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The Self Care Project will give Detroit activists $25,000 to take care of themselves

Kerry Ann Rockquemore started the Self Care Project to give out $500 each to 50 “activists, organizers and change makers”…

5 years ago

Need to do home repair on the cheap? At this new Detroit library, you can borrow tools

The E. Warren Tool Library opened on Detroit's east side in July 2019, letting residents borrow tools and supplies to…

5 years ago

Chef Maxcel Hardy gets real about what Detroit’s restaurant industry needs right now

Chef Maxcel Hardy. Photo by David Rudolph. We spoke to Chef Maxcel Hardy a few days after a massive hurricane…

5 years ago

Win free tickets to the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience!

Join us in Cadillac Square on September 14 for the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience! We'll be chatting…

5 years ago

Get to know: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex

Read our feature story with Alessandra R. Carreon, co-founder of PizzaPlex in Southwest Detroit. Get to know Alessandra: What neighborhood do…

5 years ago

Find your people: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex

Alessandra R. Carreon knew she wanted to make the world a more equitable place. But she never thought she’d do…

5 years ago

Shipping containers were pitched as the Next Big Thing in Detroit housing — but they couldn’t get off the ground

In Detroit, the two Three Squared Inc. project sites remain empty, except a “for sale” sign on the property at…

6 years ago

7 of Detroit’s architectural creatures watching you from above

You might not always notice the gargoyles and other faces carved on Detroit's famous buildings, but they see you...

6 years ago

This Flint startup has upcycled 16,000 water bottles into glasses

By Erin Gold Ali Rose VanOverbeke and Jack Burns, co-founders of Flint eyewear startup Genusee, can measure their progress in…

6 years ago

Meet 9 Detroit designers making the city extra festive this season

It’s hard to imagine something in Detroit that provokes as much nostalgia as the former Hudson’s downtown -- double it…

6 years ago