So, just how did this Midwestern city become a model for urban reinvention? In the 1980s and 1990s, downtown Detroit was a visible reminder of the "urban doom loop," when residents head for the ...

most likely related to high rates of arson and vandalism in Detroit. With the nation's biggest urban bankruptcy in the rearview mirror, the Motor City is attracting investors, innovators ...

The ordinance also aims to support urban farms, educational nonprofits, and schools that contribute to Detroit’s growing agricultural landscape. Detroit nonprofit Keep Growing Detroit estimates ...

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and many projects show that Detroit is already becoming a new hub for urban thinking. As you walk through the Woodward Building’s louvered, labyrinthine exhibition, you’re overwhelmed by smart ideas.

Melanie Markowicz comes to Midtown Detroit Inc, after more than five years with the Greektown Neighborhood Partnership.

In a broad sense, the term refers to the use of any technology that is meant to better the real estate industry as a whole.

When asked to name leading urban innovation economies ... and Bangalore and Shanghai overseas. Greater Detroit is seldom, if ever, even mentioned. That is ironic, because for much of the 20th ...