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Here are your stories for Saturday, March 10, 2018: Just how far should liquor stores be from each other? The state and small businesses fight it out in court The city of Detroit has a new interactive and easy to use crime map A familiar face goes off the air after 20 years Home building magnate Bill Pulte has died Young professionals are sleeping outside to raise money for Detroit's homeless A Pe...

Hey friends! This is you Daily Detroit for Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Our stories: -A new plan emerges for the fail jail -Detroit City FC will be broadcast on Fox Sports Detroit for the first time -Mexicantown in Detroit is getting support to grow its business district -Mirror, mirror on the wall.. what are the best Metro Detroit suburbs? And two conversations. One focusing on Mayor Mike Duggan's S...

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for Tuesday, March 6, 2018. On the show: Ford is temporarily laying off 2,000 people The Detroit Zoo gets a new polar bear Detroit gets positive travel press in two ways Detroit's Welcome Center May Close Le Petit Zinc is open, and the building that housed Antietam is for sale Belle Isle is looking for a Food Truck And.. a local church on the west side...

This is your Daily Detroit for Friday, March 2, 2018. We had a really long day on Thursday covering the Detroit Policy Conference, so we were a little slow on getting this episode out - that's why we brought it to you from the back of the struggle bus this week. Here's what we're covering, including interviews with Detroit Police Chief James Craig and Detroit Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vit...

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for February 27, 2018. Our Detroit news stories today: Detroit has a new budget and that could mean more officers on the streets All of Detroit's election day poll workers are to be re-tested A long time Detroit politician, Burton Leland, has died. You can get some ice cream to soothe your pothole woes. Big Sean and and Emagine team up to open a movie t...

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for February 23, 2018. The show today was hosted by Jer Staes and Nuri Gocay.  Your headlines: There are major Shakeups at Ford Motor Company - and a shift at Shinola. Stroh's is going to have a new Detroit-brewed beer. Detroit automakers take best in class in select categories Lumen Detroit is a step closer to opening A new cafe is opening in Corktown in the s...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for February 21, 2018! Here's our show: Water restrictions due to flooding Local restaurants and chefs get prestigious James Beard nominations Media legend Cliff Russell dies Pinball fundraiser for Architectural Salvage Warehouse in Detroit Piet Oudolf Belle Isle Garden update Metro Detroit has some of the most stable housing markets in the nation The Grand Hotel gets...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for February 15, 2018! Here are your stories: Nearly 350,000 people in Michigan have had their Driver's Licenses suspended and the Driver Responsibility Fees will be erased. The Detroit Zoo is going to build a new Great Lakes Nature Center in Macomb County Federal funding for keeping the Great Lakes clean is in danger A Ferndale Comic Book shop is cl...

As we've reported on Daily Detroit there's a lot of controversy around an ordinance banning Airbnb and how it came to be.  Since the news was made public, leaders have been playing a game of hot potato saying it wasn't them - but, we there's more to the story. We dove into the topic and included audio of a council meeting that showed that city council members clearly knew what was going to be incl...

Here's what we're covering today on your Daily Detroit News Byte. Prison food will no longer be privatized in the state of Michigan MoGo, Detroit's bike share, gets some love. General Motors employees getting large bonus What are the Pistons worth? More than a billion dollars. Paczki Run! Emagine adds games before the movie Berkley is looking for a new city councilmember Wahlburger's Impossible Bu...

Here's what happening on your Daily Detroit News Byte for February 1, 2018. Greektown goes Project Greenlight Comcast takes over cable & internet services in Highland Park The Belle Isle Grand Prix might not come back to the island A new high-rise near Comerica Park may be in the works The TV show Martin, set in Detroit, may have a reboot after 20 years GDYT is putting young people to work in Detr...

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Saturday, January 27th. Here areyour stories: MSU is continuing to fall deeper into scandal The Detroit Tigers have switched up their jersey look Comerica Park is going to stay Comerica Park $500,000 Condos coming to New Center The Leland Hotel is getting a renovation Detroit neighborhood business Pop'N'Smoked BBQ is expanding And for your feature interview...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018! On the show: Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex'N'Gate Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James Beard chef Burns Night celebrating all things Scottish is happening at Urbanrest Brewery with Ackroyd's Scott...

