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Tiger Fans Bring Millions to Detroit Opening Day Weekend

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Date  April 3, 2013

In  Detroit News

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Detroit Tigers Opening Day brought an estimated 200,000 people — and between $5 million and $6 million in spending — to Detroit last Friday.

And for the entire weekend, which included three Tigers games and a Detroit Red Wings home …

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Collision Works: The Innovative Creative ‘Hotel’ That’s About to Hit Detroit

By  Michael Rolph

Date  March 27, 2013

In  Detroit News

The picture above is a prototype sketch for Collision Works, a brand new creative hotel made from re-purposed shipping containers that would encourage people to “collide and create” in 36 separate rooms. The project is currently on Kickstarter and …

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Detroit Opens Its First Affordable Assisted Living Community, Creates New Jobs

By  Michael Rolph

Date  March 20, 2013

In  Detroit News

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The Rivertown Neighborhood has been named Detroit’s first assisted living community that is affordable for residents and is set to open April 12th, 2013 at its location on 250 McDougall Ave.

Formerly a research laboratory, the building where the complex …

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Detroit’s Own Henry Ford Hospital Innovates a First-of-Its-Kind Gown

By  Michael Rolph

Date  March 13, 2013

In  Detroit News

detroit-news-hospitalThe despised hospital gown with its drafty backside may soon be ancient history.

Researchers at Henry Ford Health System have come up with a snugger alternative: a wrap-around robe.

The new patient gown, which closes in the back and front, …

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Detroit Electric Car Co. Set to Beat Odds as First Successful Electric Car Company

By  Michael Rolph

Date  March 6, 2013

In  Detroit News

detroit-news-electricThe early 20th century bred nearly 100 start-up automakers — nearly all of which went out of business.

As the electric car market continues to try to find its way, the upstart Detroit Electric Car Co. hopes to buck the …

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Detroit Housing Prices Rise 10% in One Year

By  Michael Rolph

Date  February 27, 2013

In  Detroit News

The economy is on the upswing and Detroit has seen proof in the rise of housing prices over the last year. From October of 2011 to October 2012, Detroit saw the 2nd highest housing cost increase at 10%, after Phoenix’s …

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Auto Industry on the Rise – GM Buys Itself Back

By  Michael Rolph

Date  February 20, 2013

In  Detroit News

detroit-news-gmThe auto industry is surging back and GM has offered to buy back 200 million shares from the US Treasury Department, after its bailout in 2009. The government plans to sell all of the remaining shares back to GM in …

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Michigan Science Center Reopens in Detroit, Welcomes First Visitors

By  Michael Rolph

Date  February 13, 2013

In  Detroit News

What was once the Detroit Science Center has now reopened as the Michigan Science Center at the same location on John R and Warren roads in Detroit, MI. On the path to bankruptcy, the science center had closed …

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Detroit: There’s Massive Opportunity Here

By  Michael Rolph

Date  February 6, 2013

In  Detroit News

Todd Grantham at the international ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners shared this with Fast Company Magazine from their offices on Woodward Avenue recently, and we couldn’t agree more.

You can explore the story via Fast Company – and tell …

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