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  • Detroit4Detroit: Passionate Detroiters and Citizen Philanthropy

    Model D | January 24, 2012

    Since Citizen Effect announced Detroit4Detroit, the number one question people ask is, "Why Detroit? Why is a D.C.-based nonprofit setting up its second office in the Motor City?" The answer is simple -- it's the people. In Detroit, you can't walk down the street without...

  • State executives are optimistic

    Detroit Free Press | January 18, 2012

    Business Leaders for Michigan said Tuesday a fourth-quarter 2011 survey of its 80 executives found that optimism about the state's long-term economy is at a three-year high and nearly a third of their companies plan to increase hiring and investment during the next six months.

  • Detroit's Brand Is More Than The Sum Of Its Advertising

    Forbes | January 18, 2012

    If you're not from there, you might only think of Detroit as the city with the massive population contraction. Or the one abandoned by the auto industry. Or the place with all the racial tension. ...

  • Snyder urges better alignment of talent with current, future career opportunities

    DBusiness | December 6, 2011

    Michigan must better align the talent of its people with the needs of job providers to ensure success in the new economy, Gov. Rick Snyder said today.

    The governor released his Special Message to the Legislature on Talent Development during a news conference ...

  • Despite progress, vacant buildings dot downtown

    The Detroit News | December 5, 2011

    Quicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert's accumulation of downtown properties might soon restore life in several big, empty buildings in Detroit. But vacant, blighted structures will dot the central business district for years to come, real estate analysts say. ...

  • Rochelle Riley: A different kind of power on Detroit Public Schools board

    Detroit Free Press | November 25, 2011

    Two weeks ago, Detroit approved a new city charter that ushers in greater ethics and requires that council members be elected by district.

    But while we were focused on the council, city voters also elected seven Detroit Public Schools board members -- five of them newcomers. ...

  • Detroit's future looks bright

    The Detroit News | November 24, 2011

    I have much to be thankful for — certainly my family, friends, and the opportunity to do what I love — but let me single out a city that I'm thankful to see on the rise.

    Forbes recently listed the places where young people are happiest. By grading cities on economic factors like compensation and benefits as well as noneconomic factors like work-life balance, they gave each city a kind of overall grade-point average. ...

  • Ann Arbor beats Cambridge and Berkeley for smartest city in the U.S.

    AnnArbor.com | November 22, 2011

    Ann Arbor residents have one more thing about which to feel smug. Our fair city, which perennially ranks on lists ranging from best place to live to most walkable, now also ranks No. 1 in brainpower, at least when it's measured by educational attainment. ...

  • Michigan's Bruised Economy Mends Itself With Auto Sales as Hiring Renewed

    Bloomberg | November 22, 2011

    Michigan's sink-or-swim automotive economy is swimming again and taking Toby McGowan with it. McGowan makes $15.78 an hour as one of 280 production workers hired in the past two months at General Motors Co. (GM)'s Lake Orion assembly plant as the state's carmakers increase sales and add personnel.

  • Resurrection Corridor

    Huffpost Detroit | November 22, 2011

    This column will focus on the power of human creativity. And particularly, the transformative power of entrepreneurism. It will feature the creative dynamism of not only Detroit, and the region, but the creative fervor and the creativity revolution that is sweeping the globe. ...