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Detroit insiders share their passion for the city’s resurgence

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published October 12, 2017 at 3:57 AM PDT
The new Little Caesars Arena anchors a 50 block redevelopment in the heart of downtown Detroit
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The new Little Caesars Arena anchors a 50 block redevelopment in the heart of downtown Detroit
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General Motors offices downtown Detroit
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General Motors offices downtown Detroit
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Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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Detroit Tigers Comerica Park
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Detroit Tigers Comerica Park
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Diego Rivera's homage to Detroit's automobile industry at Detroit Institute of Ar
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Diego Rivera's homage to Detroit's automobile industry at Detroit Institute of Art
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Motown Museum is a must-do in Detroit
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Motown Museum is a must-do in Detroit
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Detroit's mansions--a legacy of industrial past
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Detroit's mansions--a legacy of industrial past
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F-150 engine on display at Ford's Rouge Plant
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F-150 engine on display at Ford's Rouge Plant
Ford's Model "T" Piquette Plant is a legacy of the birth of the automobile industry
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Ford's Model "T" Piquette Plant is a legacy of the birth of the automobile industry
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Tom Wilson, President and CEO of Olympia Entertainment
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Tom Wilson, President and CEO of Olympia Entertainment
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Carolyn Howard owner of Traffic Jam & Snug in her brewery
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Carolyn Howard owner of Traffic Jam & Snug in her brewery
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Detroit's street art symbolizes the city's vibrant new urban beauty
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Detroit's street art symbolizes the city's vibrant new urban beauty

Detroit’s resurgence is propelling with a new light rail, the freshly opened Little Caesars Arena—an anchor of a 50 block downtown development project, the legendary Motown Museum’s expansion plans, and a visit with the owner of Michigan’s oldest licensed brewpub, Traffic Jam & Snug.

Join the conversation with Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau staffers, Renee Monforton, Jennifer Ollinger and Stan Smith; Carolyn Howard owner of Traffic Jam & Snug; Brian Stevenson at Motown Museum; and Tom Wilson, President and CEO of Olympia Entertainment at Little Caesars Arena.

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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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