Daily Detroit

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for February 23, 2018.

The show today was hosted by Jer Staes and Nuri Gocay.

Your headlines:

• There are major Shakeups at Ford Motor Company - and a shift at Shinola.
• Stroh's is going to have a new Detroit-brewed beer.
• Detroit automakers take best in class in select categories
• Lumen Detroit is a step closer to opening
• A new cafe is opening in Corktown in the spring called "Folk"
• Detroit's only campground in the city is reopening
• Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm selects Detroit for a grant to help deal with Detroit's problems

Our feature interview is with David DeMuth. He's the CEO of one of Metro Detroit's oldest ad agencies, Doner… on what's happening in the ad business and why they're opening an office in downtown Detroit.

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The Detroit Regional Chamber:

The Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Policy Conference returns on Thursday, March 1 at MotorCity Casino Hotel and will focus on creating a culture of civility in Detroit. More than 60 speakers will take the stage, including: Wes Moore, Mark Wallace, Debbie Dingell, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson. Learn more about the Conference and see the full agenda at http://www.detroitchamber.com/dpc

And thanks to Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for February 21, 2018!

Here's our show:

• Water restrictions due to flooding
• Local restaurants and chefs get prestigious James Beard nominations
• Media legend Cliff Russell dies
• Pinball fundraiser for Architectural Salvage Warehouse in Detroit
• Piet Oudolf Belle Isle Garden update
• Metro Detroit has some of the most stable housing markets in the nation
• The Grand Hotel gets a big award

Our feature report is by Shianne Nocerini, who spent a day with a Salvation Army Bed & Bread Truck to see how they feed as many as 4,000 people a day on the streets of Detroit.

Don't forget to the Daily Detroit Drinks event! More here: https://www.facebook.com/events/427598584342804/

Thanks to our sponsors:

MILO Digital: From strategization to execution, the digital marketing experts at MILO Digital ensure that your brand is a step ahead of the rest. Learn more http://www.milodetroit.com

The Detroit Regional Chamber:

The Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Policy Conference returns on Thursday, March 1 at MotorCity Casino Hotel and will focus on creating a culture of civility in Detroit. More than 60 speakers will take the stage, including: Wes Moore, Mark Wallace, Debbie Dingell, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson. Learn more about the Conference and see the full agenda at http://www.detroitchamber.com/dpc

And thanks to Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for February 15, 2018!

Here are your stories:

• Nearly 350,000 people in Michigan have had their Driver's Licenses suspended and the Driver Responsibility Fees will be erased.
• The Detroit Zoo is going to build a new Great Lakes Nature Center in Macomb County
• Federal funding for keeping the Great Lakes clean is in danger
• A Ferndale Comic Book shop is closing
• The Former DPD Headquarters designed by Albert Kahn may see new life
• Detroit's a happy place to work
• Rally's/Checkers is looking to expand in Metro Detroit
• There will be a new shopping district by Little Caesars Arena

Our feature interview is with Eric Larson of the Downtown Detroit Partnership on the future of downtown Detroit, what will happen to Joe Louis Arena, increasing rental rates in Detroit and decreasing property crime rates.

Thanks to our show sponsors:

MILO Digital -

From strategization to execution, the digital marketing experts at MILO Digital ensure that your brand is a step ahead of the rest. http://www.milodetroit.com

The Detroit Regional Chamber -

In today's polarized environment, is it possible to instill civility in Detroit as a necessity in all that we do, and not simply a response in times of crisis?

The Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Policy Conference returns on Thursday, March 1 at MotorCity Casino Hotel and will focus on creating a culture of civility in Detroit. More than 60 speakers will take the stage, including: Wes Moore, Mark Wallace, Debbie Dingell, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson. Programming will take a deeper look at examples of people coming together in a civil way for a larger purpose including the Amazon HQ2 bid, the Detroit '67 project and city's popular arts and cultural community. The Conference will also examine the role traditional and social media play in driving incivility.

Learn more about the Conference and see the full agenda at http://www.detroitchamber.com/dpc

And of course, as always, thanks to Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

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As we've reported on Daily Detroit there's a lot of controversy around an ordinance banning Airbnb and how it came to be.

