The Detroit designation for High Tech

I find it ODD that media labels Detroit the hotbed of
automotive technology when ""most"" of
the innovativeness is outside the city limits.

Michigan has led the nation in mobility-related patents over the past five years, and is home to 49 connected and automated vehicle projects. “Seventy-six percent of the American auto industry’s research and development happens in the state of Michigan. Ninety-six percent of the top 100 automotive suppliers in North America have a presence in Michigan.""

A recent article even looped in Toyota Research Institute (TRI)
and University of Michigan’s Mcity; as Detroit Automotive.

Detroit is pretty much OFF Limits -- for a variety of reasons.
Let us be brutally Honest, it is NOT happening in the city limits.

Hello, all you horticulturalists. We've avoided the Giant Hogweed but now there's this a scary invasive plant that has shown up in my yard near the river in Hubbard Farms. Haven't heard much about it in the press, this board, etc. Anyone else infected?

http://www.secondwavemedia.com/south...-own-0218.aspx

Yeah, I know Detroit YES, so Admins dump if you feel inappropriate, but I am wondering. Has there been any mention of a bad priest situation within the Archdiocese? i was raised RC, and, while nothing was ever said, but there were a couple of priests in my local parish I was leery about. Any known news articles? Thanks.

"The owners of the Crowne Plaza Pontchartrain Detroit are considering a second tower on its downtown Detroit site, the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has confirmed.

Construction of a second tower — which experts say would cost in the $30 million-to-$35 million range — could bring the hotel up to 800-850 rooms. That would make it the state's second largest, behind the riverfrontDetroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center.

And it could help the city gain an edge in attracting large conferences.

"One of our challenges is we don't have as many hotel rooms that are an easy walk to the convention center like many of our competitors do," said Michael O'Callaghan, executive vice president and COO of the convention bureau.

A second tower at the Pontchartrain would allow the RenCen Marriott and other hotels downtown to "play well together as a group in bringing these conventions to the city," he said."

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...-pontchartrain


I hope they go through with it. it'd be nice to see something this of this size being built in the city.

Anyone know what happened?

Took my Volvo there for repairs and the place is shut up tighter than a drum.

A total embarrassment on National TV. Everybody talks about Jim Caldwell being a so-so coach, but the Lions played hard for him and I guarantee they wouldn't have quit on him, like they did Patricia. I had gave them somewhat, the benefit of the doubt during preseason, but they looked horrible then. And they looked tired and confused as a team, and got their collective asses handed to them by a rookie QB and the "Freakin Jets".. Patricia, I've heard beats his players up, during training camp to the point of sheer exhaustion. I'm sure that didn't go over well, with the veteran players. I didn't believe the hype, when all these analysts, and prognosticators, were tooting his horn saying he was a great hire by Detroit. It's just one game, but I think Patricia is in over his head, and so is Jim Bob Cooter, who was calling the same plays, he did last year, the Jets admitted to knowing their plays and pounced on them. They have a tough 4 schedule coming up, at SF, home to NE, at Dallas and GB at home. They lose next week, the season may be over, before it starts, but that's "Old Hat" around here.