooding and heat stress

How Detroit's climate change activists are using science to plan for a warmer city

Nina Ignaczak Monday, November 07, 2016

As Detroit's climate changes, scientists are working to inform policies that will help the city both mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions and increase its resiliency in the face of a warmer, wetter future.

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Ron Gurdjian has tended bar at Tom's Tavern since "the late 70s"

In praise of the chill bar

Amy Elliott Bragg Monday, November 07, 2016

With the announcement of the closing of St. Cece's, a quintessentially chill bar, Amy Elliott Bragg makes a case for the chill bar and lists her favorites.

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Two community benefits ordinances in Detroit set for ballot battle

Nina Ignaczak Monday, November 07, 2016

Two bills on this year's ballot could establish a community benefits ordinance in Detroit. Nina Ignaczak delves into what that might mean for the city and the differences between the two.

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3 regional transit systems Metro Detroit can learn from

Patrick Dunn Tuesday, October 25, 2016

We checked in with experts in three very different American cities—Cleveland, St. Louis, and Los Angeles—to gather lessons as our own transit system takes shape.

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Karen Guilmette, owner of Natural Red, with three of her children

Detroit's mother entrepreneurs: these women started businesses and ended up with happy families

Melinda Clynes Tuesday, October 25, 2016

In the first of a three-part series looking at the challenges of being both a mother and entrepreneur, Melinda Clynes writes about women seeking financial independence in business.

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Rain gardens to the rescue: How Detroiters are working together to protect water infrastructure

Brian Allnutt Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Detroiters must deal with a new drainage fee to help pay for water infrastructure. Fortunately, an innovative program will help residents reduce those fees, while also soaking up water on their land and helping their neighbors.

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CEO and co-founder of Castle, working at Rebirth House

"Generation Startup" shows it's possible to build and scale a startup in Detroit

Aaron Mondry Thursday, October 13, 2016

The documentary, which follows six people working or owning startups in Detroit, presents both the joys and challenges of running a startup.

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As Ellis Island Tea grows, founder Nailah Ellis-Brown makes hiring local a priority

Patrick Dunn Thursday, October 13, 2016

Since founding the company in 2008, Ellis-Brown been named one of Forbes' "30 Under 30" in the manufacturing industry and her beverages are now available in Meijer and Whole Foods stores across the Midwest.

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Shakiya Robertson with her kids, from left to right, Kye'Ren, Kyi'Lei, Davion, and Ky'Shaun in front of their home

In search of solutions to Detroit's foreclosure crisis

David Sands Thursday, October 13, 2016

In the second installment of our series on Detroit's foreclosure crisis, David Sands looks at the organizations and people developing innovative solutions to keep people in their homes.

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4 things to know about Detroit and green infrastructure

Aaron Mondry Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Model D recently hosted a panel at Detroit Beer Company on ways Detroit can harness its green infrastructure potential. Here are the most important takeaways from the event.

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Three things to know about Detroit's City of Design designation

Ellen Schneider Wednesday, September 28, 2016

UNESCO's City of Design designation has helped members transform their cities through design. Ellen Schneider of the Detroit Creative Corridor Center writes about how Detroit can harness that same potential.

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