News from Detroit

Church in Midtown restores historic building to former glory

Model D Monday, April 04, 2016

Two stores, one in Grandmont Rosedale and one on East Jefferson, to open on 313 Day

Model D Sunday, March 20, 2016

This 313 Day, two businesses will be celebrating their grand openings, each of them participants in TechTown's SWOT City entrepreneurial training program.

Motor City Match seeks business and commercial property owners for third round of grants

Model D Monday, March 07, 2016

There are four major award categories for which business and property owners can apply for a share of $500,000 in grant funding.

Sit On It Detroit to open furniture store and studio in Midtown

Model D Monday, March 07, 2016

The Midtown showroom gives Sit On It Detroit a more central location to display its wares and meet with clients, away from the flying sawdust and noisy tools of its workshop.

Detroitists wanted: Challenge Detroit, DTX, NextEnergy seek applicants

Model D Monday, March 07, 2016

Several of the Motor City's top fellowship programs and incubators are currently taking applications, including Challenge Detroit, TechTown's DTX Launch Detroit, and NextEnergy.

Red Panda starts selling next generation of digital guitar pedals

Model D Saturday, February 20, 2016

Red Panda's guitar pedals are built in the company’s recently expanded space in the Green Garage by a staff of four people. Growing demand for the guitar pedals has prompted Red Panda to add a new hire over the last year and fill out its 600 square feet of space.

Sidewalk Ventures works to connect businesses with local investors across Michigan

Model D Sunday, February 07, 2016

Sidewalk Ventures spent its first year helping a local entrepreneurs connect with local investors, but now the Midtown-based company is looking to spread its business model across Michigan.

Inventev halfway to raising $1.5M seed round for commercial truck tech

Model D Sunday, February 07, 2016

Inventev recently landed a $500,000 federal grant, which represents a large chunk of the TechTown-based startup's upcoming seed round.

Motor City Muckraker shifts focus to education in 2016

Model D Sunday, January 24, 2016

Last year, Motor City Muckraker's Steve Neavling focused his attention on the struggles of the Detroit Fire Department to great effect. This year he's turning his attention to education in Detroit.

Girls With Guts founder grows nonprofit into full-time job

Model D Sunday, January 24, 2016

Jackie Zimmerman helped launch Girls With Guts in 2012 with the idea of helping women battling Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Today her side project has turned into her full-time job.

Crafting high-quality stories propels Final5's growth

Model D Sunday, January 24, 2016

Matt Dibble, the founder of Final5, has learned a lot in the five years since launching his creative agency, first and foremost that the biggest successes come when his clients better connect with their community through stories.

20 Detroit-based projects named finalists for Knight Cities Challenge

Model D Sunday, January 24, 2016

Twenty of the 158 Knight Cities Challenge finalists are Detroit-based projects. The winners will be announced later this spring.

2016 will be a year of big improvements to Detroit's cycling infrastructure

Model D Saturday, January 09, 2016

A new report released by the Detroit Greenways Coalition highlights five bike and trail projects that the bike and pedestrian advocacy group is most looking forward to in 2016.

MiSci After Dark, the thinking person's happy hour, comes to Michigan Science Center

Michigan Science Center Monday, December 28, 2015

On the third Thursday of every month, MiSci is hosting After Dark, a happy hour that allows adults to experience the museum after hours while enjoying adult beverages.

Detroit first and only American city to be named City of Design

Model D Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Detroit has been named to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Design.

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