The Force Behind a Renaissance
Midtown Detroit Inc, President Sue Mosey has been named Michigander of the Year From the Article:Sue Mosey, president of the nonprofit Midtown Detroit Inc., is a no-nonsense urban planner who shrugs off accolades and is quick to point to others who've helped bring life and buzz back to Midtown — an area encompassing Wayne State University that stretches from Orchestra Hall to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Still, it's hard to point to any developments within those coordinates that don't have Mosey's fingerprints on them. Read the full Detroit News article here
Reviving Detroit From The Ground Up
CNN discusses the impact of the efforts of the Hudson-Webber Foundation on Midtown From the article:If Detroit businesses could step up to provide quality goods and services at the right price -- this is a business play, not charity -- then even small upward ticks would represent enormous amounts of investment and, in turn, jobs. Midtown Detroit Inc. organized vendor fairs to introduce local businesses to the big institutions and made sure local businesses got to see all the requests for proposals coming from the anchors. Read the full CNN article here
Retail Establishments Are Opening Up All Over The Neighborhood
Summer is apparently the time to go shopping in Midtown Detroit, if the new stores popping up all over the neighborhood are any indication. From the article:The area west of Woodward Avenue, also called the Cass Corridor, was probably better known a decade ago for its abundance of poets, working-class folks and streetwalkers. Since that time, it's become a home to residents from a more upscale income bracket, who will no doubt be overjoyed with the upcoming retail offerings -- especially if they are fitness freaks, dog lovers or need to stock up on quinoa. Read the full Huffington Post...
Colorful Murals on Whole Foods
Midtown Detroit Inc. funded the four murals that were installed last week on the east side of the soon-to-open Whole Foods. From the Article: More than 100 artists applied for the four large rectangles of space on the east wall of the highly anticipated Whole Foods store opening near Mack and Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit June 5. The four winning artists - Jerome Ferretti, Katherine Larson, Tylonn Sawyer and Mathew Sharum - got a space to create on the side of the 21,000-square-foot building and $8,500 from Midtown Detroit Inc., for their work. Read the full MLive article here.
Bringing Midtown Detroit Together to Bring It Back
MDI President Sue Mosey sat down with B4B Connect to talk about what’s happening in Midtown. From the article: “Mosey said there’s so much activity and interest from individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits in locating in Midtown that economic development organizations have had to work together more tightly than ever before. “You’ll see a coordination today like you’ve never seen in terms of how much activity back and forth there is between all of these organizations,” she said. “There is so much going on, there’s way too much for any one organization to tackle, and not all of...
Momentum Drives Midtown
Detroit 20/20 recently interviewed our very own Sue Mosey for their latest article about growth in Midtown. For the past 24 years Sue has been committed to revitilizing Detroit's cultural core and has been instrumental in many of the area's most notable success stories. You can check out the article and accompanying video interview at the Detroit 20/20 website. From the article: People—and businesses are coming. Two dozen businesses opened or expanded operations in Midtown in 2012— including the Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company.. Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe.. and Maccabees...
Whole Foods comes to Midtown Detroit
Whole Foods has been working diligently since its groundbreaking in Midtown last year and is on track to open its doors on June 5th. The organic grocery store's new Mack Avenue location will be over 20,000 square feet, employ approximately 75 people and has promised to make an effort to include local goods on its shelves. Be sure to check out Midtown's newest addition when it opens this summer. Click here for more information.
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities
In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the University of Michigan Detroit Center will host a series of inspiring and educational events beginning at 10 a.m., Monday, January 21 with free admission and parking to all attendees. The event kicks off with a simulcast of the 25th Annual Martin Luther King Day Symposium keynote address, live from Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor will take place from 10 – 11:30 a.m. This keynote features Morris Dees, a co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Founded 1971, the SPLC has dedicated more than 40 years to...
MLK Day of Service in the North End
DETROIT, MI - The AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project announces its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Event. On January 21st, 2013 community residents, AmeriCorps volunteers, Wayne State University, students and faculty from The International Academy for Girls and local service organizations will be partnering to create safer routes to school for students and help remediate blight in the North End neighborhood surrounding the International Academy for Girls. The MLK Day 2013 North End Neighborhood Service Project will be boarding up and cleaning the lots at 13 open and vacant...
Midtown's Boom Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
Detroit — Midtown's revival continues to gain steam with new retailers sprouting up to cater to the growing number of creative and health-conscious residents moving into the neighborhood. Lifestyle boutiques and fitness shops have opened across Midtown in past months — many of them on the first floors of newly built or refurbished residential units. They include: Hugh, a men's accessories and home décor store; Emerald, a clothing and gift boutique; Be Nice Yoga and the Yoga Shelter; and an upscale grocer, Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe. More stores are planned for early 2013 as entrepreneurs...