For those who have heard about or followed the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest in recent months, this year’s winner Live Cycle Delight and its founder Amina Daniels have been on a roll since taking the crown in August’s public vote. This was the fifth year for the annual contest, which is presented by Opportunity Detroit, … Continue Reading →
This year over 25 restaurants and bars are coming together for the third annual Dine Drink Detroit, a 10-day culinary event showcasing one of the country’s fasting growing food cultures, with participating restaurants featuring signature food & drink combinations starting at just $15. The event will run from October 1 through October 10 and reservations are … Continue Reading →
Hour Detroit’s annual Best Dressed Fashion Show will be taking place tonight at The Fillmore Detroit. Presented by the Somerset Collection and featuring a full on runway fashion show by Neiman Marcus, it’s always one of the most exciting, elegant, and enjoyable events of the year in downtown Detroit. Any and all over 18+ years … Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurs! Submit Ideas for Detroit Transportation Challenge IdeaMarket announced its launch of the “Detroit Transportation Challenge”, a contest for entrepreneurs with the most innovative transportation-focused idea to receive up to $250,000, mentoring, and be turned into a Detroit-based company. The challenge’s supporting sponsors are Mission Throttle and Invest Detroit. The Detroit Transportation Challenge model combines … Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago today, under the banner of the People First Project, I led a group of volunteers to reclaim the parking space in front of Astro Coffee on Michigan Avenue and transform it into a public space. The parklet was an immediate hit and instantly beloved by the community. Like most Detroiters, Corktown residents … Continue Reading →
By:Ezekiel Harris The renaissance of a city that refuses to die. Here’s how Detroit can get its groove back. And what other major cities can learn. Detroit is much like other great cities across the globe – Paris, New York, Rome – it has a rich history of influencing millions by way of its products … Continue Reading →
In the last part of this summer series, I figure that I would propose a perspective on the way forward. There are growing concerns of teacher shortages nationwide, and fears about how a shortage will impact the overall education of students. In Michigan, certain districts are encountering difficulty to find qualified candidates for specific subjects. … Continue Reading →
I am a spoiled suburbanite. I didn’t really ever want to be in the city. Or the state. As far away from here as possible, really. I went away to college and then ended up wasting away for a time in Arizona. I moved again, this time a little north (okay a lot north. Wisconsin), … Continue Reading →
When I first graduated out of college all I had was a lofty dream to be a writer, and some internships I checked off as experience. I then took my very first job at a startup ad agency and learned everything I could about the “startup world.” I was fascinated. I felt empowered. I wanted … Continue Reading →
I’ve watched Jessica Care Moore’s vision of a curated stage of black women rock ‘n’ rollers take the stage to give an incomparable performance that rivals anything I’ve ever seen, anywhere. The venue in the Wright allowed myself, along with 700 others the opportunity to be intimately involved in the amazing execution of this unique … Continue Reading →
