A brief history of Detroit's growth

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Produced by Jerry Paffendorf

Keep moving Rust Belt...

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... the Press is catching up ...

What did your city do last week?

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Chicago killed it. A snapshot of recent city building action: Friday (February 24) - Purchased  100 locally manufactured cops cars from ...

The perfect place for patents

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Eric Markowitz reports the United States Patent and Trademark Office is opening it's first-ever satellite office. His lead source explai...

Idea tweet of the day

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You know what I want to see @ MichiganLandUse & @ pattycantrell ? Vending machines around #TCMI that sell local food. — MyWHaT/G. Howe...

Return of the Cuyahoga

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Thanks to a tweet from  @neorsd , I rediscovered this  documentary   four years ago. 

Realistically, when will Detroit build BRT?

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When one observes all the energy pouring into the movement to establish modern transit for metro Detroit, it is natural to ask: when will t...

Political will to modernize Cleveland schools?

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's plan to reinvent public education "has the potential to become a model for changing education in ur...

A Michigan Moment?

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Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution says it could be. He joined the Business Leaders for Michigan in proposing an  Urban and Metropolita...

Three for the money

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today recommended  federal capital funding for 29 major American transit projects. Three are in the...

Mitt Romney is in Michigan...

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... and apparently driving himself around the D. He also penned a folksy op-ed for the Detroit News pledging "the dream of the Motor C...

Detroit transit and presidential politics

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Jeff Wattrick   observes  an interesting political thread that may (or may not) be running through Detroit transit talks:   (Michigan...

Breaking ground on Detroit's M1 Rail by year end?

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The project leader is "very confident." via WXYZ-TV Detroit

A message from Dirty Harry

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In last night's Super Bowl spot featuring Clint Eastwood, Chrysler continued to lead the pack in the race to frame the master narrative ...

Go Michigan go!

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After the Factory

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Philip Lauri's new documentary premiers this Thursday at the Detroit Film Theatre. Here's the trailer... After the Factory Film ...

The vision for the new Michigan

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The Business Leaders for Michigan earlier this week introduced their 2012 Turnaround Plan . Get past the excessively dramatic musical score ...

How younger people in Toronto see transit

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Good commentary from next gen Toronto thought leadership on the state and future of the city's transit-building movement. Derek Flack at...

Framing Michigan's energy debate

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A coalition of advocates for energy innovation in Michigan is pushing a proposal to raise the state's renewable energy goal from 10 to 2...

Toronto: Balanced and Bolder

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Councillor Peter Milczyn issued a research paper (PDF) to inform bolder and more creative planning for the future of the City of Toronto. T...

Charlie freakin LeDuff...

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Wipe Out Detroit City Government Waste? Start with the TP: MyFoxDETROIT.com

New plan for downtown Minneapolis

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The Minneapolis Downtown Council has a new 13-year, estimated $2 billion plan of action to build a "flourishing 21st century city....

Tark Talks new Vikings stadium

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Nevermind for a moment the decision about in-city or suburban stadium. (Too bad the Vikings so overtly wanna sprawl.) Let's think on fac...

Detroit's central problem is structural

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MI Gov Rick Snyder reminds us Detroit's financial crisis is chronic. Time for a new approach, he says, to foster long-term change, end t...

60 Minutes went to Cleveland...

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... for an investigative report on housing crisis craziness. Brutal WebExtra on What's Next for Cleveland