If you haven’t heard today, 3/13 has been unofficially declared Detroit Day! You don’t have to let today’s dreary weather keep you from celebrating. Here’s (Three)13 ways that you can show some Motor City Love today without even leaving the comforts of your couch…
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“In 2005, as a part of my second semester work in Wayne State University’s Honor’s Program, I developed The Free Store, a place where those in need could obtain clothing, food, and other necessities at no cost. Since our beginnings in the Cass Corridor, the event has moved around Detroit and has run on a weekly and monthly basis in donated spaces within Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, and currently, Romulus, Michigan”.

We told you this was a movement! Model D’s February Speaker Event is called This is Young Detroit and asks “Are we making Detroit a place where young and talented people want to be?”

“Sometime in the not too distant future, John wakes up in suburban Chicago on a Saturday morning and heads to a White Sox game…in Detroit. Join him on a 300 mile journey to Detroit’s Comerica Park as he experiences the transportation options of the future: a neighborhood electric car share program, smart phone ticketing, high-speed rail, and connecting light rail.”

The interwebs have been buzzing with a new political blog campaign called Detroit Declaration. The blog features media and documents urging locals to sign the petition that will ” work towards what Detroit can become tomorrow”.

“In September of 2009, I started I Miss You, Inc. and The IMU Brand. The IMU mission is to spread happiness while appreciating the people and experiences that make us who we are. Every experience a customer has with our brand, we want them to feel special, appreciated, and valued…”