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- Detroit Rising: Detroit needs a convention hotel attached to TCF Center, Bedrock exec says
Andrew Leber, vice president of hospitality at Bedrock Detroit, says the city needs a new large-scale convention hotel attached to TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center). "It's one of the things that limits the ability of the city of Detroit to attract larger-scale convention business," Leber said in the Detroit Rising podcast. "And that business is hugely impactful to the economy." The executive in charge of Bedrock and billionaire Dan Gilbert's downtown hotel properties discussed the hotel and hospitality market in an interview with Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood.
16 min - Michael Lee on WJR: Clock ticks on Wilson foundation's $2B | Sterling Group seeks Joe Louis ArenaCrain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.9 min
- Chad Livengood on WDET: Switch seeks new tax break amid struggle over public support of K-12 schoolsCrain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood spoke with WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about his article on data center giant Switch Inc.'s request to the Legislature for additional tax breaks for its Grand Rapids-area data center and conflict it's creating with public school groups.37 min
- Chad Livengood on WJR: State pension funds drop money manager Ken Fisher after offensive remarksThe State of Michigan Retirement Fund's pension account, worth more than $70 billion, ended its relationship with the investment firm of Ken Fisher in the latest backlash to offensive remarks the billionaire made last week at an investment conference. Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked about the state Treasury Department's move Monday in an interview with Kevin Dietz on WJR 760 AM.7 min
- Mary Kramer on WJR: Credit union takes high-risk canna-business | Schmoozing app backed by GilbertCrain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Kevin Deitz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.9 min
- Detroit Rising: Detroit's broadband haves and have nots
At the Detroit Digital Inclusion Summit event on Oct. 7 in TechTown, Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked with four IT professionals about Detroit's digital divide between the greater downtown and the city's neighborhoods. The guests on this episode of Detroit Rising include:
Joshua Edmonds, director of digital inclusion for the City of Detroit
Katrina Turnbow, Google Digital Coach and founder and CEO of Kanopi Social consulting agency
Samantha Schartman-Cycyk, founder and CEO of Connected Insights
Karlos Harris, co-founder of the Detroit School of Digital Technology
34 min - Michael Lee on WJR: Municipalities mull over marijuanaCrain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Kevin Dietz on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories.9 min
- Detroit Rising: Stephanie Byrd on how her Midtown restaurant's rebranding helped it thrive
Stephanie Byrd, co-owner of The Block restaurant in Midtown, talked with Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood about how her family-owned restaurant has thrived since it rebranded. She talks about coming back to Detroit to join her father's restaurant and hospitality. "I didn't expect to make it this far," shes said.
18 min - Chad Livengood on WJR: Whitmer seeks leverage with GOP with budget vetoesCrain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talks with WJR's Guy Gordon about the $947 million in line-item vetoes that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made to a $60 billion state budget in a budgetary standoff with the Republican-controlled Legislature.9 min
- Sherri Welch on WDET: Paving magnate Bob Thompson commits $200M toward college scholarshipsAfter investing more than $100 million in schools in Detroit, Michigan paving magnate Bob Thompson and his wife, Ellen, are prepared to invest $200 million more — this time for scholarships, not buildings. Crain's Senior Reporter Sherri Welch talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET about the scholarship program Thompson is creating for graduates of the University Prep charter schools he founded.15 min
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