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Lear to make seats for GM, create 'hundreds of jobs' at Cadillac Stamping Plant site
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Lear Corporation will operate a seat manufacturing facility that will create "hundreds of new jobs" at the site of the former Cadillac Stamping Plant on Detroit’s east side, officials said Friday.
The Southfield-based company will produce seats for General Motors Co. electric vehicles, as first reported by Crain’s Detroit Business.
“We are excited to be supporting GM’s vision of moving to an all-electric future, and even more excited to be supporting that vision here in Detroit,” Lear Corp. said in a statement Friday. “As a supplier to the battery electric vehicles that will be built at GM’s Factory Zero in Detroit-Hamtramck, we will be setting up a just-in-time seating manufacturing facility at the former location of the Cadillac Stamping Plant. The facility will be one of our most energy-efficient plants in North America, and not only create hundreds of new jobs, but will be another important step forward in the redevelopment of Detroit’s eastside neighborhood.”
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Mayor Duggan and community celebrate $2 million transformation of 78-acre O’Hair Park
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DETROIT – One of Detroit’s largest neighborhood-based parks has been completely renovated thanks to a $2 million investment by the City that was driven by several years of community input and engagement. Residents in the O’Hair Park community are rejoicing after a multi-year plan took their 78-acre neighborhood park from desolate to developed, with an array of sports fields and courts, new shelters and equipment, as well as new site amenities.
The park, which was largely underutilized open land, now boasts the following amenities for residents in the surrounding community to take advantage of:
8 soccer fields
2 softball fields
2 Detroit Pistons basketball courts
1 baseball field
1 Mile Walking Path
2 Picnic Shelters
Fitness Equipment
40-car parking lot
New Comfort station
Playground enhancement
Other site Amenities such as Benches, Picnic Tables, Bike Racks
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Technology diversity nonprofit NPower opens permanent Detroit space
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NPower, a nonprofit aiming to increase diversity within the technology industry, opened a permanent educational space Wednesday in Detroit.
The organization offers veterans and youth from underserved communities a free, six-month training in preparation for jobs in the tech field. The training is meant to create a diverse talent pipeline to fill the growing need for entry-level IT workers.
NPower previously operated a temporary training space in Davenport University's Detroit campus. Nearly 85% of students completed the program and a majority secured jobs in the technology field with an average pay increase of 519%, according to the nonprofit.
Local hiring partners the organization works with include Rock Central, Shift Digital and Google.
NPower's new Detroit location is in Bedrock-owned Lothrop Landing in New Center. The new space has two classrooms and multiple conference rooms and study spaces for participants.
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Restoration of Palmer Park's iconic lighthouse to restore original charm
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Detroit — An iconic lighthouse in northwest Detroit will shine again.
The ornamental structure from the late-1800s stands next to Lake Frances in Detroit's Palmer Park and is undergoing a $55,000 restoration.
The People for Palmer Park have been overseeing improvements at the site, donated to the city by former U.S. Senator Thomas Palmer in 1893, since 2011.
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Michigan basketball to visit Detroit to open Wayne State’s new arena
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Michigan will help open Wayne State’s new basketball arena when the schools’ men’s teams will face off on Nov. 5 in an exhibition game, Wayne State announced on Wednesday.
Tipoff between the Wolverines and Warriors is set for 7:00 p.m.
Wayne State’s announcement of the 70,000-square-foot arena in 2019 noted it would cost $25 million and seat approximately 3,000 fans. It is located in midtown Detroit near the intersection of Warren and Trumbull avenues.
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Detroit-based Shinola debuts new furniture, houseware collection with Crate & Barrel
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Detroit-based Shinola is branching into furniture and housewares with a new collection with national retailer Crate & Barrel that debuted Wednesday.
The 115-piece collection, called Shinola for Crate & Barrel, includes clean-lined furniture crafted from FSC-certified American hardwood, geometric motif pillows, woven leather lighting, home office decor and more. The collection is available online and at some Crate & Barrel stores, including a new Shinola Home retail location that opened Wednesday next to its flagship location in Detroit as well as the location at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi.
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Chase Opens ‘Innovative’ Branch in Detroit, Makes $1M Investment in New Economy Initiative
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Chase Bank has opened its first Community Center branch — a completely new branch experience — in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.
The Community Center branch features a new community-inspired model offering free financial health resources like skills training, pop-up shops, and fintech innovation for local residents and small businesses.
The Corktown branch’s mission is to help the community realize a better financial future through innovative tools and resources, including growth support for local entrepreneurs starting or expanding their small business, mentoring for entrepreneurs, access to a pop-up space to display and sell their merchandise, workshops to build financial health, and Wi-Fi for community groups and residents to utilize for remote learning and work.
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New restaurant opening in Downtown Detroit overlooking Comerica Park and Woodward Avenue
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DETROIT - A new restaurant will soon open giving patrons Instagram-worthy views of all the hustle and bustle happening along Woodward Avenue right across from Comerica Park.
Union Joints, the same restaurant group whose family of eateries includes the Clarkston Union, Union Woodshop, Vinsetta Garage, Honcho, Fenton Fire Hall and Gran Castor, is opening Union Assembly.
Union Assembly will span two stories inside the new Little Caesars Headquarters at Woodward and Columbia and will include a second-floor lounge, indoor/outdoor bar and a three-season terrace. The restaurant will seat 350 people with an additional 150 outdoors seasonal capacity.
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NY-based Barcade to open in Detroit — finally
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It’s only taken four years but Barcade Detroit has an official grand opening date.
The new arcade plans to open on Monday, Aug. 23 according to the venue’s social media pages.
The New York-based bar and arcade (hence the name) first broke ground in Midtown in 2017 as a part of a $20 million renovation on the Selden Street corridor.
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The Goblin brings sushi to Detroit’s Mexicantown
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Readers, how do you solve the perennial sushi problem? The chunk of roll they serve you is too big for one mouthful, but there's no way you can cut it in two with chopsticks. I feel sure the number of people who've ever asked for a knife in a sushi bar is zero. We just open wide and try to chew gracefully, lips closed.
If I've missed a technique, in my many years of enjoying sushi, let me know.
But that's a quibble, irrelevant to the joys of eating raw fish wrapped in sticky rice. The Goblin is a welcome anomaly on the Bagley Strip, otherwise made up solely of Mexican spots. It has sushi, nigiri, simple poke bowls, and a variety of Asian alcohols.
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