May 2010
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Positive Detroit!
From blogs to Facebook to Twitter, an entire online community exists that is committed to finding the best in Detroit and sharing it with the rest of the world. WXYZ Channel 7 here in Detroit recently reported on this new trend while highlighting one of the pioneers IAmYoungDetroit.com as well as one of my favorite blogs Positive Detroit.com. Click here to see and read the report.
Also, just...
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WatchConan at the Breslin was awesome! And the surprise appearance by Kid Rock was even more kick ass! Loved every minute of it!
A thought on what Detroit has that other cities...
Really. I’m not kidding. And why would I be for that matter?
Pop City Media recently put together an article talking about the different positive aspects of Detroit that other cities like Pittsburgh would love to have. The apparent can-do spirit that has been ingrained into the people of our city is starting to really garner some attention elsewhere around the country and with nowhere...
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Have you heard about Model D yet?!?
It’s everything you ever needed to know that you didn’t even think you wanted to know about Detroit. Its a web magazine thats all about the people and the businesses and the new ideas the are going to make or are already making Detroit THE city to live, work and play in. If you love Detroit, think you love Detroit, or love Detroit but just don’t know it yet Model D is worth a...
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A (quick) thought on Detroit's graduating seniors
Earlier this week, almost 300 Detroit Public School graduating seniors were honored at COBO Hall during the Excellence Awards. In order to have attended the ceremony the student had to have maintained at least a 3.5 GPA throughout his or her high school career, 16 of those students had all A’s.
The ceremony also recognized eight students whom were award the Gates Millennium Scholarship...
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TIME Q&A with Detroit's Devin Scillian
TIME’s Detroit Blog recently profiled Local 4 News man Devin Scillian. Some topics discussed included his music career (believe it or not) and what he has learned in his more than 15 years living and working here in Detroit. Plus, Scillian gives his thoughts on Kwame and the big role music plays in here the city.
Some highlights:
on his music career — his country single “Half...
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‘If It Kills Me’ from the Casa Nova...
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CNN looks west to fix Detroit
So how exactly do we reinvent Detroit? Look no further than Grand Rapids: a success story that can very well provide hope and direction for the rest of the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit itself.
The success of Detroit rides firmly on the notion of being able to establish a clear vision of direction for development and urban planning and that’s exactly what happened in Grand...
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1000 Awesome Things!
Found this AWESOME website called “1000 Awesome Things” by the same gal who published “The Book of Awesome.” Like the book cover says, it’s all of those simple, brilliant things that just make life great and it’s all compiled into one place for your ease and entertainment.
Some highlights include:
#522 - Dancing when you’re home alone
#529 - Finally...
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A (brief) thought on the “right-sizing” of Detroit...
I have seen this topic come up countless times in regards to Detroit while surfing across the vast blogosphere as of late. Obviously with so much empty and vacant land to work with there is a ton of room for opportunity, be it urban agriculture, so called “greenways,” parks, newly developed neighborhoods or urban villages and the list could go on.
This issue of course is the downsizing, or as...
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