Here’s a map of more than 550 businesses that take part in the City of Detroit’s Project Green Light program. Under Project Green Light, launched in 2016,...
I’ll come clean: Despite the warnings, the last few days I’ve been jaywalking all over town, walking in the street and crossing between intersections and...
How ‘The Dean’ used Twitter to become the moral conscience of the Democratic Party. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress, ever, will be laid...
This Flint startup has upcycled 16,000 water bottles into glasses
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- Detour Contributor
- 11 December
By Erin Gold Ali Rose VanOverbeke and Jack Burns, co-founders of Flint eyewear startup Genusee, can measure their progress in plastic. So far, they’ve turned...
By Detour Neighborhood Ambassador Frank Nemecek Warrendale is a familiar name to most folks in the Detroit. The neighborhood shows up in the news...
Detroit’s infamous foreclosure auction looks different this year
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- Detour Contributor
- 28 September
Every year, counties across Michigan auction off foreclosed properties whose owners have been delinquent on property taxes for three years. While it’s a state-mandated, quiet...
Why researchers are poring over thousands of Metro Detroit food tweets
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- kateabbeylambertz
- 13 September
Let’s say you fire off a tweet about the bomb grilled cheese you just made. Maybe, you wonder into the Twitterverse where you should go...
Why the University of Michigan is eyeing a bigger slice of Detroit
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- kateabbeylambertz
- 11 September
When we first learned about the University of Michigan’s Detroit Center, not gonna lie, we pictured some impressive, gleaming hall of urban research. In reality,...
Detroit testing free Lyfts from bus stops to make late night commutes easier
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- kateabbeylambertz
- 7 September
Just before 1 a.m. the other night, I perused the schedule for the “new” #8 Warren Ave. bus line in Detroit (previously the #14 Crosstown)....
We’ve seen plenty of home tours in Detroit -- it’s a great way to peek inside stately historic neighborhoods like Boston Edison. But the Weird...
OPINION: Detroit isn’t a tale of two cities. There’s something worse going on.
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- Detour Contributor
- 26 July
During the hours when people are in line to find secure housing, their means of transportation is silently whisked away....
It’s pretty irrational, when you stop and think about it, that Detroit’s largest festival happens each year in the dead of winter when most people...
It's definitely not as simple as counting the mile roads. ...
Here’s why Detroit needs to get serious about supporting entrepreneurs of color
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- kateabbeylambertz
- 21 June
It's no secret that white, male-owned businesses generally make the most money. But the level of disparity for entrepreneurs in Detroit is staggering. ...
Yes, Detroit’s a ‘Halal Metropolis’ — and it has been for a century At Target earlier this month, you could buy Happy Eid cards. Party City...
Don’t break the bank on a gym membership this summer Anyone can tell you: there’s nothing like Detroit in the summer. That goes double if...
Michigan leaders are more supportive of the LGBTQ community than ever, but laws haven’t kept up This Pride Month marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall...
Demystifying the tax auction with Outlier Media’s Sarah Alvarez Back in February, Detour teamed up with Outlier Media to offer a free workshop we called Watchdogging the...
Should Detroit and the state be prioritizing the interests of corporations who put on the Detroit Grand Prix? This weekend, Detroit’s liveliest beach and outdoor...
Here’s all the info on the new fellowship for citizen journalists in Detroit — apply by June 20. Overview Detour Media is pleased to announce...
The influx of mostly white newcomers and New York artists has been a concern among Detroiters who worry about rising displacement and wonder why long-time...
County Treasurer Eric Sabree is in the hot seat, but no one’s answering the biggest question about the tax auction Yesterday the Wayne County Ethics...
When Detroit City Council’s development and planning subcommittee met Thursday, they didn’t simply rubber stamp the deal to offer land to Fiat Chrysler to open...
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