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The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy announced Monday the launch of new partnerships and construction projects to complete the east Riverfront development. It will connect the RiverWalk to its green spaces, plazas and parks from Joe Louis Arena to Gabriel Richard Park, just east of the Belle Isle Bridge. The Conservancy says the project includes: -Substantial improvements in Gabriel Richard Park -A… Read more »
As Detroit 2020 continues its focus on crime this week, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee was in our studios Thursday…live on Action News at 7 p.m.
The NAACP is hosting its seventh annual job fair this Friday. It is Billed as a Career Super Fair and is scheduled to include employers from government, hospitals, manufacturers, retailers, home care, law enforcement, broadcasters, restaurants, the financial sector and more. There will also be workshops on interview and resume writing, workers rights and workforce re-entry, social media and the… Read more »
Starting Monday, Ann Arbor residents can take one of 12 trips offered daily by the new AirRide public transportation service to Detroit Metro Airport. The convenient, service to or from the airport will be offered at an introductory price $10 each way with advance reservation through July 30. “Ann Arbor residents have been asking for a public transportation option between… Read more »
More than 700,000 people think of Detroit as home. But people in the financial world also see it as a business. Van Conway is a business turnaround specialist. He says if Detroit is to come back, we need to get beyond the politics. “It’s going to take city and state officials to work together, not on the agreement, but on… Read more »
Kid Rock and the DSO will take to the stage to raise $1Million to help save the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The concert will be May 12, 2012 at 8pm at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre for a one-night fundraising concert to raise money for the legendary orchestra. The idea was originally conceived by Kid Rock and Rock Ventures Founder Dan Gilbert… Read more »
The future of Detroit and Michigan in 2020 rests, largely, in the hands of our younger adults. So Governor Rick Snyder took advantage of the opportunity to meet with about 60 emerging Jewish leaders. The setting was the home of Arthur Horwitz, publisher of Detroit Jewish News. Co-host was Lena Epstein Koretzky. She says, “I knew there was an important… Read more »
Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert wants to put Detroit back on the map. 1,700 Quicken Loans employees work at the headquarters in downtown Detroit. Another 2,000 will be heading downtown from the suburbs in the coming months. Those workers will be based at the Chase Tower and the Madison Building, which Gilbert recently purchased. Gilbert tells Detroit 2020… Read more »
The city of Detroit is encouraging residents, block clubs, community organizations and companies to consider adopting a park. One…the Delores Bennett Playground at Smith and Beaubien on the city’s North End, has been adopted by Lakeshore Engineering. Adopt-A-Park program highlights: -The program provides opportunities for groups and organizations to participate in revitalizing the city. -Citizens and community organizations commit to… Read more »
Life application Ministries, or LAM as it’s called in Warren, has grown to 600 members at its current location on Schoenherr and 13 ½ Mile Roads. And while that number may not seem like a lot, the reach of this interdenominational church under the leadership of Bishop Adolphus Cast is mighty and making a difference. Bishop Adolphus Cast may not… Read more »
