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This is your Daily Detroit for Thursday, June 19th, 2018.

The Detroit Police Department has its first new patrol boat since 1986, and it's named after fallen Detroit officer Kenneth "Shark" Steil.

A vacant Detroit elementary school in the Old Redford neighborhood will become 32 affordable units for seniors and a new park.

Who knew - Hazel Park is now seen as Oakland County's new real estate hot spot.

Speaking of hot real-estate markets … Ferndale has been a particular focus for new development, with several large housing developments currently under construction. Now a proposed mixed-use development is causing a stir among local residents. Sven went down to the Ferndale Planning Commission meeting last night to see what it's all about.

If publicly visible graffiti or outdoor art is used in a commercial, can the street artist sue?

The New York Times reports that a Swiss outdoor artist whose work adorns an elevator shaft in the Z Garage in downtown Detroit is suing General Motors for the use of his work in an ad.

Love street bands? This weekend Crash Detroit will return for its 5th year.

The three-day street festival brings brass bands from around the country to Detroit.

And, Fletcher Sharpe joins us to talk Soccer as well as Jeremy Ross to talk about the Michigan Glass Festival this weekend.

On the show recorded on July 18, 2018: It's the fifth anniversary of the city of Detroit declaring bankruptcy, so we have a special episode. Nathan Bomey, author of "Detroit Resurrected," a book on Detroit's bankruptcy, reflects on the events five years later and looks to the future.

Lisa Ludwinski from Sister Pie joins us to talk about her new book and her West Village store that's beloved all over the country.

And in news, the building that houses Busy Bee in Eastern Market will see a new chapter. John Beilein gets a new contract from the University of Michigan. Cantina Diablos is changing concepts in Royal Oak, and Open Streets Detroit is in Rouge Park in Detroit this weekend.

Blame it on the bollards: We've got bikes on the brain here today at Daily Detroit. A quick weekend trip to Columbus, Ohio, plus this feature in the Los Angeles Times about what LeBron James' new bike commute might be like, also make us realize that we have it better than many other cities. Detroit's bicycling infrastructure, nearly non-existent just a decade ago, is now legitimately something to brag about, with new protected bike lanes popping up on East Jefferson and Cass Avenue, more greenways planned and the MoGo bike share program in expansion mode. On today's Daily Detroit News Byte podcast, we talk more about that expansion with Lisa Nuszkowski, MoGo's founder and executive director, and Justin Lyons, Ferndale's planning director. As we reported last week, MoGo plans to expand in Detroit and five inner-ring suburbs. And we can now confirm that the Livernois "Avenue of Fashion" is the next Detroit neighborhood to get bike sharing. Starting next spring, MoGo will add 30 new stations and about 150 bikes to the Avenue of Fashion and the suburbs of Berkley, Ferndale, Huntington Woods, Oak Park and Royal Oak. We also have an interview on the show with Thomas Leeper. He's the creative force behind the website, Every Linear Mile and he's literally chronicling every mile of street in the city of Detroit from two wheels. Here's what else is on the show:

• Detroit City Council member Gabe Leland faces a new extortion lawsuit
• A new financial tech incubator and coworking space comes to Detroit
• Ford's Corktown campus will get a pair of parking decks
• Detroit City FC's new Fieldhouse gets an opening date
• And Ferndale's OM Cafe is closing

In today's show recorded on July 16, 2018, we discuss:

• Ford Field's future retractable roof?
• The future of the Belle Isle Grand Prix
• Detroit misses out on hosting the NCAA Final Four
• The Gordie Howe International Bridge groundbreaking
• Detroit's skyrocketing housing prices
• The Detroit Institute of Bagel's bagels
• A new production by "Hamilton" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda comes to Detroit

And, we have Brad Touchette, the owner of the new Clutch and Throttle on to talk about his motorcycle accessory shop in the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood.

Today, we dive into the new Cass-Henry Historic District, and what it means for two Ilitch-owned buildings threatened with demolition, with Eric Kehoe of Preservation Detroit; MoGo will expand bike sharing to five suburbs and more Detroit neighborhoods; Red Bull Arts Detroit announces a new artists residency program for 2019; and Amazon is hiring 1,500 full-timers for its Romulus fulfillment center.

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This is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on July 10, 2018.

- Right under the deadline for finishing the show, we got word that the Detroit City Council has unanimously voted for a new Cass-Henry Historic District.

- The Detroit auto show is moving dates, and now we have a good idea as to when. Multiple media reports say that the show will move from January to June in 2020.

