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Welcome to another exciting episode of the Outdoor Adventure Series podcast! In today's episode, we chatted with the incredible Amy Eckert, a freelance travel journalist, photographer, and writer. Amy is a true expert in all things Michigan, and she has written two captivating books on the state, including "Perfect Day Michigan Day Trips, Weekend Getaways, and Other Escapes" and "100 Things to Do in Detroit Before You Die." QUESTIONS WE DISCUSSEDHow has Detroit transformed over the years, and what role do you think outdoor activities and attractions have played in its revitalization?The neighborhood history and hidden gems of Detroit's neighborhoods, like the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood.What are some of Amy's highlights to be found in the newest edition of 100 Things to Do in Detroit before you die?The importance of exploring and experiencing new things in your life, like outdoor adventures or exploration, and the benefits you find from it?What are some of the fascinating stories behind Michigan's attractions?The many scenic landscapes, charming towns, and outdoor recreational opportunities that are ripe for exploration throughout Michigan.Where will Amy's travel writing take her next?LEARN MORETo learn more about Amy and her work, visit her website at https://amyeckert.com/You can also visit Amy on these social sites:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.eckert.travelsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy_eckert/NEXT STEPSIf you enjoy podcasts devoted to the outdoor adventure space, find us online at https://outdooradventureseries.com. We welcome likes and comments, and if you know someone who is also an outdoor enthusiast, go ahead and share our site with them, too.KEYWORDSAmy Eckert, Freelance Travel Journalist, Author, Michigan Day Trips, Pure Michigan, Great Lakes State, Travel Tips, Howard Fox, Outdoor Adventure Series, Podcast Interview, OWAA#MichiganDayTrips #PureMichigan #GreatLakesState #TravelTips #OutdoorAdventureSeries #PodcastInterview #OWAAPodcast produced using DescriptPodcast hosted by BuzzsproutShow Notes powered by CastmagicWebsite powered by PodpageNote: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it pumped in $11 million to Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood. Plus, the United Auto Workers union says it has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Stellantis and General Motors. Those stories and more on today's Detroit Evening Report.
A slate of residents from Jefferson Chalmers, the "Venice of Detroit, join Stephen to discuss how climate change and gentrification are changing the neighborhood, and what residents need to collectively protect themselves from flooding.
Today's guest is journalist Brian Allnutt, whose reporting for Planet Detroit about Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers area and specifically the canal district has not only gotten attention, but set out the issues well for the historic and unique area known as "The Venice of Detroit." From the excerpt: "Climate gentrification” in cities like New Orleans and Miami has seen wealthier and whiter residents displace low-income residents and people of color in less flood-prone areas. But in Jefferson Chalmers, climate gentrification could mean that those with the resources to manage the risks and expense of living in a floodplain may replace those without them." Read "Climate costs imperil Detroit's unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood" here: https://planetdetroit.org/2023/08/climate-costs-imperils-detroits-unique-diverse-jefferson-chalmers-neighborhood/ Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or 313-789-3211 Remember we're on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2 And Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 Thanks to our members: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit Or those who do a one-time contribution: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit
Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood is getting a full service Black-owned grocery store. Plus, Mayor Duggan wants Detroit City Council to approve his $156 million budget surplus spending plan, and more. Do you have a community story we should tell? Let us know in an email at detroiteveningreport@wdet.org.
Motor City Match marks its 142nd brick-and-mortar business in the City of Detroit. Detroit Soul, a farm-to-table soul food restaurant, opened its second location this week in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.