Here's your Daily Detroit News Byte for Friday, January 19. On the docket today: The State of Michigan is on the verge of changing public school funding to benefit charters Detroit didn't get Amazon HQ2 (We have a full episode on the topic over on the Daily Detroit Happy Hour):  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-detroit-happy-hour/id1168444594?mt=2 The city of Royal Oak is looking at t...

Here's what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit. Our rundown today: A new development called the City Club Apartments - CBD Detroit broke ground at the former site of the Statler Hotel 1,000 Properties are coming up for development in Highland Park - could it be the next hotpsot? TopGolf is coming to Auburn Hills and it could attract 450,000 visitors a year Eastern Market could be getting a n...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for January 8, 2018. Our main topics today: A Detroit City Councilmember is under scrutiny for ethics Detroit's crime rate seems to be for the most part down Detroit's a top travel destination Michigan's population is up, but not growing as fast as the rest of the country Metro Detroit is getting a new FAST transit service to make bus service better in the region Deep...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte for December 26, 2017. When we first put together a few episodes of this Daily Detroit show, we thought of it as an experiment. Would people listen? Is there a need? And overwhelmingly, there is. So, we're going for it. This is now going to be a regular platform for us, four times a week. It will be one of the key parts of our storytelling in 2018. After all...

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte for October 23, 2017! Our headlines today: The University of Michigan has connected Detroit to Ann Arbor with a bus line that's now open to the public Michigan-located restaurants win awards for locally sourced food Detroit company gets investment on Shark Tank UFO Factory looks to lift back off and get on path to re-opening Two zip codes (and one in Metro D...

Your news byte for October 20, 2017. Detroit's bike share sees promising early results A Michigan company is a tech unicorn Eminem's 8 Mile Movie will be back in theatres Two openings this weekend A groundbreaking of a park in Detroit An interview with the owners of the new Ready Player One bar and arcade Thanks to Podcast Detroit: http://www.podcastdetroit.com

Welcome to your Daily Detroit News Byte! Our headlines: 200 New jobs in Detroit Which Detroit suburb is one of the best cities in America to live in? The Kresge Foundation Grants $450,000 To Increase College Graduation A new book that promises to be good on Belle Isle is looking for help for photographers Detroit leaders are submitting their bid for the new Amazon HQ2 this week Our interview: Amy...

There's a guy looking to build more connections between Detroit and Toledo than the Mudhens and the Tigers baseball teams. That guy is Mark Pannell, and his event series is called "DETxTOL." Both places are experiencing a refocus on place-based entrepreneurship. That means starting businesses that benefit and serve a geographic place and also provide jobs in that place. The goal is open dialogue a...

I know that a discussion about a discussion can be kind of meta, but the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan put together a very interesting series of conversations across the region about youth. "On The Table" is a project bringing 400 conversations together, over meals, across the seven county Detroit area.  We attended three of them. Shianne at Noble Elementary/Middle, Jer at Bamboo Detr...

One of the threads in the story of a new, $27 million development on the riverfront that will see the Stone Soap building getting new life is that Shakespeare in Detroit, a theatre company born out of Detroit's neighborhoods, is getting a new performance space. Jer caught up with Sam White, the founder and creative director, to have a chat about what it's going to look like and what this will mean...

The HuffPost, formerly known as the Huffington Post, was in Campus Martius in Detroit capturing stories from Detroiters as part of their Listen To America Tour. They're visiting 25 cities across the heartland of the country to get a beat on what people actually care about. It's an interesting experiment in outreach. So we talked Editor to Editor, with Jer having a conversation with Jo Confino. At...

After getting a lot of feedback, we're trying a little something different where we focus on on story or theme per show, and then do more shows. Today we talked with Devon O'Reilly from the Detroit Regional Chamber about coworking in Detroit, why it works with the interest by businesses in Detroit, and specifically an event coming up on October 5th all about it. Event link, if you're interested: ...