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Development News A scene from last year’s inaugural Shop for Good Village at the Berkley Street Art Fest. Community Development

Shop for Good Village to return to downtown Berkley for annual street festival

MJ GalbraithThursday, May 5, 2022
“The Shop for Good Village really sets the Berkley Street Art Fest apart,” says Darlene Rothman, executive director of the Berkley Area Chamber of Commerce. “We’re the only art fair making a direct effort to shine a well-deserved spotlight on members of the community who are committed to doing good. We hope many more artisans will join our one-of-a-kind mission-driven fair this year.”
Longform Maker Works Executive Director Josh Williams. Arts and Culture

More than a maker space: How Farmington Hills is learning from Ann Arbor's Maker Works

Sabine Bickford BrownThursday, April 28, 2022
Maker Works' founders say inspiring and aiding other maker spaces was a key goal since they first started discussing the idea of opening one themselves. Now, new maker spaces like Farmington Hills' forthcoming HAWK Makerspace are taking their lessons to heart. 
Feature Story DCS Corporation, Sterling Heights Economic Development

New research and development center in Sterling Heights expanding defense innovation

David SandsThursday, April 21, 2022
John Johnson has been working with the defense contractor in Michigan for more than 20 years. Now, he's overseeing DCS Corporation's new center in Sterling Heights and is excited about the innovation happening in the region. 
Feature Story Cold Frame Farm in Romeo uses enclosed beds to extend the growth and harvest season. Economic Development

3 family-owned farms in Macomb to visit this year

Sarah GudenauThursday, April 21, 2022
Macomb is home to more than 400 active farms, from high-tech greenhouse hubs to market suppliers to flower growers. Many are legacy businesses, handed down from industrious grandparents: "When 23 Mile Road was a two-lane dirt road, they had a produce stand out in front." 
Feature Story Todd Scott know first-hand (or should that be first-foot?) who is doing urban bike infrastructure well in metro Detroit. Community Development

Which metro Detroit cities are doing urban bike infrastructure well?

David SandsThursday, April 21, 2022
Todd Scott says it's obvious when a city takes cycling seriously: "They consider bikes to be [both] recreation and transportation, whereas a lot of places just see bikes as recreation, something that people can do on the weekend to get fit."
Feature Story Commissioner Charlie Cavell (D-Ferndale), Ferndale Public Housing on Withington Street Community Development

Can Oakland County’s new resolutions, blueprint to end homelessness, increase housing security?

Sam CoreyThursday, April 21, 2022
Oakland County's two new resolutions have been called "potentially transformational" in achieving housing equity. Can they make a difference? “If we segregate this so the rich live here and the poor live there, it’s a recipe for disaster,” says Commissioner Dave Woodward “And history will bear that out.”
Development News “We’re very happy to reopen and hit the ground running,” says Browndog co-owner Paul Gabriel. Economic Development

After two years away, Browndog Barlor officially reopens in downtown Farmington

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 21, 2022
“We’re very excited to be back — it was not fun to make that decision to close in the first place. Farmington was our first full-scale restaurant, so it was not a happy decision to close,” says Browndog co-owner Paul Gabriel. “We’re very happy to reopen and hit the ground running.”
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New contest for small and emerging Michigan snack makers offers $50K in cash prizes and more

MJ GalbraithTuesday, April 19, 2022
“The growth of new small craft and niche snack food companies in Michigan is exciting,” says Duncan Smith, President and COO of All Star Services, Inc. “All Star Services is a growing small business and we want to help bring more focus to the growing segment of snack food companies in Michigan.”
Feature Story NFT Arts and Culture

Can NFTs provide local artists with financial stability?

