Annalise Frank
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Detroit, MI, United States
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Michigan's first cannabis consumption lounge opens for private events, plans summer public opening
The event space in Hazel Park owned by Troy-based Trucenta is the first business in the state to get approval to let patrons consume cannabis products on-site. → Read More
Former American Motors Corp. headquarters in Detroit set for $66 million redevelopment
The former American Motors Corp. headquarters site in Detroit is set for a $66 million redevelopment, officials are announcing Thursday morning. The plan is to demolish the building for 728,000 square feet of "class A industrial space" that is "suitable for a new automotive parts supplier" and… → Read More
Detroit's break on pension payments is ending. Is it ready?
Detroit's decade-long break from pension payments is coming to a close. Will it be ready? → Read More
Rock Connections nearly doubles Detroit vaccine call center staff as lines still flooded
Detroit vaccine hotline operator Rock Connections LLC has nearly doubled its staff taking calls amid a firehose of demand.The Dan Gilbert-owned company, which also handles Detroit's COVID-19 testing appointments, bumped up the number of employees staffing the call center from 42 to 76 since Monday… → Read More
Detroit seeing more COVID-19 cases in businesses, restaurants, schools
Detroit's COVID-19 positivity rate continues to sit significantly below its neighboring counties, but cases are still ticking up as the health department urges residents and businesses not to get too relaxed. The city is seeing around 70 new cases per day, up from a seven-day rolling average of 24… → Read More
Detroit election update: Clerk expects turnout to match or surpass 2008
Detroit election officials expect Detroit's fall 2020 voter turnout to either meet or surpass that of 2008, among the city's highest in at least two decades. City Clerk Janice Winfrey said she anticipated 53 percent to 55 percent total turnout this election, a substantial rise from the 50 percent… → Read More
Detroit's COVID-19 test site to shift from state fairgrounds to rec center
As winter and a proposed Amazon development loom, the city of Detroit will be picking up its large-scale COVID-19 testing site at the former Michigan State Fairgrounds and moving it to a Virginia Park neighborhood recreation center. The Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center at 8431 Rosa Parks… → Read More
Construction starts on $30 million skilled trades center in Detroit
The state's biggest skilled trades union began construction last month on a $30 million center on Detroit's west side. The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, alongside contractor partners, announced the project in March 2019, set for on 7 acres at the former Tappan School near… → Read More
Delayed second FCA plant application round for Detroiters to open July 6
FCA US LLC's second Detroiter recruitment round for jobs at the east-side plants it's expanding for $2.5 billion got delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The application window will now open July 6, first for Detroit residents in ZIP codes around the plants. The date was originally set for… → Read More
Asbestos removal company barred from doing business with city of Detroit
Asbestos removal company Environmental Specialty Services Inc. is banned from doing business with the city of Detroit for 20 years following an investigation into bribery in Detroit's home demolition program. Detroit's Office of Inspector General announced the decision Thursday. The debarment comes… → Read More
Detroit to get rapid coronavirus testing devices for first responders, bus drivers
Detroit will be among the first cities to use nearly instant coronavirus testing kits from medical device maker Abbott Laboratories, according to Mayor Mike Duggan.The testing in Detroit will be used first for first responders and bus drivers, Duggan said, with a goal of running 250 tests a day… → Read More
Detroit to use state funds to help restore shut-off water during coronavirus outbreak
As a preventive measure during the spreading coronavirus outbreak, the city of Detroit and state are helping turn water back on temporarily for Detroit residents whose utilities have been shut off.As of Monday afternoon, there are no reports of anyone in Michigan testing positive for the COVID-19… → Read More
Design revealed for Gordie Howe bridge pedestrian spans over I-75
As part of the Gordie Howe International Bridge construction, five arched pedestrian bridges will be built over the span's interchange with I-75 in Detroit.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Department of Transportation plan to announce the walkways' designs Thursday afternoon, following… → Read More
Ann Arbor-based Ripple Science nabs national VC interest in $2.5 million round
An Ann Arbor-based maker of HIPAA-compliant clinical research software has raised $2.5 million through equity financing, with more than 80 percent coming from funds outside Michigan. Ripple Science Corp.'s funding round was led by Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital, according to President and CEO… → Read More
Panel: Michigan should bring back movie industry incentives, but 'recreate the wheel'
A key proponent of Michigan's now-defunct movie tax incentives program intends to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Monday morning in a bid to renew state public policy luring the film industry.Former Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville moderated a Detroit Homecoming panel Friday morning on public… → Read More
Panel: Michigan should bring back movie industry incentives, but 're-create the wheel'
A key proponent of Michigan's now-defunct movie tax incentives program intends to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Monday morning in a bid to renew state public policy luring the film industry.Former Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville moderated a Detroit Homecoming panel Friday morning on public… → Read More
Eastern Market Brewing Co. to buy Axle Brewing, take over Ferndale taproom
Fast-growing Eastern Market Brewing Co. will buy Axle Brewing Co., the brewery and taproom in Ferndale that closed in June after two years.The elephant-themed microbrewery plans open a second operation outside Detroit, even as it plans to expand its home operations in the Eastern Market food… → Read More
Greektown steers toward reinvention with master planning vision
Greektown, the entertainment-heavy downtown Detroit district with no residents and plenty of parking or vacant lots, is steering toward a reinvention.The Greektown Neighborhood Partnership plans Wednesday to reveal its 256-page, privately funded answer to the strategic neighborhood framework plans… → Read More
Duggan unveils $250 million bond plan to rid Detroit of blight in 5 years
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wants voters to approve a $250 million bond proposal that could trim the city's residential blight removal timeline by eight years. The mayor submitted a plan to Detroit City Council for approval that would put the bond issue on the March 2020 presidential primary ballot,… → Read More
Union Joints revives Birmingham bus garage restaurant plan
Restaurant group Union Joints is reigniting its plan to remake an old bus garage in Birmingham's Rail District. Lincoln Yard is another new-American restaurant concept from the Clarkston-based group known for opening eateries in unique locations such as a car repair shop and church. It's their… → Read More