Events
Yelp is inviting people to explore Detroit with its “Passport to Midtown” program. The event is officially underway and runs through Wednesday, May 23rd with events for the whole family! Yelp’s lineup includes everything from beer tours and restaurant tastings to bike mechanic classes, so get out there and check it out! The 10-day celebration features over 30 businesses in… Read more »
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday to mark the start of construction of what will be the largest shopping center in the city of Detroit. The Gateway Marketplace shopping center at 8 Mile and Woodward will have a Meijer Supercenter, a Marshalls store and a K&G Fashion Superstore. It will also have a McDonald’s, Dots and a PNC Bank…. Read more »
If you haven’t been to Detroit’s Riverfront lately, next month may be the perfect time. The 6th annual Detroit River Days Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 24th. The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy has announced an exciting line-up of new programming for the Festival. The three-day, family-friendly festival, presented by the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, will feature first-ever… Read more »
Today, Detroit 2020 teamed up with Detroit Public Schools for a project we’re calling “Keep It Clean!” Our Carolyn Clifford helped lead the way on this event. Students at three schools picked up trash and cleaned up at and around their schools. Fourth and fifth graders at Bennett Elementary school raked, pulled weeds and picked up paper in their school… Read more »
A new project called 8 Weeks Under 8 Mile kicks off Saturday. It encourages people to make purchases in the city of Detroit. The two-month experiment is designed to get a better understanding of what kind of difference would be made if spending was redirected toward Detroit businesses. To take part, all you have to do is shop in Detroit… Read more »
A bus will do a test run this Saturday from Noon until 2:30 a.m. Stops include Slows BarBQ in Corktown, Cafe con Leche in Mexicantown, the Bronx Bar in Midtown, and the Plaka Cafe in Greektown.
Flip through the photos from the Detroit 2020 Awards luncheon where community organizations were honored for their work.
Detroit is a-bloom! Arriving with the new spring—is the need for spring clean-up. Rakes, brooms, shovels and hoes are all at the ready. More than a dozen volunteers from the IT hosting company, Secure 24, came ready to work at the Greening of Detroit Park on East Jefferson. The Greening of Detroit adopted the park in the late 1990’s. Every… Read more »
More than 30 businesses in the Central Business District have joined forces to create an innovative neighborhood watch program. The goal is to keep residents, employees, and visitors safer in Detroit. Each location has security personnel available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With a simple phone call to 313 471-6490 anyone who is lost, separated from friends,… Read more »
For 40 years, Wayne State University has been at the forefront of Latin American studies. A conference on campus helped students bridge the education gap and prepare for successful futures. The theme for this year’s conference was “Urban Revival and the Latino/a and Latin American Community: Challenges and Opportunies.” For the first time, the conference also featured a… Read more »
