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As Black History Month comes to an end, we decided to give our #NowAndNextDetroit honorees their flowers while they are still here to receive them. During a special brunch, we honored those driving Detroit's culture with certificates of appreciation and Spirit of Detroit Awards.

Since 2010, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Small Business Saturday. The idea was originally an initiative from American Express but in 2011, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to make it a nationwide event. 

Detroit is a city where it’s hard to break old habits, particularly when it comes to changing the name of something and being asked to start calling a longtime institution something new. Here in the Coleman A.

Construction is underway on the Joseph Campau Greenway, a $4.9 million, 1.2 mile greenway that will run from Vernor to the Riverwalk, connecting more neighborhoods safely to Detroit’s international riverfront.

Like many self-made Detroit business leaders, Clement “Fame” Brown Jr. started off trapping out the trunk. 

The City of Detroit is moving forward with renaming Chene Park Amphitheatre in honor of the late Aretha Franklin, settling on the name Aretha Louise Franklin Amphitheatre.

Chene Park Amphitheatre will be renamed for Aretha Franklin -- if the proposal is approved by Detroit's city council, the latest in a series of tributes to the Detroit-raised soul singer.

More than $5 million in investments will go toward an improved Butzel Playfield, a more attractive streetscape along Kercheval Avenue, additional affordable housing options, and more neighborhood rehabilitation in the Villages neighborhoods are coming in the near future, City of Detroit planning