Daily Detroit

Today:

01:02 Vaccines are now available to people who work with food and beverage, including employees at restaurants, grocery stories, meatpacking facilities, and more. Janitors and security guards are all also eligible.

02:25 Reports are swirling that the Suburban Collection, a large auto dealer group, will be bought by a publicly traded company.

03:40 The historic Birmingham 8 has been bought by Emagine.

04:40 Previous guest of the podcast Mama Shu in Highland Park's Avalon Village has suffered a terrible loss. Help support their work: https://gofund.me/68c41eb2

06:26 Fletcher Sharpe breaks down the Matthew Stafford trade to the LA Rams, what the Lions got back include Jared Goff (Goffsling?) and more.

16:09 Then we get into Detroit City FC offseason happenings.

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There was a lot of news last week around GameStop, Reddit, Robinhood, hedge funds and more.

But what should people actually do about it? To get some ideas and a reset on what's actually happening, Matthew X. Roling - Professor X of Personal Finance - joins me on the show.

His channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK2P--Ph7HbCaBKZMychKQ

Benzinga video talking about what actually happened: https://youtu.be/4RS4JIEVyXM

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On today's show:

00:25 Detroit's Condo market is oversaturated. We discuss why and the fundamental problem with new construction that's going to make this a hard problem to fix, plus, "Bananapants" rents. Excellent piece with background information on Crain's: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/nearly-years-worth-supply-sale-downtown-detroits-condo-market-oversaturated

06:33 The city of Detroit is tripling the number of daily vaccinations. Good news.

07:26 We quickly discuss the content of the State of the State address on Wednesday night.

09:53 The St. Patrick's Day Parade and race have been cancelled due to the pandemic.

12:04 Huntington Bank branches are closing as part of the merger with TCF - and a lot of them in Meijer branches.

13:33 Saucy Brew Works is coming to City Modern in Brush Park. The Columbus beer & coffee outfit will be taking a corner spot.

15:09 By listener demand, we talk about the new "Chipotlanes" coming to the Chipotle at the GP/Detroit border on Mack

16:19 Portillos has an opening date in Sterling Heights

Today's show is in two parts:

01:08 - Southwest Detroit is lighting up with new Luminarias, providing a beautiful option for dining not only during the pandemic but also afterward. It took a lot of coordination to make it happen. The Southwest Detroit Business Association's Jennifer Gomez joins me. More: https://southwestdetroit.com/

10:53 - Women Veterans are a group that needs support in Detroit, and there's a way to help them and get some breakfast in the process this Saturday. Erica Owens is my guest. Be sure to grab your breakfast bowl Saturday, or get one for someone else: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bowls-on-the-fly-benefit-for-brave-women-veterans-tickets-135959148473

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On today's show, we cover a few things to know around town.

00:34 There's a pandemic update, including vaccination rates in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

01:33 A number of well-known Detroit restaurants were cited for allowing indoor dining by the city.

02:00 238 Black Lives Matter protestors had their charges dropped, but the Detroit City Council also authorized $200,000 to fund lawyers for a countersuit against Detroit Will Breathe, who organized the protests.

02:49 There's a new candidate in the race for mayor of Detroit, Anthony Adams. For voter information purposes, here is his campaign website: https://anthonyadamsformayor.com/

03:48 Remember Melissa Carone? She made national news by testifying next to Rudy Giuliani sharing baseless accusations of mass election fraud in the city of Detroit. Well, she announced she's running for the Michigan State House in 2022 in the 46th district as a Republican. That's in northern Oakland County. However, as a note - districts are being redrawn by a non-partisan commission and we'll know who is in what districts in November.

05:28 Our feature conversation is with Brian Allnutt of Planet Detroit. It's around this great article, "Detroit's midnight sun: How Canadian greenhouses could endanger Detroit River migratory birds." Read more: https://planetdetroit.org/2021/01/detroits-southern-lights-how-canadian-greenhouses-could-endanger-detroit-river-migratory-birds/

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Thanks for listening!

Fletcher Sharpe is in today and we talk:

00:30 University of Michigan sports are postponed for two weeks due to the new Coronavirus variant and new cases

03:43 High school parents and students frustrated that they can not play close contact sports

11:03 Fletcher's take on the Lion's new head coach Dan Campbell

14:41 Matthew Stafford's time with the Lions is over. So where next? And what next?

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On today's show:

00:19 Indoor dining can resume at 25% capacity starting February 1, along with some other things. What are the details? And is it enough to keep restaurants going?

07:49 Detroit property values are rising, with more than a billion dollars in new residential value being created in the last couple years. And it's in almost all of Detroit's neighborhoods.

12:11 The Detroit Lions have a new coach with a press conference that got the attention of fans.

13:38 Dilla's Delights closes. More from the friends of pod at Eater: https://detroit.eater.com/2021/1/14/22230971/dillas-delights-closed-downtown-detroit-doughnut-shop-j-dilla-uncle-herm

15:33 Coffee Down Under opens in downtown Detroit. We check in with the owner of the Australian-inspired espresso joint and get a first look at the space.

19:02 One Eyed Betty's is closing for renovations, but they may have fumbled the announcement. What's in store for the Ferndale eatery?

20:25 Old City Hall park in Dearborn is opening up to residents for comments on improvements. We get some history on one of Metro Detroit's older, more notable buildings.

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Today's show is in two parts:

00:25 First, Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Mayor of Detroit, will be a free man due to a presidential commutation. We'll get into the difference between a pardon and a commutation and why that really matters. Plus, a bit of Detroit history you might not have known.

03:07 Second, Diane Cross from MDOT joins us to break down the upcoming road projects in 2021. This includes work on I-94 and the intersection of Telegraph and 8 Mile, installing a somewhat new thing in Metro Detroit: A double diverging interchange.

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