He and a partner eventually settled on a house on Englewood Street in the North End, which they bought in a private sale for $35,000. “When we started, we thought we had a good roof, foundation, ...

As part of the deal, Moroun lent the quasi-public Detroit Wayne County Port Authority roughly $2.1 million to pay off the debt of the city’s main cargo terminal, the Detroit Marine Terminals. In ...

How state management stabilized Belle Isle Belle Isle became a state park in 2014 after the Michigan Emergency Loan Board approved a 30-year lease as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy ...

Meet the inaugural class of the Detour Detroit Emerging Voices fellowship Here at Detour, we’re so, so thrilled to announce the six inaugural fellows for our Emerging Voices program. Emerging Voices ...

One of the reasons she moved to North Rosedale Park more than 30 years ago was because of this residential feel, and a lack of industry. But late last year, Pontiac company Asphalt Specialists, Inc.

The multimedia artist, born and bred in Detroit, created This Is Not a Bill in April 2020, a project where she sends customized illustrations depicting joy to strangers. Marshall sees the project as a ...

Techno, the musical genre birthed right here in Detroit, is all grown up now. Formed in the 1980s through the sonic vision of Black people — the friend trio of Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins and ...

It makes sense: to scores of Detroiters, Jordan is Baba Jamon, the educator who lit up their love of learning, teaching students in elementary and middle school for 16 years. These days, rather than ...

The Mendota House is on Detroit’s west side. My great-grandmother, my grandmother and my great-grandfather saved the funds to buy the home in 1967 for $17,300. After years of working various jobs, ...

On a day like that, services adhere to a strict schedule, beginning at 9 a.m. and again every two hours thereafter until 5:30 p.m. Even for a full-time musician like Oden, who has been singing since ...

A neighborhood changing around them When older folks in Islandview talk about their neighborhood, they tell you what’s gone. They’re nostalgic for the once-thriving corridors on the main drags like ...

In 2016, Cantrell launched Building Community Value, a nonprofit community development organization designed to focus on development projects the community needs, with an aim to get residents involved ...