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The 23 Coolest Small Businesses In Detroit

Business Insider Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Business Insider gives their picks for the 23 coolest businesses in Detroit, from restaurants and bars to bike shops and tech startups.

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Studies show that bike commuting is one of the best ways to stay healthy

Grist Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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It’s always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom.

For instance, who knew that chocolate éclairs and triple fudge caramel brownies actually contain fewer calories than a 12-ounce glass of skim milk? Or that every $1,000 you spend on lavish vacations before the age of 65 will, over the long run, provide you with more retirement income than if you’d stashed that same $1,000 in a savings account?

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Detroit: Leading the way to a new American dream?

The Detroit Hub Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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Has there ever been a city with more incongruities than Detroit?

Mayor Kilpatrick is a young dynamo who’s rebuilding the city. Wrong. He’s a thief who’s destroying it with his backroom, under-the-table antics, so he’s going to prison.

The City Council has signed a Consent Agreement with the State. Wrong. They’ve changed their minds and don’t consent on anything.

The Council hates the idea of an Emergency Financial Manager (EFM). On second thought, they’ll cooperate with him. Oops, on third thought they won’t. They’re bringing in Jesse Jackson to fight the whole idea.

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Synagogue in sync with Detroit community needs your help

The Detroit Hub Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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Even with its massive infrastructure, towering buildings and epic acreage, Detroit still has its hidey-holes or small spaces where people collect, communicate, commiserate and create.

Having a little place to call your own – a home of sorts – is essential to our human spirit. That is why the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is the kind of place that resonates with its community members, who are desperately working to renovate its crumbling interior and exterior.

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Redesigning Detroit: A New Vision for an Iconic Site

Opportunity Detroit Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Opportunity Detroit is looking for innovative, creative, and inspired designs for a new building that will sit on the historic Hudson’s site, one of the most beloved locations in downtown Detroit.

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5 Reasons Why Detroit Collision Works is the Most Important Hotel in America

200 Rooms Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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As I wrote in my last post, Detroit Collision Works is a new 36-room shipping container hotel under development near the sprawling Eastern Market in downtown Detroit. Founder/CEO Shel Kimen is presently raising money through Kickstarter to build a pop-up prototype called FIRST CONTAINER that will consist of two containers near the permanent site. Like the hotel, the pop-up is designed to be a gathering place with scheduled programming where locals and visitors can gather to discuss the future of community development, food production, sustainable design, green transportation and other New Urbanism topics. Kimen’s priority is creating a place for sharing stories—a platform for people to talk about what’s important to them, both personal and professional.

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ACCESS launches program to help immigrant entrepreneurs

Crain's Detroit Business Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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As lawmakers in Washington work out an overhaul of the immigration system, the Dearborn-based social and economic services agency ACCESS has launched a comprehensive program to help immigrants open or expand businesses.

ACCESS recently held a graduation ceremony for the inaugural class of its Immigrant Entrepreneur Development Program. It's one of several immigrant- and refugee-focused efforts in the organization's new Growth Center division.

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Influencers: Veronika Scott at Work, The Empowerment Plan

CB2 Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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A coat that transforms into a sleeping bag? How did you come up with that idea?
This started as a class project at the College for Creative Studies here in Detroit. The assignment was to design a product that filled a social need, and the biggest need I saw here in the city was homelessness.

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How a Young Community of Entrepreneurs is Rebuilding Detroit

Fast Company Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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"My cell phone was blowing up. It was 7:30 in the morning, two hours before I usually get up. It kept ringing, buzzing. I finally checked it. People were sending me pictures of the place I bought, the Imagination Station, on fire. Mary and I got in the car and drove over. It's two blocks from where I live, and a small crowd was standing around, watching it burn. I didn't know what to think. Someone suggested it was started by kids shooting off fireworks. I don't know. We didn't have any enemies."

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10 Reasons Why Detroit Will Prove Critics Wrong

BuzzFeed Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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Politics and finances may have dominated the news in Detroit so far this year, but there's much more to know about the city in 2013. Here's 10 reasons why Detroit is worth believing in this year.

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Momentum of cycling in the Motor City apparent at Detroit Bike City

MLive Monday, April 01, 2013

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Detroit does not necessarily need to become a bike-friendly city, said Mike Mackool, co-founder of Detroit Bike City, at that event's second installment in the Cobo Center on [in March].

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Detroit Venture invests in online office supply startup

Crain's Detroit Business Monday, April 01, 2013

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Detroit Venture Partners LLC is expected to announce today that it has led an investment round of $750,000 in Chalkfly, a Detroit-based startup that sells office supplies online.

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Bike path between Detroit and Canada is in the works, advocate says

MLive Monday, April 01, 2013

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Now that the New International Trade Crossing (NITC) between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario appears to be moving forward, bicycle advocates are seeing to it that a bike path is built along with the bridge.

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The Knight Arts Challenge is on in Detroit. Are you ready?

CultureSource Monday, April 01, 2013

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The Knight Arts Challenge—Detroit runs now through April 22. Are you ready?

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Josh Linkner: Being givers will help Detroit reach new heights

Detroit Free Press Monday, April 01, 2013

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As Detroiters, we are facing many serious challenges in our community. Now more than ever, we each need to amplify our own positive impact. If each of us improves our give-take ratio by only 15%, our community becomes unstoppable.

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