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Shariki Bell's apartment in Pontiac. Bell lived in a camper in her friend's driveway from 2006 to 2012 due to a mental health crisis.
Photo: Shariki Bell's apartment in Pontiac. Bell lived in a camper in her friend's driveway from 2006 to 2012 due to a mental health crisis. Steve Koss

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Photo Essay: Flavors of the World in Sterling Heights

Joe PowersThursday, September 20, 2018
Over 1800 participants enjoyed Sterling Heights annual Chamber Food Truck Rally earlier this month. Metromode photographer Joe Powers captured the diverse flavors that make up the city and its surrounds.
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Inaugural sculpture festival begins in Dearborn

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 20, 2018
The competition pits teams of artists against each other as they each sculpt up to 500 pounds of scrap into artistic sculptures.  
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Reiki, Yoga, and community outreach center opens in Waterford

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 20, 2018
Little Bird Holistic Arts offers a number of services, including Reiki, Yoga, sound therapy, and crystal healing. A retail section includes Himalayan salt lamps, crystals, jewelry, and more.
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Lawrence Tech to host stormwater experts for annual summit

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 20, 2018
Presentations include low impact development technologies, green infrastructure champions, stormwater standards, and non-profit updates.
Feature Story The Hazel Park Raceway opened in 1949 as the country’s first five-eighths-mile track. Economic Development

Iconic raceway makes way for tech and commerce leaders in Hazel Park

Kate RoffWednesday, September 19, 2018
When the Hazel Park Raceway closed in April this year, it was a bitter-sweet moment for the city. It marked the end of an era for the Detroit neighborhood but paved the way for new growth.
Feature Story Ford released its voluntary autonomous vehicle safety report this year. Transportation

Ford outlines safety measures for autonomous vehicles

Claire CharltonWednesday, September 19, 2018
Consumers are slowly building confidence in self-driving technology. Ford is one of just a few companies to publish a report detailing its testing methods and anticipated deployment of autonomous vehicles.
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Listening tour: 7 things Metromode learned about Dearborn's entrepreneurial ecosystem

Nina Misuraca IgnaczakWednesday, September 19, 2018
As Midtown and Downtown Detroit boom, what strategies do Metro Detroit's suburban communities have to grow their entrepreneurial ecosystems, both in cooperation with Detroit and independently? Metromode is on tour to find out.
Development News Big plans are underway for the former Liberty Park site. Economic Development

Prominent developer has big plans for Liberty Park site

Kate RoffWednesday, September 19, 2018
When the sports complex at Liberty Park closed, Sterling Heights residents wondered what would become of the brownfield site. Metromode finds out what developers have in mind for the prime industrial real estate.
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Chariot provides mobility solutions to Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge residents

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018

The city of Ferndale has partnered with Chariot, Ford Mobility’s app-based microtransit shuttle service, to improve mobility within the city.

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Robotics programs in Michigan can receive $3 million in grants

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018

Michigan schools have until November 8 to apply for more than $3 million in grant money to expand their robotics programs. The grants will be awarded by the Michigan Department of Education.

Feature Story Dodge Park in Sterling Heights has reopened. Community Development

Sterling Heights balances work and play with new park developments

Kate RoffThursday, September 13, 2018
Metromode's Kate Roff discovers Sterling Heights is building on its traditional identity as a manufacturing city with a renewed focus on its green assets and residents' quality of life.
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Healthy Dearborn secures grant to build new park on city's east side

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018
A once vacant lot on the east side of Dearborn is on the verge of being transformed into a new public space.
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Canoe and kayak company expands from tours and rentals to storefront along Clinton River

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018
It’s official. Clinton River Canoe & Kayak has received a unanimous approval from the Sterling Heights Zoning Board of Appeals to open their storefront on Utica Road.
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Royal Oak builds up day time office worker numbers with the opening of new Gongos Inc. HQ

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018
The move is a significant shift from a car-centric suburban locale to a decidedly much more walkable downtown.
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Speaker series examines both how to get better jobs and how to provide them

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 13, 2018
Radio station WWJ Newsradio 950 and Lawrence Technological University are partnering for another year of their Leaders and Innovators business speaker series.
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Advancing Macomb has Mount Clemens in its sights

Claire CharltonTuesday, September 4, 2018
Mount Clemens business leaders, local government, and other influencers gathered at Anton Art Center to support Advancing Macomb, a community-based leadership group working to strengthen what Macomb County has to offer.
Feature Story Tech248 events gives tech companies an opportunity to connect the old fashioned way--in person. Economic Development

Tech248 connects Oakland County tech businesses the old fashioned way

Claire CharltonThursday, August 30, 2018
Technology businesses across Oakland County benefit from monthly meetups through a program called Tech248. Find out what participants learned about mobile trends at Bingham Farms-based jacapps.
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Dearborn encourages green infrastructure upgrades with matching grant dollars

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 30, 2018
The pilot season for Dearborn’s Rain Garden 50/50 Cost Share program is down to its final month.
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Royal Oak is turning its alleyways into pathways

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 30, 2018
While still making room for deliveries and dumpsters, the alleys will be cleaned up and made attractive to pedestrians, with public art and hanging cantina lights.
Feature Story Garry Bulluck is deputy chief of mobility innovation for the City of Detroit

The southeast Michigan planners and designers working to make transit accessible for all

Sarah RiggWednesday, August 29, 2018
If planned properly, mobility can create economic opportunity for disadvantaged populations. Here's how. 
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