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Welcome to Montana. Image courtesy of auvet on Flickr.

Perceptions on Density: Is it too crowded in Big Sky Country?

January 17, 2012

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, News

Out west lies a massive state with a relatively low population - the big Sky State of Montana. With the population of Montana officially crossing over the 1 million person hurdle, you wouldn't think there would...

The Best GOP candidates on High Speed Rail are Newt Gingrich….and Ron Paul?

John Cruz

January 3, 2012

Culture, Featured, News

Later on this evening, Iowa republicans will start to caucus for their nomination for president on the republican ticket. An issue that has been avoided among the candidates thus far has been transportation, so...

Bus Rapid Transit is the new reality for Detroit

John Cruz

December 19, 2011

Featured, Maps, The Burbs, Transportation

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In the city of Detroit this holiday Season, the city council isn't taking a vacation. In the city of Lansing, the state of Michigan is reviewing the books for Detroit. When they are done, the city council ma...

Code Enforcement. Courtesy of the Toledo Blade.

Don’t Worry, The Code Officer Will Handle It From Here

David Mieksztyn

November 7, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Featured

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Code enforcement exists in Detroit, MI. No, really. But in case you ever wondered what they did (you know, to pass the time) the Detroit Works Project has an idea. Under Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit will enact a...

Night of the Living Burbs

John Cruz

October 29, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Featured, The Burbs

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When I was a kid, I grew up in a subdivision in Clinton Township, Michigan (a northern suburb of Detroit). Despite being part of the urban sprawl that is the greater metro United States, this neighborhood was a...

London Traffic Light. Photo courtesy of doug88888 on Flickr

The road to everywhere: 3 ways we can fight congestion in urban cores

John Cruz

October 15, 2011

Culture, Featured, Transportation

Since the automobile became king of the road in modern civilization, traffic congestion has been a problem in cities around the globe. 103 years after Ford's first Tin Lizzie found a parking spot, we still stru...

Church in Portland. Photo by cronncc on Flickr.

The Proximity of Actions

David Mieksztyn

October 11, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured

"He who stands unyielding and immovable upon a principle is often a fool, and often bigoted, and usually left standing alone with his principle while other men adjust their differences and go on." – Bendigo S...

What is Detroit?

David Mieksztyn

September 30, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Featured

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Gunshots ring throughout an eastside neighborhood killing 3 year old Aarie Berry. Local artist Philip Lauri of Detroit Lives!, with the help of Public Art Workz and Blight Busters, just finished a new mural on...

How does one rebuild “trust” in Detroit?

John Cruz

September 28, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, The Burbs

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Detroit is at a crossroads. We can take the opportunities we have been given and make something great, or we can continue to squabble away our future because we simply cannot get along with each other. The Detr...

What exactly IS the DEGC looking to do with the old Tiger Stadium site?

John Cruz

September 17, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development, Featured, Sustainability

It seems that the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation has rejected yet another proposal to keep activity on the ball field of former Tiger Stadium. The stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was demolis...