From EATER: The Cult of the Detroit Coney Dog, Explained “Arguably the biggest food rivalry of the Great Lakes region is focused on one brief stretch of street in downtown Detroit, and it involves a beloved foodstuff called the coney dog. What is a coney dog? The coney dog is a variation on the classic … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Alberto Garcia Westminster, Colorado – City Councillor Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Westminster is developing a new Downtown, a 108-acre mixed used development in the heart of the City. Window, … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The #ELGL17 Technology Learning Lab gives you direct access to some of the best local gov tech tools available. Frederik Groce from Storm Ventures will moderate these sessions for ELGL. In each session, you’ll have a chance to connect with the tech companies, learn more about their work, and try out their products to see if … Continued
While Detroiters love to sing along to the infamous kareokee classic and sports hurrah “Don’t Stop Believin’,” they’re also aware the geographical origins of the song’s “city boy” are made up. Downtown Detroit sits along the Detroit River, and crossing it puts you squarely in Canada. So, there is no such thing as being “… … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Ed Krafcik Director of Strategic Partnerships – Soofa Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Working with our beta partner cities to co-develop our sensor data product which measures pedestrian activity in public spaces. … Continued
The Greater Detroit area is home to one of the largest, oldest and most diverse Arab American communities in the United States. According to Arab America: Arab Americans are not officially recognized as a federal minority group, so it is hard to determine the exact number of Arab Americans in Michigan. The estimates range from … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Christian Williams City of Goodyear, AZ Connect: Knope of the Week and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Development agreements and tracking for the more than 70 planned communities in Goodyear. Window, middle, or aisle – which … Continued
With about a dozen and a half professional theaters and a plethora of smaller theaters, Detroit’s theater district is second only to New York (according to many websites). Plus, with 13,000 theater seats, Detroit has the most seats east of the Mississippi River, outside of New York of course. From Broadway classics to orchestras to … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Kristin Youngmeyer Ohio Housing Finance Agency Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Between my course load at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, and responsibilities at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, my … Continued
Americans refer to Canada affectionately as America’s hat, but for Detroit, we’re looking south on our northern neighbor. Detroit is the only state in the contiguous 48 that can look southward into Canada. From Detroit, there are two ways to enter Canada: The Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, which both link Windsor, Ontario and … Continued
