Detroit

March 28, 2016

Huge new loft project set to begin in Ferndale in May

Developers hope to start work in May on a $14.9 million redevelopment of a vacant downtown Ferndale supermarket into a...

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March 26, 2016

Reports make it painfully clear: Michigan is starving for reinvestment

I love my home state, but sometimes it just exhausts me. Case in point: the woeful condition of our cities....

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March 19, 2016

More dedicated bike lanes and other bicycling amenities coming to Ferndale

Ferndale should see construction begin next month on new bicycling infrastructure under the 17.1-mile Woodward Corridor Neighborhood Bicycle Network loop...

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March 14, 2016

Denial of business license throws 8 Wood Motel in limbo

The Ferndale City Council voted Monday to deny a public lodging-house license to the owner of the 8 Wood Motel,...

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March 10, 2016

Ferndale to hold hearing on recommendation to close 8 Wood Motel

The city of Ferndale continues to move quickly to clamp down on criminal activity at its two motels, this time...

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March 9, 2016

A conversation with ‘Detroit Resurrected’ author Nathan Bomey about the city’s bankruptcy

I don’t know how else to start this post than with this disclosure: Nathan Bomey and I were coworkers at...

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March 6, 2016

We should learn our lessons from the sad history of the Flint River

Technology news site The Verge recently asked a good question about the Flint water crisis: How did the Flint River...

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March 1, 2016

Ferndale rejects owner’s pleas, moves to close Motorama Motel

The Ferndale City Council reaffirmed its decision to deny the Motorama Motel its operating license despite pleas by its owner...

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February 27, 2016

Downtown Ferndale needs more office and residential, new DDA director says

Related: Flurry of new businesses set to open in Ferndale Downtown Ferndale was built on the success of small, locally...

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February 24, 2016

Flurry of new businesses set to open in Ferndale

Related: Downtown Ferndale needs more office and residential, new DDA director says A spate of new businesses, including an organic...

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