City of Detroit Reaches Out to Residential Contractors
WDET/Laura Herberg About a hundred people were crammed into the lobby of the Patton Recreation Center in southwest Detroit last...
Bedrock: Four New Developments for Downtown Detroit
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four developments totaling more $2 billion in new investment are planned for...
How a City Like Detroit Should View Economic Development into the Future
Sandra Svoboda Top-line economic growth does not ensure bottom-line prosperity. That's according to a new report from the Brookings Institution, which argues...
Study Shows Growth in Distance Between Work and Home
Matt Pagel/ CC A Brookings Institution report reveals the distance between peoples' homes and their jobs in metropolitan areas grew in 2012...
Youth Unemployment in Michigan is At An All-Time High
Youth unemployment in Michigan is at an all-time high. Recent reports put the state’s youth jobless rate at 59%, among the highest...