- Detroit's historic Bonstelle Theatre on Woodward Avenue is being decommissioned.

- It used to be that Detroit and Michigan were places where black families made progress on home ownership compared to the rest of the country. That's no longer the case.

- Jim Brandstatter's 31-year run as color commentator for the Detroit Lions comes to an end.

- The popular Campus Martius Beach is getting a makeover.

- We now have the exact dates the PGA Tour is coming to the city of Detroit in 2019.

- What is the largest single event in Michigan?

- Good news for eastsiders, as DISH - a popular grab and go Mack Avenue spot among Detroiters, Grosse Pointers and all points east — will be reopening following the death of co-owner Paul Sulek.

- MGM Grand Detroit ditches straws

- And we have a conversation with Vittoria Katanski and Ashley Hennen of Hatch Detroit about the annual contest that has helped jumpstart some of the notable local names in Detroit's retail scene.

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And we're back from the summer holiday week... and right into a rumble among Royal Oak restaurants in regard to parking and the future of the city. We also dive into some recent closings (Fist of Curry) and openings (Detroit Shipping Company).

Also, should rangers at Michigan State Parks carry guns? In other state park news - specifically Belle Isle - The Grand Prix is going to present their proposal to bring the race back to the the island next year.

Olympia Development, residents and the city are tussling over the possibility of a historic district near the new Little Caesars Arena.

Detroit's beloved Better Made Chips is going to expand to many more states around the nation.

The city of Detroit says that more than 8,000 young people from age 14 to 24 will get six weeks of on-the job experiences and job training.

Woodward Avenue is getting national love on the new PBS series "10 Streets That Changed America."

And of course, Fletcher Sharpe joins us to talk Detroit City FC. His tip? You're going to want to see these international friendlies coming up in the next few weeks.

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This is your show for July 2nd, 2018.

Our feature guests:

Alan Mallach is the author of "The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America." He joins Sven to talk about Detroit's nascent and unequal comeback. Book link here: https://www.amazon.com/Divided-City-Poverty-Prosperity-America/dp/1610917812

Fletcher Sharpe also bring us his weekly wrap-up of Detroit City FC and he talks World Cup.

And our headlines:

Detroit's Lafayette Park neighborhood will be seeing yet another new development. The developer, Ginosko Development Company, is currently calling the project "Lafayette West." It'll bring 374 new residences to the city across 5.2 acres.

Michigan stands to lose more than $2.3 billion in economic activity if President Trump makes good on his threat to impose tariffs on imported automobiles. So says the reliably conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an analysis released Monday.

Now, when you buy a Detroit bus pass, you'll get a free 30-day MoGo bike share pass. The new deal between the city's department of transportation and the bike share system is good for weekly, bi-weekly or monthly DDOT bus passes.

Sears in Oakland Mall will be closing this year as part of yet another wave of cost-cutting amid the overall decline of retail as spending shifts online.

And, don't forget, the deadline to register to vote is approaching!

Wendell Brown, a Detroiter who went to King High School, loved football so much that he ended up going to China to teach the sport. Now he's in jail over a controversial incident. #FreeWendellBrown

Greg Migliore from Autoblog joins us to talk all things cars. President Trump's tariffs and their impact on the Detroit industry and why Greg thinks they're not a great idea. The North American International Auto Show will be moving to a warmer month - either the summer or fall, and have new outdoor events. Elon Musk takes shots at Ford, and there's a new Chevy Blazer.

Remember how we told you about a thousand musicians that would be coming to Belle Isle State Park to play "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes? Well, that's not going to be a thing anymore.

The Kresge Foundation will make $3 million in grants available over three years to early childhood centers across Detroit.

The city of Detroit will open six air-conditioned recreation centers on Saturday and Sunday.

That's your Daily Detroit News Byte for June 28, 2018.

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for June 27, 2018.

- Some say Detroit's comeback isn't making it into the neighborhoods. So we went to the Fitzgerald neighborhood in Detroit today to check on a new development happening that not only has historic houses, but urban gardens and community involvement.

- A funding proposal that aimed to be on the 2018 ballot for the Regional Transit Authority is officially dead.

- The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a big blow to public-sector labor unions on Wednesday.

- A couple of weeks ago we featured an interview on the News Byte about the Rethink Royal Oak project, which will in part result in the construction of a new city hall and police headquarters. Now there's news about the two-acre public park that will rise from the project.

- Two updates from the Detroit Institute of Arts, including a focus on Flint and a call for submissions for Dia de Muertos.

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