Deadline approaching for Motor City Match
Calling all
Detroit entrepreneurs and commercial property owners! The next round of Motor
City Match deadline is approaching. Don’t miss out on your chance to earn grant
funding, design and technical support, and landlord-tenant matchmaking
assistance.
After three
rounds, Motor City Match has now handed out $1.5 million in grants, leveraging
$10.5 million in investment in businesses in Detroit’s neighborhoods. More than
2,000 business and building owners have applied to the program so far, and
nearly 300 businesses and 180 properties have been served to date. Two-thirds
of the business winners are from Detroit, and 70% are minority-owner
businesses.
Apply by
July 1 at www.motorcitymatch.com.
Hundreds attend City’s Property Tax Assistance Fair
Last
Saturday’s Property Tax Assistance fair provided hundreds of Detroiters with
help on their property taxes. If you were unable to attend the fair, it’s not
too late to sign up for a payment plan. The deadline to receive tax assistance
is June 30. For more information, go to the city’s website at: http://www.detroitmi.gov/How-Do-I/Find/Property-Tax-Assistance
Detroit People Mover reopens ahead of schedule!
The Detroit People Mover is back in
action today following construction and repairs, reopening three days earlier
than projected.
The People
Mover’s return to service comes just in time for the GM River Days running
Friday-Sunday on the city’s riverfront, as well as Monday’s Ford Fireworks
festivities and the Points of Light Conference at COBO Center. Standard
operating hours will be in effect.
For more
information, please visit http://thepeoplemover.com.
City of Detroit to
begin $400K restoration of Palmer Park’s historic Log Cabin
As
metro Detroiters get ready to celebrate Log Cabin Day this weekend at Palmer
Park, the City of Detroit is announcing that it will spend $400,000 to
stabilize and restore this historic structure.
The
work will include abatement and clean-up work inside the cabin, as well as
replacement of rotted logs, foundation repairs, complete roof replacement and
more. The City has hired KEO & Associates, a Detroit-based minority-owned
business, as contractor.
Once
reopened, it will serve as a community center in the park, offering educational
programming, as well as serving as a backdrop for weddings and other events.
Log Cabin
Day is a free annual event featuring tours of the cabin, an ice cream social,
costumed re-enactors, music, talks about the history of Palmer Park and the
cabin, square dancing and more. It runs 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, June 26 at the
cabin. For more information, go to www.peopleforpalmerpark.org.
Detroit Riverfront River Days
GM River Days returns June
24-26, 2016. This one of a kind festival takes place along the
Detroit Riverfront – from the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority Terminal
& Dock just west of the GM Renaissance Center, to Rivard Plaza and the
William G. Milliken State Park. River Days is a celebration of Detroit’s
RiverWalk with activities on land and water.
Experience all the RiverWalk has to offer, from the tall
ships, jet-ski
demos and riverboat
tours to live
music, sand
sculptures, delicious
eats and much more!
Admission to GM River Days is $3 before 3 p.m. and $5 after 3 p.m. to
support the nonprofit Detroit RiverFront Conservancy.
For more information, go to www.riverdays.com.
What's Coming up?
June 27 Ford Fireworks
Hundreds of
thousands of spectators will line the shores of the Detroit River to enjoy the
Ford Fireworks on Monday, June 27. To help make it an enjoyable experience for
all, the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan will enforce access
restrictions to Hart Plaza and Belle Isle. Admittance onto Belle Isle and
pedestrian set-up at Hart Plaza will not be permitted before 2 p.m. on June 27.
For full information about viewing areas, street closures and more, go to www.detroitmi.gov/News/ArticleID/878/City-of-Detroit-Provides-Information-for-June-27-Ford-Fireworks
City
officials to break ground on new 8th Precinct building
Mayor Mike Duggan, Chief James Craig
and members of the Detroit City Council will be on hand next week to break
ground on the new 8th Precinct building near McNichols and Grand River. The
reopening of the 8th Precinct will complete the city's transition back to
smaller neighborhood-focused precincts. In 2005, the city merged its precincts
into larger patrol districts and shut down several precinct buildings. Chief
Craig has reversed that decision to provide faster response times and better
community relations.
Flex N Gate Community
Meeting
Flex-N-Gate employees and representatives
from the Department of Neighborhoods will meet with east side community members
on Thursday, June 30, to discuss construction of the upcoming Flex-N-Gate
facility in District 3.