Blake WoodruffThursday, April 14, 2022
“I looked at my friend when it sold out, we literally cried,” Emily Swift says of her NFT collection. “We could pay our rent." But the artist warns there's more to managing non-fungible tokens than meets the eye. 
Feature Story Clawson, dining Arts and Culture

Dining Destination: Where to eat in Clawson

Dorothy HernandezThursday, April 14, 2022
Clawson was already home to well-known community fixtures such as Clawson Steakhouse and Noble Fish, but in recent years a new crop of entrepreneurs have been putting the city on the dining map.  
Development News Sterlingfest Art & Music Fair is set to return to Sterling Heights for the first time since 2019. Arts and Culture

Sterlingfest set to return in summer 2022, some vendor applications remain open

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 14, 2022
After two years of COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellations, the Sterlingfest Art & Music Fair is set to return to Sterling Heights.
Development News Inside the new photography exhibition at KickstART Gallery & Shop. Arts and Culture

New photography exhibit opens at KickstART Gallery in downtown Farmington

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 14, 2022
“There is a beautiful duplicity in his photos that are at once of a comfortable resolve, or of a gentle confrontation with ‘self’ that is shared with the observer. In this way RJ Jones has become the essence of a true and successful artist,” says Ted Hadfield, gallery curator for KickstART.
Feature Story Macomb County Jail Healthy Communities

Push to improve conditions for Michigan's incarcerated prompts research, proposals for new facility

Erin Marie MillerThursday, April 7, 2022
A 2019 Michigan study found that nearly half of incarcerated individuals were charged with a “divertable" offense. Now, a decades-long effort from researchers, lawmakers, corrections professionals, and families is making a case for improved conditions for inmates with mental health and substance abuse disorders. Could a new facility in Macomb make a difference?
Development News Hamzah Nasser, founder of Haraz Coffee House. Economic Development

Expansion news: Dearborn’s Haraz Coffee opens new Warren cafe with several more locations planned

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 7, 2022
“We want to bring something new, we want to be something exciting, we want to create jobs,” Hamzah Nasser says.
Development News “We have a world-class development team in Sterling Heights,” says Mayor Michael C. Taylor. Economic Development

‘Our future is bright’: Sterling Heights recognized as five star community by UM-Dearborn’s iLabs

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 7, 2022
“While we’ve been very successful in attracting private investment over the past several years, we still have many developments on the horizon as well,” Luke Bonner says.
Feature Story Photo by Nick Hagen.

Veteran Detroit journalist John Gallagher reflects on decades of racism in mortgage lending

John GallagherTuesday, April 5, 2022
Gallagher recently penned a “Buying In: Opportunities for Increasing Homeownership in Detroit Through Mortgage Lending” for Detroit Future City, decades after he first reported on racism and mortgage lending in the city.
Feature Story In the early 1940s, Sam Valenti married Grace Bommarito, and into a legacy bakery business. Entrepreneurship

How a small Italian bakery grew into a 90-year-old family legacy

Sarah GudenauThursday, March 24, 2022
Bommarito Bakery in St Clair Shores is the kind of place customers, who visited as children, now bring their children and grandchildren. Italian immigrants Jim and Rose started the family business in Detroit in 1925, selling cookies, lemon ice, gelato, and wedding cakes, but the next generation are bringing more even delights to their patrons. 
Feature Story Sneaker exchange Healthy Communities

PHOTOS: Sneaker show reveals how young entrepreneurs stay a step ahead in the $2B industry

Steve KossThursday, March 24, 2022
The young "sneakerheads" at the Michigan Sneaker Xchange mean business. Photographer Steve Koss takes us inside the scene at the rapidly growing event to find out how entrepreneurs are tapping into the booming industry, and how a savvy 14-year-old started the tradeshow here. 
Feature Story Local chef Kamesha McDaniel has big plans for growing her business, Detroit Green Carrot. Photo by Nick Hagen.

An urgent need to grow capital access for Black-owned businesses

JAISHREE DREPAUL-BRUDERMonday, March 21, 2022
Local chef Kamesha McDaniel has big plans for growing her business, Detroit Green Carrot. However, taking her catering company to the next level is going to take more than a vision. She needs capital for her big plans, and for African Americans and other minority business owners in Detroit, there are big challenges to getting the support and funding they need.
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Dearborn Restaurant Week offers the chance to tour the world in 30 restaurants

MJ GalbraithThursday, March 17, 2022
If you received stamps and a passport for visiting the restaurants, bars, and cafes participating in Dearborn Restaurant Week, your passport book would be full.
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