Top Detroit Stories of 2013

[Lowell]

Detroit = Detroit + Windsor + their suburban and exurban communities. What were yours and why? Here are mine.

Bankruptcy
We knew the day was coming but it happened this year. The implications of this international-magnitude story promise to determine the future face of our city, region and state and perhaps others.

Downtown to New Center Boom
In spite of bankruptcy, city services, crime and negative press this corridor and its fringes explodes with new developments, business activity and population growth. Go figure.

Kwame Kilpatrick Trial
A sad chapter for the city and the media circus surrounding it ends. One big distraction disappears.

Duggan Elected Mayor
In a somewhat reverse Obama moment, an electorate puts aside the past and says, “Get something done.”

Detroit Automakers Prosper
It’s still the bottom line for our international metro. When the tide rises for them it lifts us all. GM moved out of bankruptcy, sales climbed for all and are projected to do so for years to come.

Threat of Sale of DIA Art
A subset of the Bankruptcy story, but a story in its own right.

Dan Gilbert
What more can be added to the mind-boggling and transformative activities of this remarkable figure?

Metro Detroit Transit Revolution
From Regional Transit authority to Woodward Light Rail to Detroit-Ann Arbor movement, broad future implications have emerged this year.

Belle Isle State Park
Enough said.

[GUSHI]

the lions blowing the division!

[mtburb]

Here's a couple more: Gateway Marketplace finally opens and most of the Heidelberg Project burns down!