On today's show: We discuss the construction that's beginning on the road diet for Woodward avenue in Ferndale and nearby. More background: https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/construction-start-woodward-through-ferndale-pleasant-ridge Plus, residents come out against a plan to put stop logs in the canals of Jefferson Chalmers near the Grosse Pointe border. Jer shares a little history and hopes a permanent solution can be found quickly, because being designated a FEMA flood area is bad news. More in-depth reporting here: https://planetdetroit.org/2022/10/city-backs-down-on-plan-to-close-off-canals-in-jefferson-chalmers-fines-and-litigation-may-be-next/ Plus, the Run of the Dead is back in Southwest Detroit! Sign up: https://southwestdetroit.com/2022-run-of-the-dead/ Feedback: https://forms.gle/MnwUf8uJEtpyG9m2 or dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com
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. If this is your first time meeting the show, don't forget to follow us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download your favorite shows. If you love what we're doing, consider supporting us at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit
Today's show is a quick, but busy one. We start with three stories around town as the State Fair Transit Center was approved by Detroit City Council; COVID cases are up and the Defense Department is sending help; and Jefferson Chalmers was declared a flood plain by FEMA. Then Shianne Nocerini shares some of her favorite picks for holiday shopping. We'll do a special edition of the newsletter next week with these picks and more. And finally, we try some Christmas Tree ice cream. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. No show tomorrow. We're thankful for you, our listeners and our members at http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit
Heavy rain this past weekend led to massive flooding in Southeast Michigan. For some Metro Detroiters, this weekend wasn't just a mess. It was also an unpleasant moment of déjà vu, calling back to a similarly devastating flood in 2014. Today on the pod, we'll talk about what's behind the region's increasingly frequent flood events, and what a fix might look like. You can find photos and stories from Michigan Radio about this weekend's floods here. Find tips about how to stay safe in flooded areas here. GUESTS: Karyn Brown, resident of Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood on the city's east side Nick Schroeck, associate professor of law at Detroit Mercy School of Law Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside's theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lester Gouvia, owner of Norma G's Detroit, shares how he transitioned his Caribbean cuisine food truck to a brick-and-mortar location in Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood, and the small business resources he utilized to make his vision a reality.
Along Jefferson from I-375 to the Grosse Pointe border, one of the organizations that’s undoubtedly making an impact is Jefferson East Inc., or JEI. It’s not just with flashy projects, but in very personal ways such as helping Detroiters stay in their homes. The nonprofit covers five neighborhoods with more than 18 square miles of land area and 42,000 people. That’s bigger than many suburbs. As someone who knows this area decently well, I also know lots of people write off the east side. At first glance, parts of it have been some of the hardest hit in Detroit. But whether it’s the beautiful houses of Indian village or Jefferson Chalmers; the canals, the economic development that has slowly but surely been firing up, and of course, the proximity to one of our region’s most important resources, the Detroit river - I wouldn’t sleep on it. So today is my conversation is with Josh Elling of Jefferson East. Then, I'll send you out the door with a couple things to know. Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit
On today’s show, Jefferson Chalmers has a new, community-driven plan to redevelop this historic corner of Detroit’s east side. We dive in. Josh Elling of Jefferson East and Derric Scott of the East Jefferson Development Corporation joins us to talk about the master plan that was recently completed. It’s a big vision that includes everything from housing to groceries to the Vanity Ballroom. Have a look at that vision here: https://arcg.is/19u5a8 Learn more about Jefferson East, Inc.: https://www.jeffersoneast.org/ EJDevCo: https://www.ejdevco.com/ A couple of quick housekeeping things before we get started here. First, we have a new dial-a-podcast and voicemail service. That’s right, you can now call in to leave a message for the show we might play on the air. AND, a new twist. No, this isn’t just a voicemail line. You can now call in and listen to the most recent or second most recent episode of the podcast. That way, you don’t even need a smartphone to hear the show. Big time thanks to Engineer Randy for working on this and making it possible. You can leave feedback, ideas, or story suggestions at 313-789-3211. Services like that are only possible thanks to the funding of our members. You can join them at patreon.com/dailydetroit - and thank you.
Market manager Minya Irby says last summer, the market had three or four vendors. This year, there are 30 and even more on a waiting list.
Spring precipitation is causing flooding in places like Jefferson Chalmers. A local environmental newsletter is looking at efforts to address the water levels in Detroit.
