Tell us what you consider are the big 2014 Detroit stories and why. Per this forum Detroit = the family of communities that comprise the Detroit-Windsor international metropolis. I'll start with one.

The Winter of 2014 - Worst. Winter. Ever. It seems so far away as I sit looking out at a snowless lawn on a relatively balmy December day but the winter of 2014 broke the record for total snowfall, setting several cold records in the process and staggered the economy. In my now lengthening lifetime, it was the worst winter ever.