A decade ago in Detroit, a million-dollar residential real estate listing would have had an agent laughed out of town.

By providing resources to small and micro businesses, mixed-used properties, affordable housing, workforce development, and ...

On a grey morning in early August, a handful of people gather on the cement patio outside of the Capuchin Services Center in Detroit’s Gratiot Town-Kettering neighborhood. Inside, several women are ...

New bars and restaurants. Mixed-use developments. Small business incubators incubating small businesses. Work to revitalize a stretch of the West McNichols corridor began in earnest several years ago ...

Detroit's tree-lined streets were first imagined by the man who planned the streets themselves: Territorial Judge Augustus Woodward. Inspired by civil engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who planned ...

Along with food and water, housing is universally regarded as a basic need. But housing is not basic. In fact, in Detroit, a place which once built housing faster than any other major American city -- ...

We interviewed several Detroiters about what caused them to become homeless, the varying forms homelessness takes, and what services the city's unhoused need. This story is part of a series that ...

Delores Orr lives in Detroit's East Village neighborhood and is dedicated to improving her community. As the president of the Cadillac Boulevard Block Club, a board member with the East Village ...

In the early 1980s, Mayor Coleman A. Young and the city of Detroit conceded a whole neighborhood to General Motors. As GM threatened to end its manufacturing presence in the city by closing its ...

This story is part of a series exploring how parks serve as engines of exploration, education, play, and equity. It is made possible with support from Huron-Clinton Metroparks and the City of Detroit.

Have you made a summer pie yet? Been blueberry picking? This season is the perfect time to locate fruit trees and enjoy their bounty. With focused research on food access across the city, ...

This article is part of Inside Our Outdoors, a series about Southeast Michigan's connected parks, greenways, and trails and how they affect residents' quality of life. It is made possible with funding ...