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I had a different episode planned for today, as it's Halloween. I wanted to talk about ghosts and ghouls and vampires. Instead, due to the ongoing government shutdown and SNAP funds running out, 1.4 Michiganders are scared about where their next meal will come from.  When the news is scary, Fred Rogers said "Look for the helpers," and I found some in the Fair Food Network. My guests are Holly Parker, Chief Strategy and Program Officer, Fair Food Network and Alex Canepa, Director of Policy, Fair Food Network. The Double Up Food Bucks program sits alongside your Bridge Card, and allows for bonus dollars for fresh fruits and vegetables. They're also doing a temporary expansion of their program to help, how they can, get Michiganders access to more fresh produce when money is going to be tighter than ever. More: https://doubleupfoodbucks.org/ Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

On today's show we talk about the 50th anniversary coming up of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. Plus a bit about Little Free Pantries and the sitation we're heading into with food assistance coming up short soon. Daily Detroit is supported by our members! Join us and get our new sticker sheet! https://www.patreon.com/c/DailyDetroit Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211.  Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

We have a big roundup fo new things opening up around Detroit! Jer and Norris get into the latest developments: 01:18 - There are new owners for the Inn on Ferry Street, meaning new amenities and upgrades 04:06 - Ralph C. Wilson Centennial Park opened, reactions from visiting  07:07 - Marrow in the Market opening November 13th 09:10 - Arthur Murray apartments rehab on East Warren 10:45 - Two new businesses opening in the Viillages - Washed Up Coffee (plus Gold and Grit studio) 13:15 - Pingree Detroit opening storefront downtown 14:22 - Frita Batidos expanding to Brooklyn and tips on Metropolitan parking if you're shopping downtown Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211.  Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Today is a conversation on the future of Downtown Detroit that involves cross-border collaborations, parks, possible freeway caps and much more. Our guest is Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership - the nonprofit that helps a multitude of projects in the greater downtown area happen. Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

A craft cocktail bar with a ton of accolades (and appreciative fans) in Detroit's Midtown is closing.  In this in-depth conversation with one of the founding partners, Dr. Kevin Peterson, we get into why it's good to embrace new chapters.  Also, Peterson lines out how much time you have to come enjoy a final drink at what has been one of Michigan's best "garden level" bars. It's important, if you can, to try and give long-standing patrons time to say goodbye to the space they also shared.  Kevin is also the author of "Cocktail Theory," A ssensory approach to transcendent drinks. https://sfumatofragrances.com/products/cocktail-theory More on Castalia: https://www.castaliacocktails.com/ Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail at 313-789-3211.  Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

A huge new park is opening on Detroit's riverfront this weekend! Here's whart you need to know, talking with a Park Ambassador, Christina Brainard. More: https://www.detroitriverfront.org/events/calendar/2025/10/25/ralph-c-wilson-jr-centennial-park-grand-opening Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Norris and Jer are in... here's the set list of stories around Metro Detroit: 03:35 - General Motors comes in with strong results 08:07 - Hunter House is moving down Woodward 09:13 - Andiamo on Riverfront moving to Water Square 13:22 - A new Timberland retail store coming to Downtown Detroit 18:10 - Another RenCen tenant moving 18:45 - Will the new luxury residential units at the Hudson's Tower be too expensive? Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Fletcher Sharpe joins me with details behing a story that's gone viral and to get into where the Lions are heading into the bye week. 00:36 - Metro Detroiter and Cannabis Entrepreneur Mark Savaya was named Special Envoy to Iraq this week. But there's more than just Cannabis marketing involved, Fletcher looks a bit under the hood. 07:27 - Lions win, lookig strong going into the bye week. Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

The future of rail and buses to and from other cities and Detroit may be here. Detroit's new multi-modal transit hub plans to include Amtrak service, with an expanded Wolverine Line connecting to Windsor and Toronto; as well as consolidate both the Amtrak station in Detroit's New Center and the intercity bus terminal on Howard in Detroit. $40 million has been allocated for the project, and site evaluation and design work is beginning. Beth Kmetz from Michigan Central joins us for a segment of the Daily Detroit podcast, sharing all the details that are set so far from this important announcement from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at the Downtown Detroit Partnership Fall Forum. You'll also learn why the new station is going next to the historic and redeveloped Michigan Central vs. right into the old hub. Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Metro in Detroit every day, and has every day for more than 1700 episodes. You can follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  And support our work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DailyDetroit  Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211.

Longtime show contributor Devon O'Reilly is running for Dearborn city council.. and I caught up to talk about why, what his priorities are for his hometown, what he loves about Dearborn, and more.  More: https://oreillyfordearborn.com/ Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail... 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Your all-local daily podcast on Detroit and Southeast Michigan is back with anothe one! Jer and Norris get into everything... The Set List: 01:24 - New intercity transit station for Detroit.. even more details: https://youtu.be/UxWMbsrrZDE?si=P5bdzA3uTYSyDF0O 05:14 - Michigan may freeze new Marijuana licenses 09:00 -Stellantis investing in Metro Detroit 11:57 -Noel Night on Pause 15:44 - Detroit Mayoral Debate Takes Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

