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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan extolled the virtues of a city he says is coming back, touting job growth and progress in everything from auto insurance rates to a drop in home foreclosures during his hour-long State of the City address Tuesday.

Recruiting Gen Z or millennials takes a new approach – and one way to find these employees of tomorrow is to go directly to them and talk up how much they have the ability to transform not only themselves but the communities around them. The purpose of The Detroit Impact...

Detroit’s newest tool in its efforts to keep the city clean and safe for both residents and visitors comes in the form of something you may not expect – a trash-compactor truck.

The architect of the renovation of the iconic Book Tower building plans to uphold the vision of the Book brothers, for whom the tower is named.

Some of the hottest topics in human resources and among workplace experts are finding ways to build resilient employees who feel connected to their jobs but also find time to take care of themselves, physically and mentally. In Detroit, a new partnership seeks to teach young workers these skills –...

Michael Bashawaty wanted to find a new way to cook for himself and friends during a Pure Michigan day on the water. He took that idea one step further and created it, too.

Choosing your career is one of the most exciting and challenging things a person can do – whether they want to work in business, teach at a school or serve as a lawyer, it can be confusing to select a job for life. Detroit-area author Andy Gutman knows that jobs...

If Jennyfer Crawford sees a problem, she is just the kind of small-business owner and proponent to come up with a solution.

The founders of Floyd, an innovative furniture company are proud to call Detroit home. Here’s why.

Metro Detroit is enjoying what some describe as a mini-hotel boom.

  December has been a banner month for Detroit development – its neighborhoods got a $35 million investment from seven companies, and Bedrock broke ground on its 1.4 million square-foot Monroe Blocks project situated on two city blocks at the corner of Monroe Street and Campus Martius in Downtown Detroit. Project...

  In another whirlwind week of development news for Detroit’s downtown, two signature hotels with meeting spaces, restaurants and bars have opened in the core area along the Woodward corridor – the Shinola Hotel and the Metropolitan. The Element Detroit at the Metropolitan is an extended-stay hotel and is part of...

Through a major funding boost from seven companies, Detroit’s neighborhoods will receive a record-setting $35 million.

Working with a family member even on small projects can be challenging. But imagine trying to renovate a house, decorate it and open it as a bed and breakfast. That kind of a partnership can’t work if you have sibling rivalry.

Most people may know Linda Solomon as a celebrity photographer, taking pictures of such luminaries as Barbara Streisand, Aretha Franklin and former President George H. Bush. But some of her favorite subjects these days are of children.

It has been six years since College for Creative Studies student Veronika Scott came up an innovative coat that could not only provide warmth, but also storage and a sleeping bag for people who were going through homelessness, and her company has grown by leaps and bounds.

It’s become a jumble of shopping holidays: Black Friday rolls into Small Business Saturday, which then after a one-day break becomes Cyber Monday.

Amy S. Eckert is a native of Detroit, a prolific writer and author as well as a Holland resident who is rarely at home because she’s out and about seeing the world. Her outdoor adventures have taken her on assignment with Backpacker, Midwest Living, Coastal Living, the Chicago Tribune, airline...

JACK Entertainment is selling its Greektown Casino-Hotel to two other casino operators and property owners.

Five years ago, Bill Birndorf, owner of Commerce-based Apple Marketing Company, was watching a television news story about people in financial strife and struggling to buy food for the holidays to feed their families. An idea was born. Birndorf, founder of Higher Hopes!, decided then and there that no one...