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Questions surround Michigan's downtown innovation center

The planned $250 million Center for Innovation is in a time crunch.

Development

Biden makes history with striking UAW

The president told workers they deserve higher pay on Tuesday.

News

Detroit Horse Power has unique land use plans

The nonprofit wants to open a 20-horse equestrian center.

Abortions up in Michigan as Midwest states add restrictions

Researchers say border-hopping patients are leading to more procedures.

Things to do in Detroit this weekend

It's looking like the perfect one to spend outdoors.

Things to Do

It&#x27;s looking like the perfect weekend to spend outdoors.<ul><li>Here are some options:</li></ul>

My first time inside a Detroit halal butcher shop

Berry & Sons' meat fridge isn't for the faint of heart.

👋🏼 Hey! Sam here. Last week at Eastern Market, I stopped by <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Berry &amp; Sons Islamic Slaughter House" data-vars-click-url="https://easternmarket.org/district/berry-sons-islamic" data-vars-content-id="72eb52ad-0504-41d1-9a2c-5246ed909fb6" data-vars-headline="My first time inside a Detroit halal butcher shop" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://easternmarket.org/district/berry-sons-islamic" target="_blank">Berry &amp; Sons Islamic Slaughter House</a> with my neighbor, who insisted I experience a halal butcher shop for the first time.How it works: After walking in and making a sharp left to enter the refrigerator where all the action happens, a worker asks what you want.

Your guide to Metro Detroit's best cider mills

There's just nothing better than Michigan in the fall.

👋🏼 Howdy, folks, it&#x27;s Sam. There&#x27;s just nothing better than <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Michigan in the fall" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/09/11/michigan-best-time-viewing-fall-foliage-october" data-vars-content-id="c22a650b-e6ab-4f27-8d84-c23aa69cec52" data-vars-headline="Your guide to Metro Detroit&#x27;s best cider mills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/09/11/michigan-best-time-viewing-fall-foliage-october" target="_self">Michigan in the fall</a>.Why it matters: From late August to November, you&#x27;ll find families of all backgrounds walking up to huge barns seeking fresh doughnuts and apple cider across the Great Lakes State.

The brown Franklin Cider Mill building advertising fresh apples. 

Michigan's best time for viewing fall foliage

The entire state will be past its pinnacle by Oct. 23.

Peak fall foliage in southeast Michigan will be here before you know it.Why it matters: Your window to view the bright hues might be trickier to predict, as<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" climate change" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/13/climate-extremes-warming-charts-concerns" data-vars-content-id="6b81b2c9-95fe-4c78-9894-1bd33dfde00b" data-vars-headline="Michigan&#x27;s best time for viewing fall foliage" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/13/climate-extremes-warming-charts-concerns" target="_self"> climate change</a> impacts when leaves change — and<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" how colorful they get" data-vars-click-url="https://www.neefusa.org/story/climate-change/leaves-they-are-changing#:~:text=How%20Climate%20Change%20Affects%20the,together%20to%20mute%20fall%20colors." data-vars-content-id="6b81b2c9-95fe-4c78-9894-1bd33dfde00b" data-vars-headline="Michigan&#x27;s best time for viewing fall foliage" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.neefusa.org/story/climate-change/leaves-they-are-changing#:~:text=How%20Climate%20Change%20Affects%20the,together%20to%20mute%20fall%20colors." target="_blank"> how colorful they get</a>.

Maps showing predicted fall foliage progressions across the country. 

Things to do in Detroit over Labor Day weekend

Can you believe that summer is almost over?

Can you believe that summer is almost over?<ul><li>Here&#x27;s how to spend your Labor Day weekend.</li></ul>

Animated illustration of calendar pages with neutral emojis on them being torn off, until you get to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which have smiling, sunglasses-wearing emojis on them with neon yellow waving lines. 

Art, tech and fashion collide at Month of Design

The 13th annual monthlong festival starts this week.

