Features

Model D TV: Tom Nardone and the Detroit Mower Gang

DETROIT LIVES! Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Literally a foot-to-the-pedal, dirt-inside-the-fingernails organization that helps keep playgrounds and other green spaces cut in Detroit, the Mower Gang is garnering national attention for its good work. DETROIT LIVES! produced the video.

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Green City Diaries: Paradise found

Matthew Piper Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A few weeks into spring has lightened our hearts and brightened our spirits, helping us turn our attention to the city's natural environment hiding in plain sight. Matthew Piper finds Detroiters who know the landscape inside and outside.

The Villages

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

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