The nonprofit Jefferson East Inc. has been working since the 1990s to redevelop Detroit’s hard-bitten Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood and business district, located on the far east end of Jefferson Avenue near the border with Grosse Pointe Park. Recently, the organization and its for-profit real estate development arm East Jefferson Development Corp., held a weeklong community workshop to solicit ideas from residents about what they want to see in their neighborhood. On today’s episode, we speak with EJDevCo CEO Derric Scott and Jefferson East Chief Exec Josh Elling about what the organization learned from the process, how it’s working with would-be tenants to best serve the immediate needs of the neighborhood, and how the for-profit development unit helps expand what the organization can accomplish. Scott says East Jefferson Development Corp. owns or controls 87% of the properties located within Jefferson-Chalmers, a once-thriving business district that stretches along Jefferson from Lenox Street to Alter Road. The district is filled with some incredible architecture, but also many vacant and blighted buildings. It’s also home to the first protected bike lanes in the city. Residents who came out to the workshops expressed a desire for things including a new first-run movie theater, a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s, and a redevelopment of the formerly whites-only Vanity Ballroom as an inclusive mixed-use asset to the community. Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you’re hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.
Over on Marlborough and Kercheval is an old post office from the 1940s that you might consider an unlikely spot for a Detroit retail and maker success story. After all, it’s a few blocks from Grosse Pointe and has a giant automotive plant between it and the hip West Village and Indian Village. But the duo behind Mutual Adoration, Wayne Maki and Clare Fox, are making the 10,000 square foot craft, class, creation and retail space called Post Detroit work. So I thought it’d be good to check in with them to see what we all could learn from what they’re doing in the Jefferson-Chalmers east side corner of Detroit. The even you can check out this weekend is Textile Takeover Outdoor Craft Fair on September 14 and 15. More than 50 artists and makers will have their artwork and goods on display and for sale in the outdoor art and craft fair. During the weekend event, attendees can learn about and try out different types of art and craft techniques, such as macramé, natural dying, yarn spinning, knitting, marbling and henna body art. There will be food and beverages, as well as live musical entertainment. Post is at 14500 Kercheval in Detroit, and is open Wednesday through Saturdays. If you like the Daily Detroit podcast, don’t miss another episode and subscribe in your podcast app of choice.
Happy Friday, friends! On today’s show, we run down the new proposal by Lansing Republicans to fix the damn roads in Michigan. They want to borrow $10 billion against teacher pensions. What could go wrong? Also, Jer tells us about his recent visit to the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. Specifically, the flooded streets east of Jefferson, where canals that cut through the neighborhood from the Detroit River have topped their banks. Lastly, what’s up with White Claw? Sales of the so-called “hard seltzer” — which tastes to me like a LaCroix mixed with vodka, blech — have surpassed those of all other craft beers save for Blue Moon. We discuss. Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you’re hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.
Welcome to the Hump Day edition of your Daily Detroit, in which we run down the news that businessman Roger Penske is pouring $5 million into the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. It’s part of the city’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund. Jer also has a conversation today with Rob Sadow, the co-founder and head of Scoop Technologies. It’s a carpooling app that connects drivers, riders and designs routes. They’ve teamed up with the Bedrock family of companies to help employees ease their commuting and parking woes. Could carpooling be a thing in Detroit? Pretty interesting question in a region without comprehensive mass transit and long commutes, often to a central downtown. We also discuss two other bits of news: A Detroit charter school connected to an investment fund run by tennis star Andre Agassi is closing, another example of Michigan’s dysfunctional charter school system [Chalkbeat Detroit] And Detroit could get a whopping 60 new liquor licenses [Crain’s] Thanks as always for listening to Daily Detroit. You can help us push Detroit’s conversation forward by donating to our Patreon campaign. We’ll send you cool stickers for your laptop, bumper, fridge, whatever.