Culture

Detroit&#x27;s rich design legacy is everywhere, from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="world-renowned architecture" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/06/14/detroit-iconic-fisher-building-michigan-state" data-vars-content-id="08e3646d-0955-4607-a75c-2aab68f6a44c" data-vars-headline="Art, tech and fashion collide at Month of Design" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/06/14/detroit-iconic-fisher-building-michigan-state" target="_self">world-renowned architecture</a> to boutique <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="neighborhood art galleries" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/06/01/detroit-east-english-village-zab-cultural-collective" data-vars-content-id="08e3646d-0955-4607-a75c-2aab68f6a44c" data-vars-headline="Art, tech and fashion collide at Month of Design" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/06/01/detroit-east-english-village-zab-cultural-collective" target="_self">neighborhood art galleries</a> and even a 3D-printed house on the east side.State of play: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Month of Design" data-vars-click-url="https://designcore.org/month-of-design/" data-vars-content-id="08e3646d-0955-4607-a75c-2aab68f6a44c" data-vars-headline="Art, tech and fashion collide at Month of Design" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://designcore.org/month-of-design/" target="_blank">Month of Design</a>, the 13th annual monthlong festival, starts Friday with about 80 exhibitions, workshops and other events open to the public.

Blkout Walls Fest to bring fresh art to North End

Watch for artists raised on construction lifts along Woodward next week.

Expect vibrant North End murals from artists raised on construction lifts starting next week for the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Blkout Walls Festival" data-vars-click-url="https://www.blkoutwalls.com/" data-vars-content-id="46817b68-f522-4ec0-ac2b-70e5e13c919a" data-vars-headline="Blkout Walls Fest to bring fresh art to North End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.blkoutwalls.com/" target="_blank">Blkout Walls Festival</a>.Details: The festival runs Sept. 7-17, with featured artists using buildings as their canvas while the public drops in to watch. Events include a &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="future of street art" data-vars-click-url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-street-art-panel-tickets-695039591127?aff=oddtdtcreator" data-vars-content-id="46817b68-f522-4ec0-ac2b-70e5e13c919a" data-vars-headline="Blkout Walls Fest to bring fresh art to North End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-street-art-panel-tickets-695039591127?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">future of street art</a>&quot; talk Sept. 12 at 7pm and a block party Sept. 16 from 11am-5pm, both at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Chroma" data-vars-click-url="https://chromadetroit.city/" data-vars-content-id="46817b68-f522-4ec0-ac2b-70e5e13c919a" data-vars-headline="Blkout Walls Fest to bring fresh art to North End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://chromadetroit.city/" target="_blank">Chroma</a>.<ul><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Schedule and full details" data-vars-click-url="https://www.blkoutwalls.com/" data-vars-content-id="46817b68-f522-4ec0-ac2b-70e5e13c919a" data-vars-headline="Blkout Walls Fest to bring fresh art to North End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.blkoutwalls.com/" target="_blank">Schedule and full details</a></li></ul>

Detroit weekend plans: Aug. 25-27

On our list: A dog park grand opening party, sidewalk sale and more!

It&#x27;s the last weekend of August and, if you&#x27;re into this sort of thing, the start of a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="particularly chaotic Virgo season" data-vars-click-url="https://www.them.us/story/virgo-season-2023-queer-horoscope" data-vars-content-id="78d81383-7fb2-4580-90a5-8bb7cbc68d90" data-vars-headline="Detroit weekend plans: Aug. 25-27" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.them.us/story/virgo-season-2023-queer-horoscope" target="_blank">particularly chaotic Virgo season</a>.<ul><li>May you go out and have some fun, surviving with your emotional wherewithal intact.</li></ul>

Illustration of a cassette tape with the tape unspooling to spell weekend. 

Detroit Zoo welcomes four new gorillas

Mshindi, Tulivu, Bandia and Nayembi are between 10 and 35 years old.

Four gorillas have just moved to the Detroit Zoo from the Cincinnati Zoo and Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo.<ul><li>It&#x27;s like welcoming distant relatives into town. Not quite, but hey — we do <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="share 98%" data-vars-click-url="https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/gorilla-facts/" data-vars-content-id="cffa2287-82ab-46b8-bd8d-e087f5dce593" data-vars-headline="Detroit Zoo welcomes four new gorillas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/gorilla-facts/" target="_blank">share 98%</a> of their DNA.</li></ul>

Axios readers declare Eminem as Detroit's best rapper

✌🏼Sam here, reporting that Eminem is the winner of our best <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Detroit rapper ever" data-vars-click-url="https://t.co/nv2x2gxLfG" data-vars-content-id="52a84ecb-34d4-422e-88e7-7f4e66c40f64" data-vars-headline="Axios readers declare Eminem as Detroit&#x27;s best rapper" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://t.co/nv2x2gxLfG" target="_blank">Detroit rapper ever</a> bracket.<ul><li>To no one&#x27;s surprise, Eminem&#x27;s giant fan base helped push him past the rest of the field.</li></ul>

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