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Architecture, adventure and creativity have done a lot for New York. There's more and more evidence of that mix moving to Detroit.

Huge Hospital To Get New Use « Michigan Now INTRO: The Herman-Kiefer Hospital complex will be saved. Detroit officials introduced two New York City developers to residents off the Lodge Freeway near the Boston-Edison neighborhood. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus reports that some are breathing sighs of relief. And some still don’t trust the auth…

Chance to make the man who walked 21 miles to Rochester every day the second Rosa Parks.

Bring RTA Chief to Your Neighborhood « Michigan Now INTRO: Local media are still covering the man who walked 21 miles to work every day. A Ford dealer gave him a new car. Donations to him won’t improve mass transit in metro Detroit. It will take a million voters paying for a new system. This Tuesday at the church at Woodward and Eleven Mile, you can…

Legislature scared to raise taxes on its own. Will ask people to tax themselves.

Transit is “Job Creator” says 71 yr old Tax Payer « Michigan Now INTRO: Governor Snyder appears to be in position to sign a law to fix the roads. It will also boost funding for public transit. But it will require a special election in May where voters raise the Michigan sales tax from 6 to 7%. Transit would get an extra $110 million a year. Michigan Now’s Chris M…