Since the news was made public, leaders have been playing a game of hot potato saying it wasn't them - but, we there's more to the story.

We dove into the topic and included audio of a council meeting that showed that city council members clearly knew what was going to be included in the ordinance that was passed in November of 2017 but took effect this month.

This is a special pod where we don't do headlines and just focus on one topic.

Thanks to our network, Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

Here's what we're covering today on your Daily Detroit News Byte.

• Prison food will no longer be privatized in the state of Michigan
• MoGo, Detroit's bike share, gets some love.
• General Motors employees getting large bonus
• What are the Pistons worth? More than a billion dollars.
• Paczki Run!
• Emagine adds games before the movie
• Berkley is looking for a new city councilmember
• Wahlburger's Impossible Burger hits Detroit

Feature Interview: Nigel Barker, Photographer, Personality, Michigan Lover (Twitter)

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Here's what happening on your Daily Detroit News Byte for February 1, 2018.

• Greektown goes Project Greenlight
• Comcast takes over cable & internet services in Highland Park
• The Belle Isle Grand Prix might not come back to the island
• A new high-rise near Comerica Park may be in the works
• The TV show Martin, set in Detroit, may have a reboot after 20 years
• GDYT is putting young people to work in Detroit this summer - http://www.gdyt.org
• Feature interview: Dave Lingholm from DTE Energy talks about metro Detroiters down in Puerto Rico working to restore power to the American island. We talk to him from Puerto Rico.

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This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Saturday, January 27th.

Here areyour stories:

• MSU is continuing to fall deeper into scandal
• The Detroit Tigers have switched up their jersey look
• Comerica Park is going to stay Comerica Park
• $500,000 Condos coming to New Center
• The Leland Hotel is getting a renovation
• Detroit neighborhood business Pop'N'Smoked BBQ is expanding

And for your feature interview, we talk to Karen Mejia of the Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) about what they're up to along this important stretch of Metro Detroit roadway. More on them here: https://www.woodwardavenue.org/

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Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018!

On the show:

• Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city
• 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex'N'Gate
• Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James Beard chef
• Burns Night celebrating all things Scottish is happening at Urbanrest Brewery with Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery: https://www.facebook.com/events/838131263040408/
• Don't forget to check out the HEARD podcast as well: http://heardpodcast.com/

Thanks to Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

Here's your Daily Detroit News Byte for Friday, January 19.

On the docket today:

• The State of Michigan is on the verge of changing public school funding to benefit charters
• Detroit didn't get Amazon HQ2 (We have a full episode on the topic over on the Daily Detroit Happy Hour): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-detroit-happy-hour/id1168444594?mt=2
• The city of Royal Oak is looking at their own bus system: http://www.dailydetroit.com/2018/01/18/survey-royal-oak-will-gauge-interest-city-operated-buses/
• Belle Isle State Park has a draft improvement plan
• Have you been hunting for meteors? Cranbrook has an event for you: https://science.cranbrook.edu/
• The Kresge Foundation is providing money for projects in Detroit's neighborhoods
• A conversation behind the efforts to attract mobility companies with Devon O'Reilly of the Detroit Regional Chamber

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Here's what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit.

Our rundown today:

• A new development called the City Club Apartments - CBD Detroit broke ground at the former site of the Statler Hotel
• 1,000 Properties are coming up for development in Highland Park - could it be the next hotpsot?
• TopGolf is coming to Auburn Hills and it could attract 450,000 visitors a year
• Eastern Market could be getting a neat windmill / wind turbine project - https://www.patronicity.com/project/can_art_wind_turbine_project#!/
• Area 7-Eleven stores were raided by ICE officials
• The Motown Museum gets a big donation
• The city of Detroit is hiring more people to work with small businesses in the city

Our feature interview is with Godwin Ihentuge, proprietor of Yum Village as well as a food truck and host of a new podcast, The Refrigerator Diaries.

http://www.yumvillage.com/

Refrigerator Diaries: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/sets/refrigerated-diaries