Opportunity Detroit

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ May 11, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 11, 2025 ~ The 2025 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix kicks off at the end of the month on May 30, and Detroit Grand Prix President Michael Montri is here now to talk about the details. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 11, 2025 ~ Detroit has been a quiet but powerful force in shaping comic book history. Detroit Historical Museum Curator Billy Winkle joins Opportunity Detroit to talk about a new exhibit at the museum called "Heroes vs Villains: Detroit’s Comic Book Story." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for ad...

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ May 4, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 5, 2025 ~ The Detroit Opera has announced its 2025-26 season, so Yuval Sharon, the Gary L. Wasserman artistic director for the Detroit Opera, joins the show to discuss the opera's next season! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 5, 2025 ~ The Ford Fireworks kicks off summer in Detroit, and this year they are scheduled for Monday, June 23 at dusk. Paul W. Smith and Tony Michaels, president and CEO of The Parade Company, join the show to discuss the big event. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s been over a year since Detroit set attendance records for the NFL Draft, and as part of that major event, several organizations launched a variety of youth programs in the city. Pat Sharrow, director of Project Play, checks in with Opportunity Detroit to share how his effort to help Detroit’s kids is going. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 27, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 27, 2025 ~ Detroit’s Campus Martius Park was named the top public square in America for the third consecutive year in the USA Today's 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, David Cowan, chief public spaces officer with the DDP, and Aaron Velthoven, Detroit Free Press Marathon executive director, talk about what makes Campus Martius stand out. Ho...

April 28, 2025 ~ Red Arrow Lofts is the final phase of the larger Perennial Corktown development, a full adaptive reuse of the iconic Red Arrow Soda Factory—a late-19th-century structure once home to the bottling of Orange Crush and other local favorites—into 28 modern loft apartments. Seth Herkowitz, partner and COO of Hunter Pasteur, the developers of Perennial Corktown, joins the show to discus...

April 27, 2025 ~ There’s a great new restaurant in town called Vecin, which was named “2025 Restaurant of the Year” by the Detroit Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers. Vecino is a Mexico City-inspired restaurant in Midtown that opened one year ago and has quickly gained recognition for its unique menu. Co-owners Adriana Jimenez and Luke Wietrzynski join the show to talk about their restaura...

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 20, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 20, 2025 ~ MiSide Community Impact Network recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Campbell Street Apartments, a new $18 million affordable housing development in Southwest Detroit’s East Chadsey-Condon neighborhood. MI Side CEO Sean de Four joins the show to talk about this. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and us...

April 20, 2025 ~ Loyola High School recently expanded its campus, the first all-new Catholic place of worship in the city of Detroit in over 60 years. An all-new Welcome Center and Student Courtyard is also part of the campus expansion, and Loyola High School President Deborale Richardson Phillips joins the show to talk about it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.co...

April 20, 2025 ~ MyFlight Tours, a Michigan helicopter tour company, is breaking ground on its new 12,000+ square foot facility at the Coleman A Young International Airport. This marks the first commercial construction project at the airport in over 60 years! Cassandra Troiani, owner of MyFlight Tours, joins the show to discuss the project. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm...

April 13, 2025 ~ Recently, community leaders in Detroit gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar streetscape project in Greektown. Athina Papas, board chair and president of the Greektown Neighborhood Partnership, joins the show to talk about this project. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 13, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 13, 2025 ~ David Merrit is the co-founder and board chair of Merit Park at Give Merit joins the show to talk about what the organization does for the community. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 13, 2025 ~ The Detroit Free Press Marathon has been named Best Marathon in the United States by USA TODAY as part of the 2025 USA TODAY 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards. The recognition highlights Detroit’s unique foot race experience as a go-to destination for runners worldwide, as well as the impact the race has had on the local community through sustainability efforts and youth programming....

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ April 6, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 6, 2025 ~ After a six-year renovation spearheaded by the Ford Motor Company, Michigan Central Station reopened to the public on June 6, 2024. Almost a year later, Michigan Central has now been named to Fast Company’s 2025 list of the world’s most innovative companies. Clarinda Barnett-Harrison, Skills Director at Michigan Central, joins the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

April 6, 2025 ~ In 2017, the Rocket Community Fund, United Community Housing Coalition and the City of Detroit announced the “Make it Home” program, to help Detroiters at risk of displacement become homeowners by purchasing tax-foreclosed properties before the annual Wayne County foreclosure auction. This program is now in its eighth year and it’s a big success. Here to talk about it is Laura Gran...

April 6, 2025 ~ The Anchor at Mariner’s Inn, a multi-million-dollar residential substance use disorder treatment facility located right in the heart of Detroit, is now open. Mariner’s Inn CEO David Sampson joins the show to talk about the new facility. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising...

Opportunity Detroit ~ Full Episode ~ Dec. 22, 2024 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec. 22, 2024 ~ Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch, joins host Ann Thomas to talk about the lighting of the Menorah in the D at 5 p.m. on Dec. 25 in Campus Martius. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.