The Set List: 01:42 - Norris went to the new club, Ora - and the Detroit Free Press Marathon is this weekend. We also discuss the likely closure of One Mic Comedy Club. 12:24 - Has Michigan's marijuana industry lived up to expectations?  We discuss jobs, access, business, and price on the heels of a topic thats hot with our listeners - increasing the wholesale tax on weed. 26:26 - The Gordie Howe Bridge to Canada opening has been delayed until 2026 Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Jer and Fletcher talk about some feelings after staying up to watch the Tigers lose in 15 innings while continuing to be unable to hit a baseball to save their lives (or season)... and the Detroit Lions never really found the vibe in their loss to the Chiefs. We end with a discussion on whether Detroit sports fans need to ask more of our owners to go for titles. The Set List: 00:42 - Lions lose to Chiefs: Taking accountability 08:14 - Unpacking the Tiger's lack of hitting and 15 inning loss 13:23 - Has Detroit sports fan culture eroded over the years? Are we really ok with just being there, or do we want to hold ownership accountable to win titles? Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Jam-packed show for you today, as Annalise Frank from Axios Detroit joins us to talk about hot stories around town... and what might be your new favorite horror film shot in Detroit from the 1970s, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. The Set List: 00:58 - Cannabis wholesale tax, maybe? A lawsuit on this important deal to fund roads is underway 04:11 - Inside the New Hudson's office tower 09:10 - The Sister Pie Path Forward and retail in Detroit 12:39 - How to buy local cowboy boots 14:14 - Spooky Cinema Shot in Detroit... Death Bed:The Bed That Eats and the long-gone mansion you might spot in the film. Here's a trailer. Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Hello and welcome back to your Daily Detroit. On today's show we talk about everything from the new area code (679) to new retail opening this weekend (Tecovas) to a listener question about Michigan's future prospects. Links: Toast of the Town fundraiser: https://toastofthetowndet.com/  Tecovas Opening Weekend stuff: https://www.tecovas.com/events/detroit-grand-opening_detroit Bridge Michigan article discussed on state budget cuts to growth programs: https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-lawmakers-reject-money-for-gretchen-whitmers-population-growth-office/ Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

It's a beautiful Monday in the Motor City. On today's all-local daily podcast, three main topics with Jer and Fletcher:  02:29 - Fifth Third buying Comerica Bank, with all kinds of local impacts (plus maybe a stadium name change?) 06:34 - Detroit Tigers Series 1-1 with the Seattle Mariners, gotta find those bats 10:34 - Lions Beat Bengals, Get Ready for Kansas City. Lions are ready for this fight. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

On a special Friday edition of the show, I'm joined by Robin Runyan and Fletcher Sharpe to talk about a couple things in Detroit development and the Detroit Tigers playoff run! The set list: 03:09 - Discussing the disappointment of the scaled back Gratiot Life Science project Downtown Detroit development. The I-375/Gratiot site has had a series of setbacks over the last decade plus. Here's our story: https://www.dailydetroit.com/the-incredible-shrinking-downtown-detroit-project/ 13:34 - Fletcher recommends the Hamtramck Arts Fest on Saturday  14:28 - Playoff Tiger Talk: Bye Cleveland, Hello Seattle. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

We've covered the news of Ford moving their headquarters to a shiny new facility… and demolishing the Glass House on Michigan avenue from a couple of angles. First, economic development and the business reasons. Second, the history of Ford's impact on Dearborn, going back a century. Now, in the third and final installment of the series, we're getting into the history of the Glass House itself. The significance of its architecture and the time in Metro Detroit in the country. We're also going to talk about fanciful plans that were drawn up for Ford more than fifty years ago that would have remade the look of the city into something almost out of science fiction. Dearborn might have gotten it's own rapid transit hub… and its own People Mover… as part of a massive redevelopment of that middle of the city that was Henry Ford's old land into everything from shopping to industrial to company campus.  Our guest is Mark Nickita, FAIA. He's an Architect, Urban Designer, and President of ArchiveDS. He's also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

On your Daily Detroit, we talk about how the Belle Isle Alligator is lucky City Slicker didn't get ahold of it. Your Show Set List: 01:22 - CAVA in Detroit is now open, they were out of stuff 02:28 - Fun last weekend: Black Tech Saturdays Digital Empowerment Summit, Detroit Month of Design Closing, Bonobo and Norm Talley 08:25 - Alligators might need to watch out for Detroit, not the other way around 12:22 - Broderick Tower has new owners 15:50 - Redsmoke in Greektown on pause 18:55 - Toastique and avacado toast is on the way 22:07 - Mailbag: Northville is where the nightlife is in Western Wayne county, Norris reacts Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

Fletcher Sharpe is in on the eve of the Detroit Tigers wildcard playoff round to discuss what the team needs to do to win and how he's feeling about the series. Plus, we get into the Lions seeming to get their season back on track as they soundly beat the Cleveland Browns, taking advantage of their mistakes. And we acknowledge the terrible shooting over the weekend in Grand Blanc that's the national focus right now. We'll dive deeper on a future episode as facts are still coming together. Your Show Set List: 01:11 - Quick word about what we know about the Grand Blanc mass shooting  04:41 - The Detroit Lions season looks to be back on track  07:51 - What do the Detroit Tigers need to do to beat the Cleveland Guardians? Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail 313-789-3211. Follow Daily Detroit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/