The guitarist and singer for the Gasoline Gypsies, Caleb Malooley, returns to the podcast to talk about everything happening in Detroit, including Grandma Techno's Kickstarter campaign, Indian dance at Music Hall, and new restaurants in Jefferson Chalmers. Plus, Bailey Sisoy Isgro of Detroit History Tours talks about Women's History Month and the Nain Rouge.
The Empowerment Plan is a great nonprofit organization that provides jobs to homeless women making coats that double as sleeping bags and are distributed to other homeless people. The women, in turn, get a chance to find permanent housing and a new start on life. Now, the program is expanding. Daily Detroit's Shianne Nocerini went down to Empowerment Plan's Islandview headquarters to speak with founder Veronika Scott. Elsewhere, we discuss the news of layoffs at General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. Two old, long-abandoned apartment buildings in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood are getting renovated (pictures here). And if you were hoping to catch the D Drop in Detroit on NYE, you better make different plans. The event is canceled for this year. We also discuss an interesting story about what could become the state's next big cash crop: industrial hemp. MLive has the full story.
Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses the opening of this food-truck-turned-brick-and-mortar in the city's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.
Your show for August 27, 2018: - Ground broke today near Chene Park on what promises to be - when it’s complete - one of Detroit’s hottest new public attractions. Sven Gustafson caught up with Mark Wallace of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to get the details. - A 275 year old tree was cut down in Ferndale, says the Oakland County Times. More (including awesome pictures you gotta see) here. - A 28 year old bicyclist has died after being hit by a car on the bridge to Belle Isle State Park. - To many Metro Detroiters, a sushi event at Eastern Market has left a raw feeling. The Detroit Sushi Fest was on Friday evening and it is the current object of the Detroiternet’s ire, with many bad reviews. - Norma G’s Cuisine is opening its first brick and mortar location in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood of Detroit on Tuesday. - Beginners luck seems to be a real thing for a 19 year old Macomb County man. That’s because he won half a million dollars with the Platinum 7’s instant game on his fourth ticket. - The King of pop - Michael Jackson - would be 60 years old on Wednesday, the 29th. For those of you who might need a little push to get over the hump day of Wednesday… to celebrate, the Joebar in Hazel Park is doing a party. That's it for the show today. Sven rejoins us tomorrow, where we dig into some buildings demolitions around town that have people talking because of the street art that went with it, as well as a large historic structure near Palmer Park. Be sure to subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or your favorite app of choice.
From the studios of Podcast Detroit in the Cass Corridor, this is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on Wednesday, August 8th. We have primary election results, headlines, and today’s deep dive is about P-FAS. The chemical, used in firefighting and a bunch of consumer and industrial applications, has caused a lot of environmental concern. Sven Gustafson talks with MLIVE and Grand Rapids Press reporter Garret Ellison who has been at the forefront of covering the crisis. Also: We talk election results (including a squeaker when it comes to transit) The folks behind the Detroit Shipping Company have another project up their sleeves - plus an update on a future burger joint. General Motors and ExxonMobil have rolled out a new feature for 2017 and newer model Buicks aimed at making buying gas simpler. Ferndale and Detroit will be getting new public skate parks. The 10 millionth Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Flat Rock. Belle Isle’s trees have seen extensive damage due to a quick but intense storm on Monday. The Detroit News reports that Detroit is having a very tough time getting landlords to comply with new regulations. And there’s a walking tour on Saturday, August 18th aims to show off the potential - and beauty - of some vacant houses in the Jefferson Chalmers and Riverbend neighborhoods. Like the Daily Detroit News Byte? Be sure to leave a review, and tell a friend.
Big Adventures: One Couple, Dozens of Dogs, Hundreds of Guests & Our Wild Times in Detroit
In this episode, we started our chat about an amazing rock star and zigzag our way to what to do and where to go in Detroit on a Sunday! A mouthwatering podcast with awesome places to eat. From lovely brunch spots to must try craft beer, there is an incredible amount of things to taste. For your entertainment, Alex also ... Read More