August 1, 2017
PODCAST: Inside plans for a new entrepreneurism-focused charter school in Detroit
Drew Schantz is one of those 20-something-year-olds who make you feel like a total slacker. We caught up with him...
economic development
July 25, 2017
PODCAST: Diving deep with Downtown Detroit Partnership CEO Eric Larson
Curious about what’s going on in downtown Detroit these days, and what the vision is for the coming years? Then...
July 17, 2017
PODCAST: Henry the Hatter owner Paul Wasserman reflects on end of 65 years in same Detroit storefront
The Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast recently visited Henry the Hatter in downtown Detroit to talk to owner Paul Wasserman...
July 11, 2017
PODCAST: Talking entrepreneurship and failure in Detroit with TechTown CEO Ned Staebler
This week’s episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast takes us to the headquarters of TechTown, where we sat...
June 28, 2017
PODCAST: Yum Village’s Godwin Ihentuge on diversifying Detroit’s food scene
As the creative force behind Yum Village, Godwin Ihentuge is all about “social discovery through food.” And while he celebrates...
June 22, 2017
Photos of 8 Mile’s newest mural, ‘Detroit is a Black Woman’
Detroit artist Ndubisi Okoye has completed his new mural on a building along the south side of Eight Mile Road...
June 21, 2017
PODCAST: Detroit’s ‘Lower East Side’ may be the city’s next boom area
The east riverfront area of Detroit, an 18.4 square-mile district that stretches from downtown to the border with Grosse Pointe...
June 8, 2017
PODCAST: Co-founder Jason Hall on the growth and evolution of Slow Roll Detroit
The good folks from Slow Roll Detroit stopped by this week’s Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast to talk about what’s...
June 7, 2017
Detroit artist Ndubisi Okoye selected for 8 Mile mural
The Eight Mile Boulevard Association has chosen the artist whose winning design will become a mural on the wall of...
May 23, 2017
PHOTOS: Launch of Detroit’s MoGo bike sharing system another step in city’s transformation
MoGo, the new Detroit bike sharing system, launched today, and your intrepid 8-Wood correspondent was invited to attend the event...
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