When it comes to loving where you live, there are few places that are perfect all the time. But, Detroit is one city that has a lot of positive things…
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The Environmental Benefits of District Steam Heating
As we saw in December’s blog post, Feel the Heat, U-Haul has rehabilitated the NBC Building’s existing steam heating system. This district steam heating system receives steam from a network…
Why Move to Detroit: Interview by Asia Gholston
Now is a great time to move to Detroit. With so much growth and change on the horizon, it’s easy to see why the passionate natives and the ambitious new…
Hatch Detroit
A couple of years ago, an idea was hatched to positively impact retail in Detroit. That idea resulted in the creation of Hatch Detroit, a non-profit organization that describes itself as…
Revitalizing the Detroit Riverfront
The Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Urban Priorities Committee is sponsoring a people’s choice award for the 2012 Detroit Riverfront Competition. You might be wondering, “How…
Hockeytown Hit Hard by the NHL Lockout
This weekend, downtown Detroit should have been filled with hockey fans enjoying the Hockeytown Winter Festival and buzzing about the NHL Winter Classic between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs…
‘Tis the Season at Matrix Human Services
At the close of our presentations during our first challenge at Matrix Human Services back in October, I knew that this wasn’t the last I would see of Matrix. Hopefully Matrix knew…
The Man Behind the Transformation
As you can imagine, it’s quite an undertaking to convert an old manufacturing plant into a U-Haul Moving and Storage Center. A lot of people have spent a lot of…
Graffiti Street Art in Detroit
Just as music evolves, so does art. And graffiti, or street art, is becoming more and more popular every day. For instance, artists like Banksy, C215 and Dan Witz have…
Meet Joseph Tangari: Department of Urban Studies at Wayne State
Everyone’s excited about the revitalization efforts taking place in New Center. Recently, we had the chance to sit down with Joseph Tangari, our new research assistant in Detroit. Joe is…
Feel The Heat!
Detroit Thermal, LLC gives new meaning to the term, “blowing off steam” This week the U-Haul Moving and Storage of Detroit got to feel the heat. (Now I’ll never get…
Detroit Is Looking A Lot Like Christmas
It looks a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go! There are so many things to see, do and hear in and around Detroit. So whether you’re not quite in the…