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Livernois Avenue in the fast lane for $1.7M face-lift
Amy Haimerl - The buildings are low slung and filled with collision centers and cash-checking centers separated by wide swaths of parking. The sun beats down on the pavement, leaving little relief for pedestrians walking along Livernois Avenue.
Detroit Soup spilling over onto Livernois
Amy Haimerl - Detroit Soup is coming to Livernois Avenue. For the past three years, the group has been hosting a monthly dinner series as a way to help artists and community members fund their creative projects. You come, you pay $5 at the door, you eat soup (and other food), listen to the projects, and then vote for your favorite. The crowd pleaser walks away with the night's take.
Orr: Decision on bankruptcy in 2 months
Kirk Pinho - Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr doesn't have an exact date circled on the calendar, but in about two months he plans to make one of his biggest decisions: whether a Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy is the best option for Detroit.
MICHIGAN BRIEFS: After job fair fails, firm manufactures new workers
When a career fair turned into a disappointment, Jonathan DeWys could have whined that the lack of skilled workers was hampering his company's growth. Instead, he channeled the lessons into developing a better solution: a new, in-house educational program.
Esperion, Covisint plan stock sales amid IPO revival
Tom Henderson - Two metro Detroit companies announced last week that they have filed registration statements for initial public offerings. Plymouth Township-based Esperion Therapeutics Inc. said Tuesday that it had filed for a $70 million IPO and plans to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbol ESPR. Credit Suisse AG and Citigroup Inc. are the lead managers.