This Model D and Metromode series aims to report on everyday Detroiters and their experiences as they live and choices about their neighborhoods, health, education, jobs, transportation, and other ...

Downtown Detroit is a stunning concentration of skyscrapers, as well as historical and architecturally beautiful residential and commercial buildings. Downtown is also home to the Detroit Tigers, ...

Like, duh. Detroit was named Best Sports City for 2007 by Sporting News. (Hey Tigers - does that help at all?) Excerpt: Visit Detroit these days and you'll see that this is a baseball city out of ...

Renewable energy looks like it will be an engine for job growth in both Detroit and Michigan in the near future. Excerpt: Within a relatively few years, Keith Cooley believes that Michigan could see ...

Detroit has long espoused the idea that its urban core could be designed in such a way as to allow the integration of affluent, working class, and low income people within a few blocks of each other.

The Equitable Development Series explores how Detroit can grow in a way that allows people of all races, classes, and abilities to participate and benefit. The series includes stories published here ...

Model D has teamed up with The Kresge Foundation for a reporting and engagement series looking at community-building in Detroit neighborhoods. The series seeks to raise awareness about the work of 21 ...

Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a public school of 300, mainly African-American, pregnant and parenting teenagers. As part of the ...

The hand-screened ties of Cyberoptix's TieLab was featured on the Martha Stewart Show last week. The segment featured examples of sustainable design -- the TieLab uses only water-based ink, which is ...

Southwest Detroit possesses some of the strongest neighborhoods and commercial districts in the city. Mexicantown has popular restaurants and ethnic flavor, and the greater area offers more diversity, ...

The council approved a five-year contract with the nonprofit Downtown Detroit Partnership, chaired by racing legend Roger Penske, to organize the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, The Detroit News and ...

A new webzine in Detroit, Mi Estillo, covers the Motor City’s Latino community. The site launched earlier this year. The name is Spanish for My Style, which is meant to reflect the diversity of ...