If you watch any of the DYI home-makeover cable shows, you know that watching how the crew transforms the old into the new – the build up to the final reveal – is the most...
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The Future of Detroit
One possible version of the future of Detroit. (Photo courtesy of Popular Mechanics.) The motto of Detroit is “We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes." Though...
Get Ready Detroit, We’re Floored! – 10/15/12
The big news this week in our revitalization efforts is that the concrete showroom floor has been poured. Read JoeyGirl's vendor profile of K&K Concrete Construction and you...
Midtown CompStat – Midtown Detroit Safety Committee
Wayne State Police Department is working with the Center for Urban Studies, Midtown businesses , Detroit Police and Wayne Sheriff's office to reduce crime. In order to...
A Glimpse of the Future, a Road from the Past – 10/08/12
This week we received some preliminary drawings about what the new showroom will look like. While these are only drafts, I thought I'd share them now--check out the photo gallery...
Green Detroit: Doing Your Part for the Environment
How's your carbon footprint? Are you green? No, I'm not asking about some weird new medical condition. I'm curious if you are doing your part to help the environment. Well, the...
Community Bloggers Dedicated to Detroit Revitalization
Sean, JoeyGirl, Asia, Brittany, Toni, Olivia Meet our Community Bloggers! We just finished dinner with our community bloggers at Cass Café in Midtown. What a great group of...
Turning a Corner: New Construction Underway – 09/24/12
As fall begins, leaves are starting to turn and our building crew has turned a corner, from demolition and cleanup to new construction...moving toward opening for business. (See...
Why is Detroit Called Motor City?
You may be curious how Detroit got the nickname “Motor City.” This city itself is rich with automotive history and has also been referred to as the “Automotive Capital of the...
U-Haul Sustainability and New Center, Detroit
“We are coming back, and we are coming back strong.” said Robin Boyle, an urban studies professor at Wayne State University, when we talked about the long-term economic...
Sparks, a Bobcat and Man vs. Concrete – 09/17/12
That sounds like the title of a reality show. “Coming this Fall, ‘Sparks, a Bobcat and Man vs. Concrete,’ who will come out alive?” While reality shows like to claim they’re...
Moving Back to Detroit: Challenge Detroit Participant Brittany Sanders
My friends and I often joke that our lives growing up in Detroit would have been perfect material for a reality show. Not a reality show depicting blight and violence – words...