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This Week's Detroit News and Information
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  Duo brings ‘new energy' to VC
Michael Godwin and Jason Townsend didn't follow traditional paths toward their MBAs from the University of Michigan.
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 Bargain sale for once-costly Ritz
When the Ritz-Carlton Dearborn opened in 1989, it defied conventional wisdom on two fronts: First was the hotel's striking, dusty pink color that many thought more appropriate to the American Southwest.
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Bing team's framework has planks that help biz
The Detroit Strategic Framework is a long-term plan designed to chart a new course for a city decimated by population loss, deteriorating income base and crumbling housing stock.
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Designing Detroit's future
Detroit has long been underrated as a center for design. But some design professionals and educators are seeking to change that.
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 Designing their futures
Alex Stchekine likes to make clean, modern designs that at the same time remind the viewer of a past era — a contradiction he seems to enjoy.
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 Stefani & Co.
Jesse Stefani, a metalsmith by training, grew up in a family of jewelers.
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 Taru Lahti Design
Steel, says designer Taru Lahti, is immediate gratification.
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Community colleges in crossfire
LANSING — Michigan community colleges have gotten caught up in a $208 million tug-of-war between the Granholm administration and supporting lawmakers, and the members of the K-12 community.
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MORE gets funding to grow biz-support system
While Brian Balasia was launching Digerati Inc. 10 years ago with fellow University of Michigan sophomore Joe Klecha, the two spent lots of time searching for resources, from access to seed money to help in negotiating a business lease.
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 Working with a net
Fourteen years ago, Michael Ansley opened his first Buffalo Wild Wings franchise.
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- Careful choice of location can pay off
Detroit-based Bieri Co. is a national retail real estate consulting firm specializing in tenant and landlord representation, consulting, legal services and market analysis.
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 KEITH CRAIN: Where have all the moderates gone?
I was listening to the radio last week and had a hard time understanding the venom coming from the local left-wing radio station. There was a vicious anti-Republican angle to every item in the news.
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- OTHER VOICES: Right way to do development
The recent announcement that billionaire developer Matty Moroun's bridge company would make a donation to the Community Health and Social Services Center in Southwest Detroit is certainly good news, but it should not be mistaken for a...
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- OTHER VOICES: Right way to do development
The recent announcement that billionaire developer Matty Moroun's bridge company would make a donation to the Community Health and Social Services Center in Southwest Detroit is certainly good news, but it should not be mistaken for a...
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- Bankruptcies
Bankruptcy items from the issue of August 30, 2010
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- People
People items from the issue of August 30, 2010
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- Corrections
• A listing of top-paid nonprofit CEOs that appeared on Pages 11 and 14 of the Aug. 23 issue incorrectly listed Kevin Seitz at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation as its top-paid executive.
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- Calendar
Calendar items from the issue of August 30, 2010
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