Daily Detroit

Happy Friday! Made it to the weekend. Devon O'Reilly hops in as he does every Friday.

01:20 - Fall is basically here. Are cider mills overrated?

06:48 - Detroit booster and billionaire Dan Gilbert hosted an hour-long radio show this week. How important is his visibility as far as Detroit? Leadership and vision matters.

11:39 - We go through some high points of your feedback about our Downtown Detroit survey episode. Interesting thoughts about affordability and more.

19:27 - Changes to Washington Blvd in downtown Detroit are happening as we speak. It's one of many iterations of the stretch that hasn't been able to find its footing in the past. Might these help?

23:52 - Are you doing things in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck? Get a grant. Devon helps head up a program called Neighborhub that's accepting applications. https://www.detroitchamber.com/neighborhub/

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We are near the three week mark of the UAW strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis - a strike that's gotten international attention as part of a larger labor movement in America.

So where are we with things? How is this all impacting - or will impact as it goes on - the Detroit region?

What about electric vehicles? Where do we stand?

Just how important are the automakers and workers to the local economy, and suppliers, too?

There are a lot of questions and to shine some headlights on the road ahead, a conversation with John McElroy. He's a well-sourced, experienced industry expert who you can find on Autoline.TV.

I felt like I learned a ton in this one. I hope you do, too.

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• Norris makes the point about backing up your words with actions about moving to the city or investing in it if you have strong opinions about it or want the benefits as a listener wonders about library cards for non-residents
• We talk about rising QLINE ridership and why that's a good thing, and the surprising statistics as part of it
• Plus, HOV lanes look like they're coming to I-75 in Southern Oakland County. Good, bad, indifferent?
• And the worst freeways in Metro Detroit. We definitely differ on this one.

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Producer Shianne is in the studio.

01:46 - Shianne highlights why Jer had no idea about Lululemon having pants for him. It's because for a long time they didn't make anything larger than a size 12.

04:30 - There's a new Rocco's pizza in Oak Park. Shianne tried it, has a review. Plus, Detroit Style is a thing, and Little Caesars/Domino's is NOT that.

09:49 - Funny Girl is in town at the Fisher Building

13:05 - A new MJR IMAX theatre is opening up in Southgate. We talk seating, quality, all of it. Are you for the three claps?

15:56 - Rochester Hills is getting a new location of Breadless this week, October 5. Their first location is on the Dennis Archer Sr. Greenway on the eastside of Detroit. They're working to build a national chain based out of Metro Detroit.

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Mondays mean Fletcher Sharpe, and today's episode is all sports because, well, Miguel Cabrera retiring is a big story.

00:28 - Miguel Cabrera is forever a Tiger, and him going to the front office keeps him family

06:39 - The Lions win at Lambeau and show up big in blue. We discuss a schedule that now looks like we might get 12 wins, if the winds blow right. Plus, Jameson Williams may come back sooner.

15:02 - Athough there's a chance at the playoffs, the end of the season can't come soon enough for a Detroit City FC club that seems to have lost its spirit with a pair of bad losses where their biggest stength - their defense - completely fell apart. It's time with a new coach for next year for a rebuild to match the competitive level of the USL Championship.

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It is National Coffee Day - so we put the call out for your favorite coffeeshops - and Jer and Devon talk about them!

Including one in Ferndale that was far and away favorite over the others from the responses.

Take a listen and discover some places others love you might not have been to try out.

Also in an edition of "where we've been," we talk about a Chicago restaurant - Siena Tavern - where the celebrity chef behind it is opening up another similar concept in the old Calexico space in Detroit.

Plus, a funk themed coffeeshop I visited that's just another example of how our culture spreads everywhere.

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Friend of the podcast Robin Runyan from Urbanize Detroit joins us to talk all things development - and a little Miguel Cabrera.

02:40 - The building with a collapsed wall at Russell and Winder will be saved, and the businesses will be able to get their stuff out - which is huge and may save some of them.

04:20 - East Warren has a series of developments happening. We discuss a lot of what's going on: https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/looking-ahead-new-businesses-and-development-east-warren

07:32 - We discuss The Perennial - apartments and townhouses on the higher end of the rental options in Detroit. Are you up for a townhouse north of $7,000 a month? If you're moving into these, we'd love to hear from you because many listeners can not figure out who is. One problem is that it costs the same to build in Boston as it does in Detroit, but people can pay a lot higher rents in Boston.. https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/inside-corktowns-newest-apartments

13:36 - The old St. Patrick's church in Midtown was demolished by the Archdiocese. We talk about the missed opportunities to creatively reuse spaces like this. https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/historic-midtown-church-was-just-demolished

18:10 - We talk about steps forward on the $3 billion MSU/Henry Ford Health/Wayne State University development in New Center https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/massive-3b-development-new-center-takes-another-step-forward

21:39 - The Henry Street gets a loan from the state https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/henry-street-development-district-detroit-nabs-65m-state-loan

23:44 - Is the University of Michigan Center of Innovation going to actually happen? Confidence is dropping as the time ticks away and the university hasn't approved the development and there's $100m in state funding in the balance. Will this vaunted project quietly vanish off the board?

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Jer and Norris are back from Chicago - Jer talks about trying Jollibee for the first time, and Norris saw the final international match of Megan Rapinoe.

Then we bring it back home, talking about the raid of a psychedelic church on Detroit's west side. Turns out local decriminalization doesn't mean the right to sell or distribute magic mushrooms.

And finally, Motor City Brew Works closed their Avenue of Fashion / Livernois location after a short run.

Jer remembers being at the opening. We talk about a number of factors that may have hurt this project from the start, and the difference between what might work on Livernois between 7 and 8 Mile and Midtown, Detroit.

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First, Jeanette Pierce joins me for a conversation around the City Institute. Known as a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge in the city of Detroit, Jeanette and the City Institute are helping communities everywhere share what's special about them. We also get into talent attraction and retention challenges - that some of the things we've been talking about for years are in the conversation now.

The City Institute: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Then, Vittoria Katanski of Connect 313 joins me to talk about the upcoming Detroit Digital Inclusion Week starting October 2. Internet adoption is up in the city of Detroit - which is great.

But it's not just connections, it's education that'll help people use that technology to change their lives.

Connect 313: https://connect313.org/

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Busy show. Show notes to come.

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