Detroit housing sales up 4 percent
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 12/20/2007
Motor City housing sales are up 4 percent from last November, continuing the city's upward trend. Experts say young urban pioneers and out-of-town investors are responsible for the upswing.
Local chains to open 50 new stores nationwide
Source: The Detroit Free Press, 12/20/2007
Thin-crust schwarma pizza with extra cheese, anyone? The combination of Mr. Pita and Papa Romano's seems an unlikely combo, but the chains' - which merged this fall - owners are planning a 50 store national expansion.
Snow day? Let's go shopping
Source: The Detroit News, 12/20/2007
Inches of snow blanketed the metro area Sunday, but shoppers were out in force Monday, as many metro area schools declared a snow day.
Branding the D: seminar to focus on Detroit as marketing tool
Source: PR Newswire, 12/13/2007
Ask not what you can do for the D – what can the D do for you? On Feb. 1, local business leaders and marketers will just learn that – how best to use the Detroit brand to attract visitors of all kinds to the Motor City.
Dalai Lama to speak at UM-D
Source: The Detroit News, 12/13/2007
The University of Michigan-Dearborn will host a special guest April 20 - the Dalai Lama will speak on sustainability. The exiled Tibetan leader has lived outside of his native land since 1959, and has become an international advocate for peace.
Belle Isle Grand Prix has $53M economic impact
Source: The Detroit News, 12/13/2007
The Belle Isle Grand Prix, part of the “3 Days in the D” celebration held Labor Day weekend, drew more than 100,000 people to the metro area – and brought about $53 million to the area.
Ex-Michiganders hope to revive flagging candy profits
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 12/13/2007
An Indianapolis couple – and a group of investors – have bought a majority position in Morley Brands, LLC. The company is perhaps best known for its legendary Sanders products, a staple of the Michigan dessert menu.
Innovate, but thriftily
Source: Oakland Business Review, 12/6/2007
Author and corporate advisor Bart Huthwaite will host a seminar called the "Lean Innovation Summit," scheduled for Dec. 10-11 at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor.
Stay competitive? Build green
Source: Ann Arbor Business Review, 12/6/2007
Local companies say they're investing in training workers in green building practices, as that segment of the market grows by leaps and bounds.
One D makes progress, far to go
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 12/6/2007
At a Tuesday board meeting, leaders of One D, a regional civic collaboration promoting revitalization, agreed that the group has done much - but has more work yet to do.
Riverfront Conservancy looks west, acquires Freep plant
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 12/4/2007
Great news for the West Riverfront vision: the Detroit Riverfront
Conservancy has purchased the 26-acre site of the former Free Press
printing plant, a significant piece of property in their goal to extend
the RiverWalk to the Ambassador Bridge.
Wayne State program hopes to further girls' interest in math, science
Source: Great Lakes IT Report, 11/29/2007
Wayne State University's GO-Girl, now entering its sixth year, is accepting applications for the 2008 session. GO-GIRL - Gaining Options, Girls Investigate Real Life - is a free program geared toward promoting interest in science, math and technology among seventh grade girls.
Nonprofit center wants your Michigan stories
Source: The Center for Michigan, 11/29/2007
The nonprofit Center for Michigan nonprofit hopes to help vitalize the state by offering residents cash prizes for stories about our pleasant peninsula.
U-M researchers find new applications for cancer drug
Source: University of Michigan, 11/29/2007
University of Michigan scientists have found that a drug used to treat advanced multiple myeloma may have another use - pushing cancer cells into overdrive, then burn out.