Detroit City FC Wins Title; Flooding Closes Main Library; 4 Stories Around Town

07/07/21 • 21 min

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On today's show:

Flooding closes Detroit's Main Branch to close until at least Labor Day

The DNR Outdoor Adventure Center reopens July 16th

A Detroit Firefighter is killed in a road rage incident in Troy

The Detroit Institute of Arts has hired a new Diversity and Inclusion Director

For our feature conversation, Fletcher Sharpe (@saintfdw) joins us to break down Detroit City FC's Championship win over the LA Force and things to look forward to next season starting in August.

Also, the Tigers have been looking better in the middle of the season here, and are in striking distance of .500.

On today's show:

Flooding closes Detroit's Main Branch to close until at least Labor Day

The DNR Outdoor Adventure Center reopens July 16th

A Detroit Firefighter is killed in a road rage incident in Troy

The Detroit Institute of Arts has hired a new Diversity and Inclusion Director

For our feature conversation, Fletcher Sharpe (@saintfdw) joins us to break down Detroit City FC's Championship win over the LA Force and things to look forward to next season starting in August.

Also, the Tigers have been looking better in the middle of the season here, and are in striking distance of .500.

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The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Gets A Major Upgrade

Edsel Ford is one of my favorite characters from Detroit's history, and I often wonder what would have happened if he hadn't died early of stomach cancer in 1943.

If you've seen a Lincoln Continental - you can thank Edsel. If you've seen a Ford in general, he saved the company convincing his attached-to-the-past father to produce the Model A.

And this doesn't even begin to get into Edsel's numerous civic works that have left a mark on our region for generations. Been to the Rivera court at the DIA? Yeah, he was a big part of that.

The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House - his old estate in Grosse Pointe - has gone through a major upgrade adding new spaces, new exhibitions, upgrades to support the Ford's passion of migratory birds, and more.

Joining me on today's episode is Mark Heppner, President and CEO of the non-profit Edsel and Eleanor Ford House for a wide ranging conversation about what's happening and a shared figure of Detroit's history that maybe isn't talked about enough.

More on the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, including how to visit yourself: https://www.fordhouse.org/

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