Jan 20, 2025 · Model D is an independent online magazine telling the story about the people who are changing Detroit. The magazine is published each Tuesday.

May 31, 2024 · On a four-block stretch of Stahelin Avenue in the middle of North Rosedale Park, residents and a community development nonprofit are doing battle with water that refuses to go away. Michael Randall, executive director of Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation, says water pools relentlessly on property along the street, making it difficult to put housing on vacant lots. The high cost of the ...

Nov 26, 2024 · When George A. Richards bought the Portsmouth Spartans and moved them to Detroit, he had big plans. He was convinced that he was the man to take the NFL to the big stage. But he was going to have to be creative. The good news for the league and for the team is that Richards had experience. Making a fortune in the auto industry, Richards then turned his sights to the radio business. He ...

Sep 22, 2024 · Price Range: $185,000 - $309,990 Square Footage: 900 - 2,002 sq.ft. Availability: 13-16 units Style: one- and two-bedrooms and bilevel. Association fees: $200 a month Taxes estimated at $300 a year. Contact: Dwight Belyue

Dec 19, 2024 · Reducing violent crime by 52 percent in one Detroit neighborhood is no small feat Resilient Neighborhoods Feature

Family members of the three teenagers slain in the Algiers Motel tragedy gathered in solemn remembrance on Woodward Avenue in Detroit’s Virginia Park neighborhood, at the site where the motel once stood. They witnessed what many called a “long-overdue honor”. Exactly 57 years after the brutal night that claimed the lives of Carl Cooper, Aubrey Pollard, and Fred Temple, a …

Oct 25, 2024 · Welcome to History Lesson, a new recurring feature in Model D led by local historian Jacob Jones, in which we delve deep into the annals of Detroit history and nerd out over a different topic each time. This month, we're talking elm trees. If you arrived in Detroit at the turn of the 20th century, you would have been surrounded by elm trees. They would have lined the road on your streetcar ...

Sep 23, 2024 · Leaders in the government, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors are coming together to make housing more attainable for all county residents.

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Nov 1, 2022 · These projects show how the development tools and resources the City of Detroit offers can help new business thrive and bring new vitality to local neighborhoods.