Viva la Rustbelt!
Source: Gluespace, 1/31/2008
What's the biggest problem facing the cities of the Rustbelt today? If
your answer is "Why, the need to craft a new narrative, of course,"
then you'll probably want to check out Gluespace.
The D Brand - it's working!
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 1/31/2008
Efforts to create a "D Brand" to better market and promote the region, say experts, pointing to an increase in tourism they say is attributable to a better image.
Wayne State gets $7.7m to fund expansion
Source: Wayne State University, 1/31/2008
Wayne State University has received a $7.77 million grant from the A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. The money, the university reports, will go toward expanding the school's chemistry facilities.
Troy sales bode well for region?
Source: Oakland Business Review, 1/31/2008
As Troy, so goes the region? One financial analyst is predicting that recent multi-million dollar real estate cities in the... the... does Troy have a cool nickname? Anyway. We digress. A handful of big-ticket land deals may mean that the real estate market could stabilize sometime this year. Cross your fingers, y'all.
Ficano, Granholm amp Cobo expansion
Source: Oakland Business Review, 1/31/2008
Cobo Hall should expand, but on the cheap. That's the message Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano were pumping during the North American International Auto Show.
Quicken Loans makes top jobs list
Source: CNN, 1/24/2008
Second only to Google, Quicken Loans nearly topped CNN's list of the nation's 100 best companies to work for. Good business practices, according to the article, are part of what puts Quicken above the rest.
Cell phone use may lead to insomnia
Source: Prognosis E-News, Wayne State University, 1/24/2008
A Wayne State University researcher has discovered there may be a link between cell phone use before bedtime and disrupted sleep patterns.
Blogging for a good cause
Source: Goodwill Industries, 1/24/2008
We've read mommy blogs and celebrity gossip blogs and author blogs and the blogs of people we hated in high school. All have their charms, but we're excited about Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit CEO and President Lorna G. Utley's blog.
Auto designers party at annual gathering
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 1/17/2008
After a hard day at work crafting North American International Auto Show displays, what a tired designer really needs is the chance to mingle, have a cocktail and talk shop.
UM technology used in Mercury flyby
Source: University of Michigan News Service, 1/17/2008
A UM-designed instrument will be used to take measurements of Mercury's atmosphere and space environment. How cool is that?
Communities sign on to program geared at repairing blighted homes
Source: The Detroit News, 1/17/2008
It sounds like an urban legend - buy a house for a dollar and fix it up. But there's no trick here. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is offering a national program designed to attack blight by fixing decrepit houses.
Michigan economy: not as bad as it used to be
Source: Detroit Free Press, 1/10/2008
Michigan’s fledgling diversified economy is good – but not great – news for the oft-beleaguered state, one economist says, with only 4 percent of the state’s workers employed by automakers or their suppliers.
Water: The Rust Belt's Great Wet Hope?
Source: Salon, 1/10/2008
In Monday’s Salon.com, one Chicago resident concocts a novel solution to the Rust Belt’s people shortage and the Sun Belt’s water shortage: come on home, y’all.
Cars go green at NAIS
Source: The Detroit News, 1/10/2008
Environmentally responsible vehicles are no longer the province of left-wingers and hippies - look for green cars to edge into the mainstream at this year's North American International Auto show.
Winter Blast is back
Source: Crain's Detroit Business, 1/10/2008
Detroiters, get your earmuffs and giant parkas - the Winter Blast is on. The three-day festival, begun in 2005, was in danger of cancellation this year due to budget shortfalls.