Royal Oak man launches crusade to save Highland Park’s McGregor Library from decay
The project envisions community workshops, building tours, and a wedding venue.
Melinda Clynes's Latest Articles
What a rock star and epidemiologist have in common
An epidemiologist and a rock star walk into a summit about good food throughout Michigan. It's no joke. People from across Michigan are coming together to make sure people in the state have access to food that’s affordable, healthy, green, and fair.
Juice Bar unites Grosse Pointe and Detroit kids around healthy food
The border between Grosse Pointe and Detroit is a study in contrasts. One entrepreneur is working to bridge that divide by bringing kids together to learn about healthy food.
This cafe in Ferndale serves both people — and cats
Some visitors to Ferndale's Catfe Lounge come because they love cats. Others find their company therapeutic. A few come to adopt.
By teaching art in schools, Art Road helps Detroit kids find new paths to success
Art Road is currently serving more than 1,200 students throughout the entire school year at three Detroit Public Schools.
Fighting food insecurity in Detroit
Food insecurity is one of the biggest challenges to the healthy development of young children in Detroit, but a number of groups and programs are working to change that.
How teens are helping program Detroit’s contemporary art museum
The MOCAD Teen Council is a select group of young creatives from metro Detroit who come together with museum professionals to produce and plan programming for youth and adults.
Cool Jobs: Irina Cotfas, Aerial Artist
Some metro Detroiters sit behind a computer all day. Others see patients, clients, customers, what-have-you. Irina Cotfas defies gravity. For a living. If you ever wondered what it would be like to run away with the circus, this Ferndale aerialist is your answer.
An Inspired Workplace
You might find financial services and art culture strange bedfellows, but at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services in Farmington Hills it is de rigueur. MBF workers aren't only inspired and challenged by their art gallery-like surroundings, they are encouraged to become active participants in Metro Detroit's arts community.
Going Rouge In Ferndale
Local and organic are words that are usually associated with restaurants and grocery stores. But in downtown Ferndale's ever-growing hub for hip businesses it applies to skincare and nails. Cheryl Salinas-Tucker not only turned her power suit past into an entrepreneurial future, she's made her salon, Rouge, a truly homegrown destination.
