Detroit.
The D. Motown. The Motor City. Michigan's biggest city has had some
rough times, but in many ways, is on the rise. Detroit is where Art
Deco skyscrapers rise blocks from restored Victorian cottages and where
hip new art collectives belly-up next-door to neighborhood dive bars.
With Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy and Marygrove
College providing the brain power, exciting incubators like TechTown
providing an economic catalyst, and sharp new lofts selling like
hotcakes, Detroit is making some major moves in the 21st century.
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SE Michigan Brews Mean Business
By: Melinda Clynes,
3/27/2008
Black Lotus, Dragonmead, Jolly Pumpkin and Grizzly Peak. They're more than just cool names. Michigan's beer industry accounted for $133 million of the state's economy last year and, despite the current market, business is growing. Melinda Clynes
chats with several of the region's microbrewers about what's on tap this season and where things are headed next. (
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Who's Your City?: Richard Florida And The Geography Of Talent
By: Tracy Certo,
3/27/2008
Are you part of the Creative Class? Richard Florida has become the bell of the new urbanist ball, dividing the world into "spiky" mega regions with psychological personalities all their own. Translation: Where the nation's best talent chooses to live says as much about you as it does about them. So how does southeast Michigan stack up? (
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Why No Respect For Rentals?
By: Dennis Archambault,
3/13/2008
Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston do not thrive on home ownership alone. If you look at most successful cities in the U.S., a robust rental market is necessary for urban health (and attracting young talent). Here, however, rentals are what you end up with when you can't sell. Should we rethink what it means to "live" in Metro Detroit? (
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