By providing resources to small and micro businesses, mixed-used properties, affordable housing, workforce development, and ...

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QA with Jeffrey Capizzano, Policy Equity Group, on the implementation of Pre-K for All no-cost preschool for Michigan ...

Detroit's tree-lined streets were first imagined by the man who planned the streets themselves: Territorial Judge Augustus Woodward. Inspired by civil engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who planned ...

In the early 1980s, Mayor Coleman A. Young and the city of Detroit conceded a whole neighborhood to General Motors. As GM threatened to end its manufacturing presence in the city by closing its ...

This story is part of a series exploring how parks serve as engines of exploration, education, play, and equity. It is made possible with support from Huron-Clinton Metroparks and the City of Detroit.

Measuring access to groceries and fresh produce is a longstanding Detroit conundrum, particularly around discussions of "food deserts" and the more layered understanding of "opportunity deserts".

This is the second feature in Model D and Metromode's "Life on the Border" series, which explores how political, social, and geographic boundaries throughout the region affect the lives of metro ...

Along with food and water, housing is universally regarded as a basic need. But housing is not basic. In fact, in Detroit, a place which once built housing faster than any other major American city -- ...

Here's a famous story: Alex Dow, manager of the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, saw promise in his young chief engineer, and in 1896, he invited the engineer to join him at a conference in New ...

Sunday saw art, vendors, food trucks and music fill Shed 5 at Eastern Market for the fifth Detroit Urban Arts & Eatery. Photographer Steve Koss was there to capture the vibrant scene. Aaron White, ...

We interviewed several Detroiters about what caused them to become homeless, the varying forms homelessness takes, and what services the city's unhoused need. This story is part of a series that ...