8-Wood Blog

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...

Read More
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...

Read More
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...

Read More
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...

Read More
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...

Read More
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...

Read More
February 18, 2016

If you don’t know where Michigan is on a map, you have bigger issues

I’ve been on vacation this week in Florida, where we booked a suite at a time-share resort that came with...

Read More
February 11, 2016

My day handing out water and supplies in Flint with the Red Cross

If you really want to disrupt people’s lives in a fundamental way — not to mention endanger their health —...

Read More
February 10, 2016

Crime-ridden Motorama Motel may close after Ferndale council denies business license

Ferndale city officials have rejected a hotel business license for the Motorama Motel at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue,...

Read More
February 2, 2016

Crowdfunding drive for new Detroit City FC home in Hamtramck hits home stretch

Detroit City Football Club LLC, a semi-pro soccer team that plays in U.S. Soccer’s fourth tier, has been one of...

Read More