Ever since moving to Detroit, most of my conversations with new inquirers about my living arrangements begin like this…
“So where do you live?”
“Downtown Detroit”
“Oh…you do? But like, where do you go grocery shopping and stuff?”
…as if Detroit is this alien land where normal things don’t exist.
Detroit has grocery stores. While they aren’t the huge department sized stores […]
If you have a passion for something, there is certainly a way to get involved with it in Detroit. No matter what type of organization you chose, there will almost always be a way that group gives back to the community. I’ve found that organizations in Detroit, even ones that are founded with a for-profit mindset, find […]
So most people have this idea that Detroit isn’t much of a city, at least not when compared with the likes of New York or Chicago. While some nights may fool you, where you feel like you might see a tumbleweed go by (and I’ve literally seen it happen) with the lack of people walking […]
If you happened to watch my application video to Challenge Detroit you know that my parents grew up in the city. Their connection was pretty much the focus of my video because my relationship with Detroit was a rocky one. Like many, I knew as much about Detroit as I knew about engineering (an irony you […]