Michigan economic development officials failed to file required conflict of interest reports for years, including one board member now under investigation for potential embezzlement, a Bridge investigation found.
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Benefit talks for DCFC stadium need community volunteers
Detroit City FC is pursuing a $192 million project at the old Southwest Hospital site in Corktown.
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Detroit startups can apply for a slice of new $700K grant program. What to know.
The new fund offers grants of $15,000 and $50,000 for startups to stay in Detroit and create jobs.
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In the past 50 years, we’ve lost more than 150 majority-Black neighborhoods
A landmark study on gentrification shows that 15% of urban neighborhoods have been gentrified — leading to the displacement of at least half a million Black residents.
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With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs.
In rare, parallel circumstances, Detroit has a second chance to redevelop infrastructure and historic grounds; this time with the community in mind.
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An Indigenous collective asked about buying land bank property. Then the price jumped.
After the Thečhíȟila Collective submitted an inquiry to the land bank for a lot priced at $7,000, the authority raised the price to $136,500.
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Commentary: Detroit’s population grew in 2023, 2024 − a strategy to welcome immigrants helps explain the turnaround from decades of population decline
Here are three reasons why Detroit and other cities want to welcome immigrants:
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Feds pause operations at 3 Michigan Job Corps centers as part of nationwide move
Michigan has Job Corps centers in Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids, according to a U.S. Department of Labor website.
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Op-ed: Churches are closing – and taking their economic impact with them
The average urban historic sacred place generates more than $1.7 million in economic impact every year. What are cities doing to preserve that?
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Detroit and Salem residents struggle to ‘coexist’ with concrete crushers. Is Wayne prepared?
Van Born Investments is asking EGLE to approve a revised permit request to make room for a proposed concrete crusher in Wayne.