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Trying the new Ex-Wife's Famous Chicken; Hudson's tower talk; 1,000 episode party soon May 13, 2022

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What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit. Show notes to come.

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Going beyond the credit score to fund Black business (ft. Nimaj Driscoll) May 12, 2022

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The reality is there's a lot of inequity in our American system.

It's been there since our founding. Sure, improvements have been made, but we're nowhere near there yet. And you can see it in our region, too.

Short of a massive federal program to truly begin to level out the metaphorical playing field on a number of levels for African Americans and other groups, to help get wealth into communities, start businesses, and more — the work has to be done where it can.

One of those areas is with access to loans. Nimaj Driscoll - a Detroit Native with CDC Small Business Finance, a nonprofit that's more flexible than a bank - joins me today to talk about a new program that doesn't involve traditional credit scoring to get Black entrepreneurs access to what they need to compete.

And they're already at work in the community. More: https://cdcloans.com/activate-detroit/

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Plan to lower Detroit's high property taxes gains steam (ft. Nick Allen) May 11, 2022

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Long time listeners might remember the words split property taxes.

The idea being - the city of Detroit's tax burden is only second only to New York City.

But, I don't know if you've looked around. We don't have the household incomes, the commerce, or the number of people to support that.

We were closer to that many decades ago. But no more.

So the idea is to change the code to make it so land speculators and others would get punished, and those who are taking care of and improving their land get rewarded.

Now that the city of Detroit has a better handle of its finances and we're not immediately after bankruptcy, maybe it's time for the city leaders to look to the future.

What could we do different to truly become more resident-friendly and more competitive for businesses of all sizes? What if we could change the system so there were fewer foreclosures and more people stay in their homes?

When we talked about this last, it was more theoretical.

Now, there's a new report by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and commissioned by some local big hitters in Invest Detroit and the Kresge Foundation.

That, if you're paying attention, is major local interest in the topic.

Nick Allen, an author of the report, joins us to discuss it.

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7 Development stories around Detroit (ft. Robin Runyan) May 10, 2022

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From buildings built from the top down in Greekton; to park work on Detroit's west riverfront; to different kinds of housing, Detroit has a number of big projects underway.

To talk about some of the key ones and get you up to speed, Robin Runyan from Urbanize is in the studio.

More: https://detroit.urbanize.city/

Robin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobinRunyan8

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Le Rouge deals with injury woes in Tulsa loss; DCFC's challenge of an unbeaten Lou City; Women's season debut May 09, 2022

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Fletcher Sharpe is in the studio to talk match day action about Detroit City FC on the heels of a loss to Tulsa, and upcoming matches against Louisville City in the Open Cup and Loudoun United.

Plus, the Women's season got an exciting start.

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Bidding adieu to Astro + Ochre and work's changing mindset; Savage x Fenty to Detroit; What's next for malls + movie theaters May 06, 2022

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Living with water and dealing with our changing climate in Metro Detroit (ft. Josh Elling, Jefferson East) May 05, 2022

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If you are a long time listeners of the show, you know that the far east side of Detroit by the riverfront is near and dear to my heart.

Recently, they've been dealing with flooding and other issues that are a harbinger of what's to come. See, our region has some major infrastructure issues to handle - and there's some big impacts on what will happen going forward if we don't address them now.

Josh Elling is the CEO of Jefferson East, a multi-service neighborhood service organization whose area contains much of Detroit's riverfront east of downtown and Jefferson Chalmers.

I enjoy having him on the show because we get into the details of what's happening on the ground. How we need to deal with water. Changes that may be needed in Detroit's building code to handle a wetter future. A needed seawall. How projects have been impacted. How this all works regionally because the water issue isn't just in one area, but something that impacts all of Metro Detroit. How, if we work together, there can be a lot of hope.

So sure, if you live in the immediate area you'll want to listen. But if you care about communities in southeast Michigan, you'll want to listen, too.

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Why saving our mature trees matters (ft. Dan Herms) May 04, 2022

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Mature trees are more important than ever.

Our climate is changing, with Metro Detroit on pace in a best case to feel like northern Arkansas within a lifetime; and worst, Texas.

So how do we protect the trees we have?

What trees should we be thinking of planting so they survive climate change?

We get into all of that and more with Dan Herms, Vice President of Research and Development for The Davey Tree Expert Company.

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Processing the local impact of Roe v. Wade's probable overturn; Detroit's westside weed dispensing machine shut down; River otters return May 03, 2022

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What a day.

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Ouimette added on loan; DCFC beats expectations in the USL Championship (and NYRB2); Previewing Tulsa; Women's season opens Saturday May 02, 2022

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Lots of Detroit City FC news.

Fletcher Sharpe talks about the news breaking before we record the show about Karl Ouimette being loaned to DCFC from Indy Eleven. He has quite the history, and you won't want to miss it.

Plus, are some pundits covering the USL Championship moving the goalposts on the club? Fletcher says yes. That there's still a long way to go and a lot to learn, but there's no doubt Le Rouge is showing they belong and are doing well.

Tulsa is next on the schedule on the road, so Fletcher previews that.

And, we the women's season kicks off this Saturday and we'd be remiss if we didn't mention it and give you some names to watch this year.

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