Daily Detroit
What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit! Keep up on what matters and what's happening around town. What's that new thing being built? What's the best food in town? Who are the most interesting people? What are the best stories? Our all-local independent podcast talks about what pushes Detroit and Southeast Michigan forward. Produced by your neighbors in the city, serving the region. Posts every weekday in time for your commute home.
Episodes
I had a different episode planned for today, as it's Halloween. I wanted to talk about ghosts and ghouls and vampires. Instead, due to the ongoing government shutdown and SNAP funds running out, 1.4 Michiganders are scared about where their next meal will come from.
When the news is scary, Fred Rogers said "Look for the helpers," and I found some in the Fair Food Network.
My guests are Holly Parker, Chief Strategy and Program Offi...
On today's show we talk about the 50th anniversary coming up of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior.
Plus a bit about Little Free Pantries and the sitation we're heading into with food assistance coming up short soon.
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We have a big roundup fo new things opening up around Detroit! Jer and Norris get into the latest developments:
01:18 - There are new owners for the Inn on Ferry Street, meaning new amenities and upgrades
04:06 - Ralph C. Wilson Centennial Park opened, reactions from visiting
07:07 - Marrow in the Market opening November 13th
09:10 - Arthur Murray apartments rehab on East Warren
10:45 - Two new businesses opening in the Viillages ...
Today is a conversation on the future of Downtown Detroit that involves cross-border collaborations, parks, possible freeway caps and much more.
Our guest is Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership - the nonprofit that helps a multitude of projects in the greater downtown area happen.
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A craft cocktail bar with a ton of accolades (and appreciative fans) in Detroit's Midtown is closing.
In this in-depth conversation with one of the founding partners, Dr. Kevin Peterson, we get into why it's good to embrace new chapters.
Also, Peterson lines out how much time you have to come enjoy a final drink at what has been one of Michigan's best "garden level" bars.
It's important, if you can, to try and give long-standing ...
A huge new park is opening on Detroit's riverfront this weekend! Here's whart you need to know, talking with a Park Ambassador, Christina Brainard.
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Norris and Jer are in... here's the set list of stories around Metro Detroit:
03:35 - General Motors comes in with strong results
08:07 - Hunter House is moving down Woodward
09:13 - Andiamo on Riverfront moving to Water Square
13:22 - A new Timberland retail store coming to Downtown Detroit
18:10 - Another RenCen tenant moving
18:45 - Will the new luxury residential units at the Hudson's Tower be too expensive?
Feedback as always ...
Fletcher Sharpe joins me with details behing a story that's gone viral and to get into where the Lions are heading into the bye week.
00:36 - Metro Detroiter and Cannabis Entrepreneur Mark Savaya was named Special Envoy to Iraq this week. But there's more than just Cannabis marketing involved, Fletcher looks a bit under the hood.
07:27 - Lions win, lookig strong going into the bye week. Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail ...
The future of rail and buses to and from other cities and Detroit may be here.
Detroit's new multi-modal transit hub plans to include Amtrak service, with an expanded Wolverine Line connecting to Windsor and Toronto; as well as consolidate both the Amtrak station in Detroit's New Center and the intercity bus terminal on Howard in Detroit.
$40 million has been allocated for the project, and site evaluation and design work is beginni...
Longtime show contributor Devon O'Reilly is running for Dearborn city council.. and I caught up to talk about why, what his priorities are for his hometown, what he loves about Dearborn, and more.
More: https://oreillyfordearborn.com/
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Your all-local daily podcast on Detroit and Southeast Michigan is back with anothe one!
Jer and Norris get into everything...
The Set List:
01:24 - New intercity transit station for Detroit.. even more details: https://youtu.be/UxWMbsrrZDE?si=P5bdzA3uTYSyDF0O
05:14 - Michigan may freeze new Marijuana licenses
09:00 -Stellantis investing in Metro Detroit
11:57 -Noel Night on Pause
15:44 - Detroit Mayoral Debate Takes
Feedback as alw...
The Set List: 01:42 - Norris went to the new club, Ora - and the Detroit Free Press Marathon is this weekend. We also discuss the likely closure of One Mic Comedy Club.
12:24 - Has Michigan's marijuana industry lived up to expectations? We discuss jobs, access, business, and price on the heels of a topic thats hot with our listeners - increasing the wholesale tax on weed.
26:26 - The Gordie Howe Bridge to Canada opening has been d...
Jer and Fletcher talk about some feelings after staying up to watch the Tigers lose in 15 innings while continuing to be unable to hit a baseball to save their lives (or season)... and the Detroit Lions never really found the vibe in their loss to the Chiefs. We end with a discussion on whether Detroit sports fans need to ask more of our owners to go for titles.
The Set List:
00:42 - Lions lose to Chiefs: Taking accountability
08:1...
Jam-packed show for you today, as Annalise Frank from Axios Detroit joins us to talk about hot stories around town... and what might be your new favorite horror film shot in Detroit from the 1970s, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
The Set List:
00:58 - Cannabis wholesale tax, maybe? A lawsuit on this important deal to fund roads is underway
04:11 - Inside the New Hudson's office tower
09:10 - The Sister Pie Path Forward and retail in ...
Hello and welcome back to your Daily Detroit.
On today's show we talk about everything from the new area code (679) to new retail opening this weekend (Tecovas) to a listener question about Michigan's future prospects.
Links:
Toast of the Town fundraiser: https://toastofthetowndet.com/
Tecovas Opening Weekend stuff: https://www.tecovas.com/events/detroit-grand-opening_detroit
It's a beautiful Monday in the Motor City.
On today's all-local daily podcast, three main topics with Jer and Fletcher:
02:29 - Fifth Third buying Comerica Bank, with all kinds of local impacts (plus maybe a stadium name change?)
06:34 - Detroit Tigers Series 1-1 with the Seattle Mariners, gotta find those bats
10:34 - Lions Beat Bengals, Get Ready for Kansas City. Lions are ready for this fight.
On a special Friday edition of the show, I'm joined by Robin Runyan and Fletcher Sharpe to talk about a couple things in Detroit development and the Detroit Tigers playoff run!
The set list:
03:09 - Discussing the disappointment of the scaled back Gratiot Life Science project Downtown Detroit development. The I-375/Gratiot site has had a series of setbacks over the last decade plus. Here's our story: https://www.dailydetroit.com/t...
We've covered the news of Ford moving their headquarters to a shiny new facility… and demolishing the Glass House on Michigan avenue from a couple of angles.
First, economic development and the business reasons. Second, the history of Ford's impact on Dearborn, going back a century.
Now, in the third and final installment of the series, we're getting into the history of the Glass House itself. The significance of its architecture a...
On your Daily Detroit, we talk about how the Belle Isle Alligator is lucky City Slicker didn't get ahold of it.
Your Show Set List: 01:22 - CAVA in Detroit is now open, they were out of stuff
02:28 - Fun last weekend: Black Tech Saturdays Digital Empowerment Summit, Detroit Month of Design Closing, Bonobo and Norm Talley
08:25 - Alligators might need to watch out for Detroit, not the other way around
12:22 - Broderick Tower has new...
Fletcher Sharpe is in on the eve of the Detroit Tigers wildcard playoff round to discuss what the team needs to do to win and how he's feeling about the series.
Plus, we get into the Lions seeming to get their season back on track as they soundly beat the Cleveland Browns, taking advantage of their mistakes. And we acknowledge the terrible shooting over the weekend in Grand Blanc that's the national focus right now.
We'll dive deep...
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