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A decade ago in Detroit, a million-dollar residential real estate listing would have had an agent laughed out of town.
By providing resources to small and micro businesses, mixed-used properties, affordable housing, workforce development, and ...
This story is part of a series exploring how parks serve as engines of exploration, education, play, and equity. It is made possible with support from Huron-Clinton Metroparks and the City of Detroit.
This story is part of a series that highlights the challenges and solutions around housing in Detroit and is made possible through underwriting support from the Detroit (Region O) Regional Housing ...
Here are a few of the innovative solutions being implemented or proposed to better address the big problem of homelessness in the city. This story is part of a series that highlights the challenges ...
We interviewed several Detroiters about what caused them to become homeless, the varying forms homelessness takes, and what services the city's unhoused need. This story is part of a series that ...
This story is part of a series on the challenges and solutions related to oral health in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. It is made possible with funding support from the Delta Dental Foundation. Growing ...
What would the Detroit Jazz Festival be without its local musicians? Fortunately that's a question that doesn’t have to be answered here in Detroit, since this city not only plays hosts to this ...
Editor's note: This special report is the first in a series looking at developing communities in Michigan and is made possible through the support of the Michigan Municipal League. This series updates ...
For a century, the lack of clear vision or political courage have been decisive limiting factors in the ongoing quest to build meaningful and reliable public transportation in Southeast Michigan.
Espy Thomas. Photo by Nick Hagen. Research shows that Black women make up less than 10% of the country’s population, but they’re the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the nation. But taking a ...
Detroit is a city on the move. New construction and real estate development has been on a break-neck pace that not even a COVID-19 slowdown can’t seem to stifle. As a result, an important question of ...