thedailyfeed:

Despite our struggling economy, downtown Detroit is on an upswing — finally.

With its abandoned storefronts and hollowed-out, Art Deco-era office buildings serving as the image of urban decay, the commercial district is wooing new businesses through public and private incentives. The migration into the city is occurring even as the city itself faces a potential cash shortfall by next spring.

In the last two and a half years, new people working downtown increased by more than 10 percent, or 9,000 new jobs, according to the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. The biggest influx has been in the last 12 months, lured by office rents well below those in other major cities.

archimaps: Burnham’s projected masterplan for Cleveland in 1903

BrightSource Energy is on its way to building the world’s largest solar themal energy project with recently secured funds from Google and the U.S. Department of Energy. The company will generate enough energy in the Mojave Desert to power 140,000 California homes by the time it reaches capacity in 2013.

(via poptech)

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communityactsofcompassion:

Community Acts of Compassion is selling a 36 foot self-contained unit with a fold-out room, which provides space for a total of three examination rooms. It is outfitted with a 20kw generator and ability to plug into regular electricity. It has a fresh water tank, two sinks, a waste water tank, a hot water heater, air conditioner/heater, cabinets, wheel chair lift, air dryer, three dental chairs with units, two doctor’s stools, chemiclave 6000, 1- Ritter Speedclave. This clinic can be used for dental as well as medical outreaches and services. Asking price is $50,000.

For more information, please contact Richard Larsen at ralarsen@actsofcompassion.net of 972-979-0915.

If I am understanding correctly this is the area where the new pedestrian/bike bridge is going in to connect the people of Garden City with the recreational area & future park. More info