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A $23 million mixed-income development with 78 apartments and retail space broke ground in Southwest Detroit yesterday.

Why it matters: Developer Clifford Brown's project, called The Brooke on Bagley, represents progress in the city's efforts to include local Black developers in significant building initiatives.

Detroit is considering opening the historic Eastern Market district for cannabis businesses.

Why it matters: Detroiters voted overwhelmingly to legalize recreational weed in 2018. But there's still been some pushback when it comes to where sellers should be able to set up shop.

City Council member Scott Benson isn't budging on his proposal to place colored placards in restaurant windows to indicate food safety code results.

Driving the news: The ordinance was referred to the council's public health and safety committee during yesterday's city council meeting.

Detroit is closer to allowing recreational cannabis sales within its borders.

Why it matters: A judge dismissed two lawsuits Tuesday that sought to prove the city's equity-driven cannabis licensing ordinance was unfair.

Detroit's economy should continue recovering even as the risk of a potential national recession looms, local economists predict.

Driving the news: The University of Michigan and partners released a new 2021-27 economic outlook report for the city last week.

Adults in states where weed is legal use it 24% more than in states where it's illegal.

Why it matters: While it seems obvious, a new study presents strong evidence that legalization causes increased use at a time when marijuana consumption is rising across the country.

Welcome to the new Battery Belt — a string of Rust Belt cities transitioning to an electric vehicle future along with areas of the Deep South.

Driving the news: The climate bill President Biden signed into law last week opens up tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for high-tech EV plants, Axios' Joann Muller reports.

As the alt-news site Deadline Detroit prepares to shut down after more than a decade, co-founder Allan Lengel reflects with Axios on public records journalism over the years.

• Welcome to this week's spotlight on the Freedom of Information Act, which allows citizens to access public data in the spirit of transparency.