Live Downtown, Live Midtown programs not slowing down
Nearly 700 young workers have already taken advantage of the Live Downtown and Live Midtown program. That's a good number for an initiative that was launched just last year. But more would jump at the...
View ArticleHopscotch Detroit proves street art doesn’t have to turn ugly
If both art and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, how long should that shelf life last when it comes to public art? As Detroit becomes a bigger and bigger canvas that attracts more and more street...
View ArticleChallenge Detroit receives $230K grant from MEDC
Challenge Detroit has received a $230,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp to help the nonprofit to continue to help innovative young people stake a claim in the Motor City. "This will...
View ArticleMoosejaw opens downtown pop-up store, hopes to make it permanent
The biggest retail store of the current trend of pop-up retailers has surfaced downtown. Detroit, say hello to Moosejaw. The offbeat outdoor outfitter has opened a temporary location, commonly known as...
View ArticleA city lover’s guide to America’s most underrated city
Let me start this tour of the city with a confession. Despite being a lifelong Midwesterner and veteran travel writer, I avoided Detroit. I expected to be depressed by seeing a once-grand place...
View ArticleM@dison Building, D:hive, coffee shops dominate start-up news in 2012
Small business news in 2012 wasn't dominated by individual start-ups as much as it was the places that let them grow. Here are the Top 5 enablers of Detroit's entrepreneurial ecosystem. M@dison...
View ArticleDetroit’s IT party crew welcomes back Derek Plaslaiko to Leland Ballroom
Long before the City Club, which opened in the early 1980s in downtown's Leland Hotel, was throwing dance parties, legendary events were being held in the hotel's Grand Ballroom all the way back to...
View ArticleDept of Alternatives headlines latest downtown renovation
When the Department of Alternatives holds its first open house on Thursday it won't just be showing off downtown Detroit's newest co-working space, but the latest renovation at a big building in the...
View ArticleDrive: Table Tennis Social Club is a whole new kind of social hub for Detroit
We certainly aren't lacking for more "traditional" social clubs – i.e., bars – in the city of Detroit, but Drive is a whole new kind of social hub. Drive: Table Tennis Social Club is a ping-pong...
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February 15: Pop Up Yoga, Motor City Golf Show, DMCVB, and Batch Brewing
Still feeling the long cold winter in the D? Listen tonight to hear about some activities that should give you a break from the cold. Tonight on Opportunity Detroit at 7 p.m. on WJR-AM 760: Pop Up Yoga...
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