It’s been over a year since Detroit set attendance records for the NFL Draft, and as part of that major event, several organizations launched a variety of youth programs in the city. Pat Sharrow, director of Project Play, checks in with Opportunity Detroit to share how his effort to help Detroit’s kids is going.

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 27, 2025

April 27, 2025 ~ Detroit’s Campus Martius Park was named the top public square in America for the third consecutive year in the USA Today's 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, David Cowan, chief public spaces officer with the DDP, and Aaron Velthoven, Detroit Free Press Marathon executive director, talk about what makes Campus Martius stand out.

April 28, 2025 ~ Red Arrow Lofts is the final phase of the larger Perennial Corktown development, a full adaptive reuse of the iconic Red Arrow Soda Factory—a late-19th-century structure once home to the bottling of Orange Crush and other local favorites—into 28 modern loft apartments. Seth Herkowitz, partner and COO of Hunter Pasteur, the developers of Perennial Corktown, joins the show to discuss the project.

April 27, 2025 ~ There’s a great new restaurant in town called Vecin, which was named “2025 Restaurant of the Year” by the Detroit Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers. Vecino is a Mexico City-inspired restaurant in Midtown that opened one year ago and has quickly gained recognition for its unique menu. Co-owners Adriana Jimenez and Luke Wietrzynski join the show to talk about their restaurant.

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 20, 2025

April 20, 2025 ~ MiSide Community Impact Network recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Campbell Street Apartments, a new $18 million affordable housing development in Southwest Detroit’s East Chadsey-Condon neighborhood. MI Side CEO Sean de Four joins the show to talk about this.

April 20, 2025 ~ Loyola High School recently expanded its campus, the first all-new Catholic place of worship in the city of Detroit in over 60 years. An all-new Welcome Center and Student Courtyard is also part of the campus expansion, and Loyola High School President Deborale Richardson Phillips joins the show to talk about it.

April 20, 2025 ~ MyFlight Tours, a Michigan helicopter tour company, is breaking ground on its new 12,000+ square foot facility at the Coleman A Young International Airport. This marks the first commercial construction project at the airport in over 60 years! Cassandra Troiani, owner of MyFlight Tours, joins the show to discuss the project.

April 13, 2025 ~ Recently, community leaders in Detroit gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar streetscape project in Greektown. Athina Papas, board chair and president of the Greektown Neighborhood Partnership, joins the show to talk about this project.