Michigan's New Media
By: Kimberly Chou, 1/31/2008
Can they keep up? Traditional media outlets step into the blogosphere and experiment with newfangled web features in an effort to keep up with their successful web-only counterparts (wink, wink). Here's a look at what local print newspapers, TV and radio stations are doing and whether it's actually working.
One Farmington
By: Jon Zemke, 1/31/2008
To most Metro Detroiters the difference between Farmington and Farmington Hills is non-existent. Unless, of course, you live in one or the other. Could the merger of these two communities be a model for municipal cooperation, prompting the rest of the region to rethink its inefficient and redundant ways?
From Scratch: BOARDSPORT
By: Amy Whitesall, 1/24/2008
You call that a rail? White Lake-based BOARDSPORT Terrain Design is raising the bar for snowboard parks in the Midwest. This issue's From Scratch turns the spotlight on one of SE Michigan's newest entrepeneurs.
Hipsilanti
By: Amy Kuras, 1/24/2008
"The Brooklyn to Ann Arbor's Manhattan." No longer content to live in The Deuce's shadow, Ypsilanti is emerging as an affordable alternative for both creative and professional types. Viva La Differance!
"They Say It's Your Birthday..."
By: metromode, 1/24/2008
Before you know it we'll be potty trained. Metromode turns the big 1.0 this week and we look back at some of our favorite features. Take a stroll down memory lane with us, won't you?
The Art Of Community Building
By: Amy Whitesall, 1/17/2008
Albert and Mitsie Scaglione have not only built Park West Gallery into an art-dealing giant, they’ve used the Southfield gallery to promote Metro Detroit and strengthen their community.
Write Where You Know
By: Jon Zemke, 1/17/2008
Southeast Michigan is replete with literary talent, drawing from the corridors of its hallowed halls of higher learning, the working class experiences on the shop floors and the rough edges of its gritty inner city.
The D Brand and You
By: Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey, 1/17/2008
The
'D' brand isn't just about pulling in conventions and tourists. With
the D Brand Summit, branding gurus are showing us how the power of the
'D' can also attract more talent and business to the region.
A Hand Out
By: Tanya Muzumdar, 1/10/2008
Looking for a New Year's resolution? Whether it's teaching kids to write or maintaining park trails, volunteerism is changing Metro Detroit for the better. As anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
Hard Truths: Q&A With Rick Weddle
By: Jon Zemke, 1/10/2008
North Carolina's Research Triangle Park is the largest R&D center in the world. It is seen as a model for how universities, government and private industry can work together to fuel a state's economic success. Rick Weddle, president and CEO of RTP has a frank discussion with
metromode about what Michigan needs to do to emulate some of those successes.
Q & A With Rick Weddle, Part 2
By: Jon Zemke, 1/10/2008
Metromode continues its conversation with Rick Weddle, president and CEO of North Carolina's Research Triangle Park.
High Stakes for S.E. Mich
By: Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey, 1/10/2008
There's a $100 million bet out on firing up the new economy in SE Michigan, and Kresge Foundation President Rip Rapson thinks it could be the region's ace in the hole.