Michigan

Fittingly, the woman who was celebrated as the Detroit Piston's one-millionth fan of the season had recently been laid off work. With their local economy continuing to struggle, Detroiters take solace in the success of local professional sports.

Hot new 'old style' neighborhoods protect northwestern Michigan's beauty and prosperity.

Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm works with Republicans to break new ground on funding public transportation.

New zoning ordinances would focus more on how buildings look and fit into their surroundings, and far less on what goes on inside of them.

Leaders in Detroit are starting to rethink the city's car-happy habitat and history.

How will the town balance community priorities and developer demands?

The City of Detroit plans to add three new casinos and thousand of jobs to its core by 2008. City officials are betting on the new mega-complexes to draw more visitors to the struggling downtown.

Like so many of the cars it produced, Motor City is heading for the scrapyard, the Onion reports.

Detroit News reporters have jumped to conclusions about the failure of area redevelopment efforts and the need to demolish the stadium.

It's been 50 years since the city's final streetcar run. Does Detroit have what it takes to join the growing number of transit-focused metropolises in the U.S.?

A host of new problems faces Michigan in the 21st century, yet many state leaders have outmoded strategies for success in economic and community development.

Planners hope that Detroit's Airport City will take off, lifting the fate of Detroit, and even Michigan, with it.

In his annual state of the city address, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks to build on the success of last summer's MLB All-Star Game, Superbowl XL, and the recent boom in downtown housing starts.

Can you say Super Transit Oriented Development?

Kalamazoo, Michigan, has developed a unique plan for revitalization: free college tuition for any student who enters the school system by ninth grade.

Michigan's governor rewards six older metro Detroit communities for successful completion of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities Initiative.

Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.

In downtown Ann Arbor, dense high rise development has traditionally been thought of negatively. However, a recent shift in political will has the City approving projects that will add greater density and housing to its commercial core.

The Union of Concerned Scientists issues a report outlining potential problems for the entire region.

For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.