After nearly two years of renderings, debate and waiting, the Renaissance Center redevelopment is taking a major step forward. The $1.6 billion plan from Bedrock and General Motors is entering Detroit’s community benefits process, giving residents a closer look at
Andrew Kemp did not wait for permission. The Arboretum Detroit co-founder, who goes by Birch, spent years planting trees on vacant Poletown East lots before the nonprofit existed. Since 2019, that effort has grown into more than 1,800 trees across
Detroit just finished a $40.4 million project built to cut the risk of basement flooding for about 1,200 homes. The Far West Detroit Stormwater Improvement Project wrapped in 2026 after four years of construction, a year ahead of schedule, and
Detroit’s credit rating is now higher than Chicago’s. Moody’s puts Detroit at A3 and Chicago at Baa3, three notches lower, a comparison that would have been unthinkable when Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. The case closed
Detroit will put up to $25,000 toward a first-time buyer’s house. The city’s Down Payment Assistance Program is a grant, not a loan, and if you stay in the home three years you never pay it back. Round three launched
The University of Michigan is building a campus in downtown Detroit, and it is further along than most people realize. UMCI Detroit, formally the University of Michigan Center for Innovation, is rising at Grand River Avenue and West Columbia Street.
A dozen free backpack and school supply giveaways are happening across Detroit this month, and the first one is tonight. Most require no registration, several are first come and first served, and a few add food, free books, or a
The corner where Detroiters bought hardware for nearly a century is coming back to life. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved a $1.5 million grant on July 28 for the redevelopment of the former Busy Bee Hardware property at Gratiot Avenue
Detroit will pay up to a year of rent for families ready to leave emergency shelters. Mayor Mary Sheffield announced the three-year, $9.2 million program, called Homeless to Housed, on July 29. It aims to move about 140 households a
Michigan Central supported about $2.95 billion in statewide economic activity and 5,820 jobs in 2025, according to the campus’s first economic impact report, released July 30. The report, prepared for Michigan Central by consulting firm BJH Advisors, tallies what has