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Whole Foods CEO: Detroit is a long-term investment
Kai Ryssdal Jun 7, 2013
Walter Robb, CEO of high-end grocer Whole Foods, talks to Marketplace about why his company is opening its latest store in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit.
What people in Midtown think about Whole Foods-Detroit
John Ketchum Jun 6, 2013
Upscale grocer Whole Foods is opening a location in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. The area is mostly poor, but many residents are excited to gain access to high-quality foods. Others aren't convinced that the store is catering to them.
A small pocket of Detroit is thriving, but it's not a comeback city yet
Sarah Hulett Jun 7, 2013
There's an urban revival in the downtown neighborhood of Midtown, but the level of affluence is less than in other reviving urban centers.
Detroit mulls auctioning art masterpieces to pay debt
Mark Garrison May 27, 2013
A fight over city jewels brews as the emergency manager of Detroit wants to appraise masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Detroit's emergency manager brings hope, fear
Kai Ryssdal Mar 14, 2013
Bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr was installed today as Detroit's emergency financial manager. It's a move that's not without controversy, and maybe a little hope, as well.
Charlie LeDuff on going home to Detroit, and the problems with ruin porn
Kai Ryssdal Feb 7, 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff goes home in his latest book, "Detroit: An American Autopsy."
The cost of demolishing a home in Detroit
Kai Ryssdal Jan 29, 2013
Writer dream hampton discusses what happened when her childhood home in Detroit recently burned down.
Detroit on verge of bankruptcy... again
Sarah Cwiek Nov 26, 2012
An internal scuffle between Detroit's city council and the state of Michigan could drive the Motor City's budget into a big ditch.
Detroit, San Francisco housing a big hit these days
Rob St. Mary Oct 24, 2012
The Detroit Tigers take on the San Francisco Giants in first game of the World Series. Detroit has the auto industry, San Fran has the tech sector, but recently both cities have scored solid gains in their housing markets.
'Detropia' sees Detroit as a reflection of the U.S.
Kai Ryssdal Sep 4, 2012
The new film "Detropia" chronicles the problems going on in the city and how the rest of the America can take a lesson from the problems Detroit is having.
