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Meet the Sapphire Sun cocktail; Diner Demolition; Plus stories around town May 28, 2021

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It's a Friday edition of your Daily Detroit and Devon O'Reilly joins Jer to send us out to the holiday weekend.

00:20 First up, we talk about our cocktails of choice. Jer talks about what he dubs the "Sapphire Sun," meaning Faygo Arctic Sun and Bombay Sapphire gin. All that's needed is your local party store to pull this one off.

Devon's drinking an Americano with a touch of booze.

The stories:

02:01 There's generally great news on the COVID-19 front, and unless there's major changes we're finally going to be pushing that coverage kinda to the back. The Detroit region is doing very well, with a test positivity rate below 5%.

05:10 Proposed changes to Detroit's charter will not be on the ballot thanks to a judge's ruling that without the Governor's signoff, it cannot appear. As a city resident, some of the ideas inside were compelling - but probably belong in the form of laws or ordinances instead of the charter itself. Also, it seemed a bunch of people forgot we as a city have $200m+ of annual pension payments looming over our heads.

09:33 The city is getting $826 million in Federal dollars to help plug holes created due to the pandemic. Half goes straight to the budget, but over the next few weeks there will be a series of public meetings to direct the rest of those dollars to make an impact in the community.

14:28 So many things in Corktown from noise questions around the PAL facility at the old Tiger Stadium site to dollars for affordable housing projects.

23:44 Janet's Lunch had been standing at the corner of Kercheval and Maryland in the east side streetcar suburb of GPP since 1938. This week, it was torn down. We reminisce another piece of history coming down and speculate what might be next.

As always, your feedback and support are welcome. We have a couple projects in the pipeline that we're going to tell our members on http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit first now that the pandemic seems to be loosening its grip.

#BringDannyHome from Myanmar; Boaz Bikes grows in Detroit May 27, 2021

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Detroit City FC Women's + Men's; Lions pick up Paulo + more w/ Fletcher Sharpe May 25, 2021

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Detroit's property tax system is broken. Could a split rate help fix it? w/ Matthew X. Roling May 24, 2021

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Detroit is only second to New York City when it comes to overall tax burden, according to some estimates.

And when it comes to property taxes, due to the systems of incentives, breaks, Neighborhood Enterprise Zones and other financial tools, it's very possible a loft downtown with a higher value can have a far lower tax rate than a neighborhood house.

Matthew X. Roling shares with us on this episode of the Daily Detroit podcast how he thinks a split rate property tax system would slow down land speculators, lower tax bills for actual homeowners, and encourage development without doing massive giveaways.

Oh, and it'd be revenue neutral, too. This is something that's actually been talked about among leadership, but would require a change in state law to make possible.

It also might break some of the addiction Detroit has for incentives. Those incentives often reduce the property tax burden to what are basically normal state levels.

That'd even the playing field for smaller and individual developers, including people who want to fix up a house to live in.

Previewing the Ford F-150 Lightning w/ Eric Trykto; Nicole Curtis wins; Venues reopening May 21, 2021

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Housekeeping: We're getting a lot of requests for t-shirts. Do you want one? Are you willing to meet us in the middle and cover the cost of yours, or become a member? Listen to the end for more.

On today's show, Eric Trytko joins us to break down the Ford F-150 Lightning. How will it stand up to competition? Is there a market for this? What is there to look forward to, and what are the reservations? It's an in-depth, smart conversation on a vehicle that Ford is making big bets on.

Plus stories around town:

- Venues are opening up around town and concerts are returning

- Nicole Curtis won her case with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, keeping at 1908 Foursquare in the Islandview neighborhood

- Spotlite Detroit just opened also in Islandview

- Listener Jason reminds us Mt. Clemens in Macomb County is doing a drinking district, too (whoops! Sorry! Mt. Clemens has some beautiful architecture)

- Detroit City FC is playing the Michigan Stars after all this weekend after much drama

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Mask mandates lifting; Plus 6 stories to know around Metro Detroit May 20, 2021

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Celebrating four years of bike share in Detroit w/ Adriel Thornton, MoGo May 19, 2021

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Making sense of mask guidance; DCFC Men's news + Women's preview + more May 18, 2021

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Old factory site to become part Riverwalk; New interim DPD chief; Bon Jovi coming to Michigan drive-ins May 17, 2021

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Masks off? River Place sold; DCFC News + The dramatic Michigan Stars; Ferndale Radio fundraising to stream May 14, 2021

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OMGWTFBBQ what an episode. We literally scrapped it three times and then everything happened.

First, Devon O'Reilly joins us to talk about the change in mask policy. In Michigan, as of 9am Saturday, it's masks off for vaccinated individuals. But will you? Will he? And in what situations? And we get into what some of the thinking might be behind the moves.

We also talk about Bedrock's purchase of 300 River Place and the vibrant neighborhood that is down there at Jos Campau on the river side of Jefferson.

I-75 will be a mess this weekend, just avoid it.

Then, Fletcher Sharpe joins us for a not only a wrap-up and preview of the Detroit City FC matches, but literally while we were recording the show news broke that the Michigan Stars won't be going to California and are forfeiting their match over a conflict with the league, NISA.

Safe to say, Fletcher unloads. @saintfdw on Twitter, btw.

And finally, Michelle Mirowski from Ferndale Radio is on to talk about the ongoing fundraiser. The community station is raising $12,000 to start streaming what is a low-power FM signal on the internet. Which is exciting for fans of local content like us.

Alright, it's been a heck of a week. Pet your dogs, love your people, and we'll see you next week.

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