Michigan

Green Cross

Detroit Legislation Limits Number of Pot Shops

Detroit has been fighting some of the provisions of a statewide voter initiative while trying to control an expected proliferation of pot shops around the city.

August 1, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

great lakes

U.S EPA Planning the Next Phase of Great Lakes Clean Up

Action Plan III will plot the next four years of work by the Great lakes Restoration Initiative.

July 28, 2018 - Urban Milwaukee

Detroit, Michigan

Parking Lot Snafu Corrected in the Detroit Zoning Code

One unclear illustration almost reaped a $1 million reward for the Illitch family, owners of the Little Caesars Arena, the Detroit Tigers, and the Detroit Red Wings.

July 26, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Derelict Commercial Buildings

Optimism and Investment, Not 'Managed Decline," for the Rust Belt

Managed decline assumes that struggling cities will continue to struggle indefinitely. Is there a better way to plot neighborhood stabilization?

July 25, 2018 - Notes from the Underground

Detroit People Mover

Regional Transit in Detroit: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come

Transit supporters in the Detroit region suffered a setback last week, but the hope is that they've only lost a battle, not the war, for regional transit.

July 24, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Detroit Vacant

Growing in the Gaps

In post-bankruptcy Detroit, planner Maurice Cox and his interdisciplinary team are making vacancy an asset, revitalizing through preservation, and listening to residents who know the city the best.

July 19, 2018 - Urban Omnibus

Michigan

Ford Launches City of Tomorrow Challenge in Grand Rapids

The new initiative will fund crowdsourced mobility solutions.

July 7, 2018 - Engadget

Detroit Bridge

An Appeal to Patriotism in the Hopes of Blocking a Canadian Bridge to Detroit

Border controversies now have a northern front, too.

July 5, 2018 - The Detroit Free Press

Detroit, Michigan

Ford Planning Residential Units in its Detroit Train Station Adaptive Reuse

Ford will treat the Michigan Central Depot to a mixed-use adaptation.

June 21, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Michigan Central Deport

The Massive Significance of Ford's Move into Detroit's Abandoned Michigan Central Depot

Ford has confirmed its plan to move into the Michigan Central Depot in Detroit.

June 17, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Red Light Camera

'World's Smartest Intersection' Debuts in Detroit

Putting the advanced hardware and software systems in the Motor City.

June 13, 2018 - Smart Cities Dive

Fiber Optic Cable

The 'Worst-Connected Cities' in the United States

Here are the cities where residents are the least likely to have a broadband Internet connection in their home.

June 9, 2018 - Route Fifty

Quicken Loans

Dan Gilbert in His Own Words

At a recent public appearance, Dan Gilbert gave rare insight into the business success of Quicken Loans and its connection to the revitalization of Detroit.

June 1, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Michigan to Provide $618 Million in Tax Incentives to Four Dan Gilbert Projects

Dan Gilbert is investing over $2 billion in four projects in downtown Detroit. The state is matching that ambition with $618 million of its own.

May 23, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

MoGo Bikeshare Bikes

Detroit Adds Adaptive Bikes to its Public Bikeshare Fleet

Detroit becomes one of the few cities offering adaptive bikes as an option in its bikeshare system's fleet.

May 21, 2018 - Curbed Detroit

Road Diet

Major Street Reconfiguration Underway in Detroit

A $1 million project to reduce vehicle lanes on Detroit's Jefferson Boulevard is designed to increase safety along the busy corridor.

May 17, 2018 - Crain's Detroit Business

Michigan

A $130 Million Infusion for Detroit's 'Strategic Neighborhood Fund'

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Planning Director Maurice Cox announced a major new funding initiative to support the city's Strategic Neighborhood Fund. Funding will support projects in seven target neighborhoods.

May 8, 2018 - The Detroit Free Press

Payday Loans

Report Details Racial Inequality in Four Cities

Five decades after the Fair Housing Act, racial inequality is still rampant in American cities. Trulia and the National Fair Housing Alliance collaborated on this report on four of them.

May 3, 2018 - Curbed Atlanta

Detroit Transit

Connecting Public Health to Public Transit

Four chiefs of hospitals in the Detroit area pen an opinion piece in support of public transit as a key factor in public health outcomes.

May 2, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Redevelopment

Anticipating Gentrification in Detroit

Where is gentrification most likely to occur in cities like Detroit? And how can that data guide policy? A new report provides some insight.

May 1, 2018 - Forbes

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