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U-Haul and the Detroit Future City Plan: Horizon 3
In our previous posts about the Detroit Future City plan, we discussed how U-Haul will fit into the first two out of the four horizons in the plan. During the first five years,...
Detroit Future City: Where U-Haul Fits In
Detroit Future City is the planning framework created by the Detroit Works Long Term Planning Committee. Photo: Detroit Works Project Two weeks ago, we reported on...
U-Haul and the Detroit Future City Plan: Horizon 2
In our previous post about the Detroit Future City plan, we discussed how U-Haul will fit into the first of the four horizons in the plan. During the first five years, the plan...
Why Move to Detroit: Interview with Vittoria Katanski
Photo: muresan113 via sxc.hu Each city has something that makes it special and unique. During our revitalization efforts in Detroit, we've been able to hear from the locals...
U-Haul and the Detroit Future City Plan – Horizon 1
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Works Project's "Detroit Future City" plan. Recently, the Detroit Works Project unveiled a 50-year comprehensive plan titled “Detroit Future City.”...
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 comers find it so great....
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...
Revitalizing the Detroit Riverfront
Photo courtesy of AIA Urban Priorities Committee. The Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Urban Priorities Committee is sponsoring a people's choice...
‘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...
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...
Follow the Signs! – 12-10-12
In 1865, New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley famously opined, “Go west, young man.” Out west in Tucson last week, Pearson's Signs coined a new phrase, “Go east, U-Haul.” They...