Flex-N-Gate is a top global auto supplier of
exterior trim components, aluminum and steel modular stamped body in white and
chassis assemblies, lighting and other OEM automotive products. Flex-N-Gate
owner Shahid Khan said his company will invest $95 million in construction and
capital costs for a facility that will supply parts to Ford Motor Company. The
project is expected to create at least 400 -- and up to 650 -- new jobs in
Detroit over the next three years. At full capacity, the plant could add up to
750 total jobs in the city.
Flex-N-Gate has committed to meeting
Detroit-based hiring and contracting thresholds and to develop a comprehensive
hiring plan in conjunction with the City’s Human Rights Department and Detroit
Employment Solutions Corp. to help ensure jobs for Detroiters.
During the meeting, the group will discuss
the project design proposal and community benefits, including employment
opportunities.
Upcoming Road
Closures:
The Detroit
Department of Public Works today announced the following street closings:
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Westbound Cadillac Square between Woodward and Bates will be
closed completely from now through Oct. 22, 2016 for street activities.
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Monroe from Brush to St Antoine will be closed completely
from now through Sep. 6, 2016 for a weekend festival (Friday to Sunday between
5 PM to 2 AM).
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Jefferson, Atwater, Woodward, Griswold, Bagley, Park,
Washington, Rosa Parks Blvd, Fort St, Cabacier, Michigan Ave, Larned, Randolph,
Gratiot, Brush, Beaubien, St Antoine, Congress, Madison will have full closures
throughout the downtown area on Jun. 27, 2016 from 6PM to 12AM for the Ford
Fireworks.
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Westbound lanes on Michigan Ave from Griswold to Shelby will
be closed completely from now through Sept. 2016 for building renovation. However, one lane in each direction for both
eastbound and westbound traffic will be open at all times, using the eastbound
lanes.
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Congress from Woodward to Bates will have northern westbound
lane and sidewalk closed for building renovation from now through Oct. 31,
2016.
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State St from Griswold to Shelby will have a partial closure
of the eastbound lane and sidewalk for building renovation from now through
Nov. 13, 2016.
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Shelby from State St to alley south of State St will have a
partial northbound lane closure for building renovation from now through Nov.
13, 2016.
- Griswold from W. Grand River to John R will have northbound
lane and parking lane closed from now through June 2017 for building
renovation. However, one lane in each
direction will be maintained.
- Cadillac Square from Woodward to Bates will have parking
lanes closed from now through Oct. 29, 2016 for Food Huts, Monday through
Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. However,
two lanes in each direction will be maintained.
- Washington from Larned to the alley east of Washington will
be partially closed from now through Oct. 31, 2016 for building construction.
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Larned from Washington to the alley north of Larned will be
partially closed from now through Oct. 31, 2016 for building construction.
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Griswold from Larned to Congress will have the EB northern
lane closed from now through Jun. 25, 2016 for building façade work.
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Shelby from Grand River to State will be closed completely
from now through Jun. 1, 2017 for building construction.
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St. Antoine from E Lafayette to Monroe will be partially
closed from now through December 30, 2016 for building construction.
- Adams from John R to Brush will be partially closed from now
through Jul. 1, 2016 for fiber installation.
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Beaubien from Clinton to Monroe will be partially closed now
through Jun. 25, 2016 for conduit installation.
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Fort from Shelby to St Griswold will be partially closed now
through Jun. 29, 2016 for movie filming.
- Congress from Shelby to Griswold will be partially closed on
Jun. 24, 2016 for movie filming.
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Grand River from Griswold to Washington will be partially
closed now through Jun. 25, 2016 for movie filming.
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Griswold from Grand River to State will be partially closed
now through Jun. 25, 2016 for movie filming
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Shelby from Griswold to State will be closed completely now
through Jun. 29, 2016 for movie filming.
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Southbound Washington from Park to Clifford will be closed
completely now through Jun. 24, 2016 for movie filming.
- John R from Woodward to Broadway will be partially closed
from Jun. 27, 2016 through Jul. 15, 2016 for conduit installation.
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Monroe from Beaubien to St Antoine will be partially closed
now through Jun. 24, 2016 for drain installation.
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Southbound I-75 SD from Woodward to John R will be closed
completely from Jun. 30, 2016 through Jul. 1, 2016 for building renovation.
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Becaon from Beaubien to St Antoine will be partially closed
from Jun. 30, 2016 through Jul. 8, 2016 for fiber installation.
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Northbound Washington from Park to Clifford will be
partially closed on Jun. 24, 2016 from 9AM to 3PM for drain repair.
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Monroe from Brush to Beaubien will be partially closed from
Jun. 27, 2016 through Jul. 1, 2016 for conduit installation.
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