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Starting pay for Detroit police officers to rise by $10K under ...
WEBSep 30, 2022 · The tentative deal with the Detroit Police Lieutenants and Sergeants Association would raise detective pay in the department by about $11,000, sergeant pay by about $10,000 and lieutenants pay by about $11,000. Mayor Mike Duggan joined Friday with White and members of the DPOA and DPLSA to go over the proposed contract terms.
Meet the Black Detroiters leading the way in EVs - BridgeDetroit
WEBAug 29, 2022 · Walker-Miller founded her Detroit-based company in 2000 and now employs 170 people across five states, offering a range of services from energy efficiency program design to EV charging stations, batteries, and solar panels. Walker-Miller calls herself a “facilitator of clean energy infrastructure” and in the last few years, that ...
People Mover needs $100M in upgrades and more Detroit riders
WEBMar 30, 2022 · People Mover needs $100M in upgrades and more Detroit riders. The Detroit People Mover was testing out its rail cars on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, ahead of a relaunch planned for mid-April. One of the stations is connected to the GM Renaissance Center off Jefferson and Beaubien. (BridgeDetroit photo by Christine Ferretti) A …
City Clerk Janice Winfrey: In Detroit ‘we follow election law to a T’
WEBOct 31, 2020 · City Clerk Janice Winfrey at a Detroit City Council meeting in 2010. Winfrey was first elected in 2005. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Municipal League) This post has been updated to reflect the city clerk’s role in an investigation into possible missing absentee ballots. With less than a week before the Nov. 3 …
Ilitch family revives its first historic Detroit building in 30 years
WEBSep 9, 2021 · Last decade, the Ilitch group vowed “five new neighborhoods” would be created by the time the LCA opened in 2017. The Ilitches call the plan The District Detroit.Filling the area with new offices, stores and residences was the linchpin in the billionaire group’s argument of why it needed $324 million in taxpayer money to help build the massive arena.
After 39 years of sitting idle, part of Detroit Uniroyal site on path ...
WEBSep 3, 2020 · BridgeDetroit photo by Keenan Rivals. In 1981, the city of Detroit bought a toxic, derelict industrial site near Belle Isle in hopes it would soon be part of the budding revival of the riverfront. Thirty-nine years later, the dream of reviving the 42-acre “Uniroyal property” is still a dream. But, for the first time, a real estate plan is ...
Considering a land contract in Detroit? What buyers should know
WEBAug 17, 2022 · A $30,000 home paid for over five years at a 5% interest rate might cost $33,968 over the life of the loan. The land contract should list details of how a buyer can make payments to the seller, including forms of payment (e.g. check, money order, etc.), who to make the payments to and where the payments should be sent.
Why Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance is expanding
WEBMar 13, 2024 · The Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance is changing its name and expanding membership to Lansing and Flint thanks to a recent $500,000 appropriation from the state legislature. The three-year-old organization, which delivers technical assistance, provides links to low-cost capital and finds space for entrepreneurs to …
As Detroit’s population keeps falling, how did we get here?
WEBAug 24, 2021 · The State of Michigan launches a preliminary review of Detroit’s finances, citing the looming cash crunch. It finds the City has mounting debt with long-term liabilities estimated to be more than $12 billion. Detroit’s population fell from 713,777 in 2010 to 639,111, according to the 2020 census results.