Metro Detroit Spins
By: Chris Handyside, 7/31/2008
Despite the all-encompassing digital age, vinyl has gotten its groove back, filling a high-end niche that CDs and MP3s just can't seem to scratch.
Metromode crunches the numbers, charts the trends and points you toward Metro Detroit's best (and still thriving) LP peddlers.
Ann Arbor's On The List
By: Constance Crump, 7/31/2008
Ann Arbor's one of the brainiest, greenest and most walkable cities in the country. Not to mention a great place for sandwiches, bicycling and getting pregnant. Too bad it's also one of the worst places to find a job. This SE Michigan community sure ends up on a lot of lists. Best of, Worst of, what does it all mean?
Save Tiger Stadium, Save the World (or at Least a Corner of It)
By: Francis Grunow, 7/29/2008
It's going, going, but not quite gone.
At
a Corner steeped in memories, a smart, creative reuse and scaled back
version of Tiger Stadium would be an incredible victory for the city.
Francis Grunow urges Detroit to act smart, and think outside the box
before it's too late.
Design Democracy: The Next Evolution In Manufacturing?
By: Lucy Ament, 7/24/2008
The inalienable right to have furniture designed the way you want it. That's what Kerry And Bryce Moore are after. But that's not all that's behind their "Design Democracy" movement. The owners of Context Furniture intend to revolutionize Michigan's entire approach to manufacturing.
Could Life Sciences Become Michigan's Core Industry?
By: Dennis Archambault, 7/24/2008
The handwriting is on the wall: SE Michigan's economy needs to develop new industries in order to thrive. Given the power and prestige of our local research universities and the fact that biotech startups are popping up like dandelions, some see the life sciences industry as our next best hope.
Michigan's Blue Bubble
By: Andy Guy & Jeff Meyers, 7/17/2008
Given that The Great Lakes account for 21% of the world's fresh water supply, Michigan's rivers and lakes are its most important and strategic natural resource. Will we ever start acting like it?
Mind, Body & Spirits: A Green Brew Pub
By: Melinda Clynes, 7/17/2008
From its LEED construction to its geothermal heating to its all local, all organic menu, Mike Plesz is a man with a mission: to turn a historic building in downtown Rochester into the greenest brewpub in Michigan.
Drinking beer never felt so responsible.
Rockin' The Suburbs
By: Amy Kuras, 7/10/2008
Come on feel the noize! Detroit's School Of Rock And Pop not only teaches adults to pump up the volume, they help them find bandmates to jam with. Whether it's power chords, bubblegum pop, head banging or groovin' to a funky bass line, think of it as rock and roll night school.
How Historic Preservation Can Help SE Michigan
By: Jon Zemke, 7/10/2008
Everything old is new again. And profitable. Historic preservation is more than just a longing for the old ways. It can be an economic driver for those SE Michigan communities that know how to leverage what they've got with where they're going.