An $80 million Brush Park development will bring 211 affordable units, including the Sanctuary
The City of Detroit broke ground on a $80 million Brush Park development on Friday, November 14, 2025.
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Hamtramck joins Michigan Main Street and the Jos. Campau bet gets bigger
Governor Whitmer announced on March 3 that Hamtramck has been selected by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for the Select Level of the Michigan Main Street program.
Pingree Detroit makes Detroit a shoe city again, by hand
Pingree Detroit opened its first storefront at 11:11 a.m. on 11/11. Veterans Day, intentionally, because most of the company's co-owners are veterans.
Ralph c. Wilson Jr. centennial Park opens, completing the western Riverwalk
Detroit's newest waterfront park, the 22-acre Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park, opened to the public on Saturday, October 25, 2025 WXYZ.COM, after eight years of planning.
Waka by Baobab Fare gets the old Russell Street deli
Hamissi Mamba's mother sold chapati and brochettes in the markets of Bujumbura, Burundi, when he was a kid.
Apple finally opens a store in downtown Detroit
Apple opened its first downtown Detroit store at 5 p.m. on Friday, September 19, with Tim Cook in attendance. He greeted the line, then unlocked the doors.
Dally in the alley returns for its 46th year, still without sponsors
Dally in the Alley filled the streets between Forest, Hancock, Second, and Third on Saturday, September 6, 2025, for its 46th year. Magazine Free admission.
BLKOUT Walls paints 10 new murals across Detroit under “A Beautiful Resistance”
BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival returned for its third edition from September 4 to 14, 2025, with 10 new large-scale murals painted across Detroit.
Tamela Todd built Sip-N-Read after waiting six years on the right space
Tamela Todd opened Sip-N-Read on a Wednesday afternoon in late August.
Capitol Park reopens after a $3.5 million reset
The triangle of grass behind the Westin Book Cadillac is the first thing in Capitol Park that catches the eye after a six-month shutdown.
Detroit Bookfest fills three Eastern Market Sheds for the eighth time
The 8th annual Detroit Festival of Books ran from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2025 Eventbrite, in Sheds 4, 5, and 6 at Eastern Market BridgeDetroit.
Purrfiction is a bookstore and a Cat adoption Center, intentionally
Emma Spadafore left corporate after six years to open the kind of store that probably sounds like a joke at a bachelorette dinner. Bookstore. With cats.
Lauren Ellis won Hatch Detroit. now she has to build the bakery.
Lauren Ellis pitched a French viennoiserie bakery on a Wednesday night at the Wayne State University Industry Innovation Center, in front of judges and a public that had cast 21,000 votes.
Movement Music festival hits 25 years on Hart Plaza
Movement Music Festival ran May 24 through 26, 2025, at Hart Plaza, marking the 25th anniversary of Detroit's flagship electronic music festival. Memorial Day weekend.
Flower Day brings 80 growers and a full Sunday of plant-hauling to Eastern Market
The 58th annual Flower Day ran from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Eastern Market. Mix 92.3 Free.
60th Cinco de Mayo parade walks West Vernor with three women leading
The 60th annual Cinco de Mayo Parade ran 2.4 miles down West Vernor Highway on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Organizers put the turnout around 8,000.
At 88, janet webster Jones is bookselling royalty
Donya Craddock, who runs Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth, called Janet Webster Jones the queen from a stage at Winter Institute 2025. The room agreed.
Robert Encarnación opened two restaurants in one West Village building
Robert Encarnación bought the building at 8016 Kercheval Avenue from the Detroit Land Bank in April 2021. It took him four years to open it.
Marche du Nain Rouge marches the red dwarf out of Detroit again
About 10,000 people showed up in Cass Corridor on Sunday, March 23, 2025, for the annual Marche du Nain Rouge CBS News, the costume parade that exists to chase a small red imp out of Detroit.
DJ Minx played the Pistons halftime
DJ Minx played the Detroit Pistons halftime show in March 2025. It was her second halftime booking at Little Caesars Arena.
Yellow Light coffee makes Michigan Central its second home
The first food and drink tenant inside Michigan Central Station since 1988 is a coffee and donut shop from the east side.
Rebel Nell moves to Eastern Market and the materials follow
Amy Peterson found her first piece of jewelry-making material under the Gratiot bridge in 2013.
Book Suey runs as a co-op, in a building that used to be a bank
The corner of Joseph Campau and Caniff has had several lives. The 1920s building started as a bank, with stately limestone and ornamental tile that the present tenants kept intact.
Rosette Market puts a bodega in the Perennial Corktown lobby
The Perennial Corktown apartment building at 1611 Michigan Avenue opened in late 2023 with two retail tenants on the ground floor.
Hamtramck Disneyland gets the New york Times treatment
On September 27, 2024, the New York Times Style Magazine ran a feature by Rachel Corbett titled \"Some of America's Best Art Is in the Yard.\" Hamtramck Disneyland, the folk-art installation a Ukrainian retired General Motors machinist named Dmytro Szylak built across two garages in his backyard on Klinger Street, was one of the pieces.
Hamtramck Labor Day festival closes its 44th year with a jack White surprise
The 44th annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival ran August 31 through September 2, 2024. Joseph Campau Avenue from Caniff to Carpenter. Free admission.
Detroit Jazz Festival opens with Alice Coltrane's harp on stage
The 45th annual Detroit Jazz Festival ran Labor Day weekend, August 30 to September 2, 2024. Hart Plaza, Campus Martius, and the new Gretchen C.
Concert of Colors fills Midtown for its 33rd year, free as ever
Concert of Colors ran for the 33rd time from July 16 to 21, 2024, with most stages at the Detroit Institute of Arts and additional programming across the Detroit Historical Museum, the Charles H.
African World festival returns to Hart Plaza for its 41st year
The 41st annual African World Festival ran July 12 to 14, 2024, at Hart Plaza. The Wright Three days of music, vendors, food, dance, and panels organized by the Charles H.
Michigan Central comes back, with Diana Ross opening and eminem closing
Six years of restoration, $300 million in tax incentives, and a lineup deeper than any single Detroit show in decades.
Tiffany Cartwright wins Hatch Detroit, twelve years into the program's run
Tiffany Cartwright was the first finalist to take the stage on May 9 at the Wayne State University Industry Innovation Center.
Detroit people's Food co-op opens after 14 years of organizing
After 14 years of organizing, Detroit's first Black-led, community-owned grocery store opened at Woodward and Euclid on May 1, 2024.