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![The second annual Hoopfest kicks off on Friday in Detroit's Northwest Goldberg neighborhood.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hoopfest-e1721416969834-900x507.jpg)
The Metro: Hoopfest takes over Northwest Goldberg
Daniel Washington, executive director and founder of Northwest Goldberg Cares, joined the show to share more about the second annual event.
![WDET "This Island Earth" host Ismael Ahmed posing with members of Mokoomba inside the WDET studios.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ismael-with-Mokoomba-900x506.jpg)
The Metro: Concert of Colors festival wants ‘peace, love and understanding’
The 33rd annual Concert of Colors runs now through July 21.
![Ed Love smiles in front of WDET's music library](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ed-Love-date-unknown-via-Ken-Coleman-900x633.jpg)
The Metro: Jazz concert at the Aretha to pay tribute to Ed Love
“Cassandra Wilson: A Tribute to Ed Love with Ralphe Armstrong” will celebrate Love’s decades of contributions to jazz in Detroit.
![Ari Party Hair, an online e-commerce hair wholesaler, will soon open a brick and mortar location in Detroit's Dexter/Davison neighborhood.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AriPartyHair-e1721159612528-900x507.png)
The Metro: New Black-owned beauty supplier is ‘breaking barriers’
Ariell Jones, founder of Ari Party Hair, joined the show to share more about her new brick and mortar business coming to Detroit’s Dexter/Davison neighborhood.
![Cleanup efforts after a severe flooding incident in Detroit.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/city_of_detroit_flood_cleannup_2-e1712175875248-900x507.jpg)
The Metro: Contributors and solutions to Detroit’s flooding problem
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Director Gary Brown joined the show to discuss some of the ways the department is working to mitigate flooding in the city.
![A rendering of the completed Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JoeLouisGreenwayRendering-e1720817424180.jpg)
The Metro: Funding boost to help Joe Louis Greenway connect Detroit communities
Thanks to a recent $20 million federal grant, the Greenway will connect to the Iron Belle Trail, another trail project in the state that leads all the way to the Upper Peninsula.
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