Transportation
Deadline to avoid penalty for driving without insurance is Dec. 31
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Mayor Mike Duggan urged Detroit drivers who don’t have auto insurance to get coverage by the end of the year — or risk paying a whole lot more.
Civic and Community Information
Here are 3 Detroit businesses to support this holiday season
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Black Friday and Small Business Saturday kick off the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Here are a few Detroit-based businesses to support and other resources to help you shop locally.
Civic and Community Information
Detroit’s ‘hustling’ spirit is alive and well on 6 Mile
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Operating in a pandemic has been tough for Detroit entrepreneurs who have built a thriving Black business district in the Hubbell-Puritan neighborhood along McNichols.
Civic and Community Information
Jamon Jordan, Detroit’s unofficial historian, is now its official one
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The City of Detroit now has an official historian, and he says there are five essential facts everyone should know about one of the world’s most influential cities. Here they are.
Emergencies and Risks (COVID-19)
What Detroiters need to know about COVID boosters, third doses shots
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Many Detroiters have an important choice when it comes to efforts to update COVID-19 vaccinations, and the City’s chief medical officer is determined to help sort things out for residents.
Civic and Community Information
City of Detroit seeks bids to save Ossian Sweet House, a Civil Rights landmark
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The city of Detroit is asking developers to submit bids to rehab the Ossian Sweet House on the city’s east side – a Civil Rights landmark that commemorates one of the city’s most infamous racial hate attacks.
Civic and Community Information
How DDOT’s proposed route cuts will affect those who rely on them
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In September, DDOT proposed eliminating the Junction, Tireman and Clairmount bus routes. Here’s what the cuts will mean for the riders.
Civic and Community Information
Festival celebrates Black love, art and small businesses in Detroit’s Old Redford
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“Black love” inspired artist Chazz Miller’s mural in the redeveloped Obama Building in Detroit. The building will also house four Black women-led businesses, adding shopping options to Old Redford and the Northwest Detroit commercial corridor.
Health and Welfare
Why Detroit gun owners choose to carry
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In Detroit, people own guns — mostly — because they are afraid.
Civic and Community Information
Detroit rec centers are open again, as residents rejoice
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The City of Detroit reopened four of its recreation centers this week after closing them down 18 months ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic.