A thought came to Anika Jane Beamer more than a year ago, as she sat folding clothes on the couch in her family's Farmington home. Today, her idea...
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. want to cap or eliminate the Federal Charitable Deduction as one means of dealing with the man-made financial disaster we are calling "The Fiscal Cliff." Not only is this short-sighted, it actually makes matters worse.
When the group that runs a robot supply store announced plans to expand to Detroit next year, it had nothing to do with the upcoming "Robocop" remake,...
This story was originally published at the Urban Innovation Exchange. There are some people who seem to always be happy. Without a care in the worl...
Detroit's Imagination Station, a nonprofit project aiming to rescue two blighted homes facing Corktown's Roosevelt Park and the Michigan Central Stati...
I recently got to sit down with Deirdre Greene Groves, executive director of The Collaborative Group, to talk about Challenge Detroit; a unique program beautifully thought up to catalyst success for the city.
Essays and articles abound about our city these days (go ahead, add this one to the pile). We pontificate with an eye on business activity and an artistic renaissance. But how often do we take a human perspective?
