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OPPORTUNITY DETROIT OPEN CALL: REDESIGNING DETROIT CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

“From California to Pennsylvania, Australia to Vietnam, Detroit continues to inspire creative minds across the U.S. and around the world. …The Opportunity Detroit campaign invited Detroiters and citizens of the world to imagine the possibilities for one of downtown Detroit’s long-vacant, most significant pieces of real estate: the site of the old Hudson’s Department Store. […]

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CHALLENGE DETROIT PROGRAM ENCOURAGES YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO MOVE DOWNTOWN

A new incentive program, Challenge Detroit,  is giving 30 participants an amazing opportunity and ‘jump start’ to living and working in Downtown Detroit. Over 900 applicants from across the country have applied and now the voting public process has begun- the applicants have been narrowed down to the top 100. The chosen 30 ones will receive jobs […]

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DAN GILBERT EXPLAINS HIS VISION FOR DETROIT

Quicken Loan founder and chairman Dan Gilbert was interviewed in The Atlantic Cities by Nate Berg in the column, “Why I Love My City.” Gilbert has recently made several building acquisitions in the downtown Detroit area along Woodward Avenue. He has big plans to change the business landscape; Gilbert says that he will “…Try to […]

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