2023 Best of Detroit winners have been announced
Featuring nearly 200 categories, Best of Detroit 2023 is your guide to the top places, people, attractions, and more the area has to offer — as nominated and voted upon by you, the Hour Detroit readers. Check out who won this year.
Detroit Auto Show announces new experiences for 2023
Guests of the annual automotive event will find new brands on display and special activities this year, including the Powering Michigan EV Experience indoor track, which will allow visitors to sit alongside a professional driver and accelerate over a 300-foot track. The Auto Show returns to Huntington Place Sept. 16-24.
Detroit City FC trades midfielder for longtime rival
Detroit’s professional soccer team announced that they agreed to send midfielder Tommy McCabe to FC Tulsa in exchange for former MLS left-back Brett Levis, cash considerations, and longtime club rival, Dario Suarez. Suarez, who was named Tulsa’s MVP last season, has been “enemies” with City supporters due to three goals he scored against DCFC during his tenure with AFC Ann Arbor and another two while with FC Tulsa.
Legislation reintroduced in the Michigan Senate would make adoption an option for lab-tested animals
Currently, research facilities in the state euthanize dogs and cats when testing is complete, averaging 600 dogs and 100 cats each year. The package of bills, dubbed “Teddy’s law,” would require facilities to offer the animals up for adoption first. It does not prohibit or place restrictions on any type of animal testing.
Dutch Girl Donuts in Detroit plans a comeback
The popular Woodward Ave. donut shop posted on Facebook that they “very soon will be open again.” The business has been closed since 2021 when its owner Gene Timmer, the son of original owners John and Cecelia Timmer, passed away. Jon Timmer, the grandson of the shop’s original owners, is taking over and sticking to the family recipes guests know and love.
Rocket Community Fund announces the return of Detroit’s Neighbor to Neighbor Program
The door-to-door canvassing effort helps educate residents on programming they may be eligible for while also asking the questions needed to find gaps in provided resources. Rocket Community Fund and its partners suspended the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. It picked back up the week of June 5.
Progressive Art Studio Collective launches crowdfunding campaign for Detroit’s first gallery for disabled artists
PASC hopes to raise $50,000 through the campaign to fund the opening of a permanent studio for disabled artists inside of Library Street Collective’s Lantern campus. If they reach the goal, the future ADA-accessible studio would host bi-monthly exhibits, film nights, informational meetings on disability issues and more.
Troy’s Somerset Collection to undergo makeover this summer
Somerset Collection is set to undergo an exterior makeover this summer, and with goals of bringing a “beautiful, newly-paved entry in the South Rotunda.” Construction on the Somerset South parking area is set to last from June to September.
Former Tigers pitching coach dies at age 93
Roger Craig, who served at the Detroit Tigers pitching coach from 1980-84 and then as the manager of the San Francisco Giants, died at the age of 93 after a “short illness.” Craig had a 12-year career in baseball as both a starter and reliever. Detroiters may remember him as being “one of the architects” of the Tigers team that won the 1984 World Series.
Detroit chef with large TikTok following to release his first cookbook
Jon Kung, a 39-year-old Detroit chef with more than 1.7 million followers on TikTok, will release the book on Halloween this year. Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third Culture Kitchen will feature more than 100 recipes “that are not limited by physical borders or rules of authenticity but are resourceful, inventive and re-examine what Chinese American food is today.”
Detroit 75 Kitchen to open second location
The popular food truck that’s typically parked on Fort Street near Clark Street and I-75 is opening its second location, — a brick-and-mortar storefront in the former Sears Auto Center at the Oakland Mall on 14 Mile in Troy. The eatery is known for an array of sandwiches, along with smoked chicken, and its “addictive” garlic cilantro fries.
Holding phones while driving will soon be illegal in Michigan
On June 7, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed safe driving legislation that is expected to combat distracted driving. The new law updates the state’s existing ban on texting and driving, and restricts phone use to single swipes, taps, and hands-free technologies. Voice-based and speech-to-text functions are unrestricted, as are emergency calls and car mounts. The law will go into effect at the end of June.
Bill would allow Michigan schools to begin in August without state approval
House Bill 4671 aims to change a 2005 law that requires districts that plan to start a new school year before Labor Day to obtain a state waiver. Supporters of the bill say that this move would allow school districts to serve local families in a way that works best for their community, while opponents argue that allowing schools to start prior to Labor Day would harm state tourism.
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