Jazz on Thursdays in New Center Park in Detroit

Today and every Thursday this summer, come to the New Center and experience FREE Jazz and Blues Concerts at 6 pm! There are lots of yummy choices for food and drink at the New Center Park Cafe'--your purchases help to support the free concerts. Come hang out at W. Grand Blvd. and Second Avenue!

(Check out the New Center Park website for other weekly fun and free events!)

Details about the Thursday Concerts from New Center Park:

Plan your summer Thursdays around our Al Fresco Jazz and Blues series at New Center Park. This series includes some of Detroit's finest players, all nationally renowned, and ready to establish New Center Park as the best place for summer Jazz and Blues. Stayed tuned to NewCenterPark.com for weather updates.

*All shows are FREE and start at 6:00 pm*

6/16/11 - Duane Parham Sax Appeal
6/23/11 - Alexander Zonjic
6/30/11 - Rayse Biggs and friends
7/7/11 - Sean Blackman & Wayne Gerard's VIOLAO with vocalist Genevieve Marentette
7/14/11 - Tim Bowman
7/21/11 - Thornetta Davis

ABOUT NEW CENTER PARK:

New Center Park is a unique green space located on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and West Grand Boulevard across from the Fisher Building. It represents an exciting opportunity for New Center Council to provide a “quality of life” amenity for residents, employees and visitors of the neighborhood. Renovation of this existing “pocket park” into a flexible outdoor concert, activity and concession venue (1200 person capacity)  and seasonal programming will begin on June 4th and continue throughout the summer.

With an Alfresco Cafe Menu and Full Bar, New Center Park is available for Private Rentals and is actively identifying Sponsors for 2011′s 90 Shows!!

Food and beverage purchases support the free activities and free entertainment in New Center Park, so come hungry, come thirsty! Sorry NO outside food or beverage permitted during programming.

Redeux News: Downtown Becoming 2nd Tech Hub in Detroit?

Enjoying Campus Martius Park in the Summer

OK, Dan Gilbert was slightly upset when "King James" bolted from his Cleveland Cavaliers, but he is still committed to Detroit with his main gig, Quicken Loans. In 2007, Gilbert announced his decision to move the Quicken Loans headquarters to the Compuware Building near Campus Martius, and the move will be completed next month, bringing over 1,700 employees downtown.

A high-tech firm, Galaxe.Solutions, is also setting up headquarters downtown across the street from Campus Martius at 1001 Woodward Avenue in the next few weeks. Galaxe.Solutions plans to hire up to 500 new people in the next few years and is committed to reverse the outsourcing of tech jobs overseas. Dan Gilbert is working to get more small and tech-focused businesses to also move downtown, and several new restaurants have submitted plans to open soon.

Dan Gilbert says that he wants to re-name the downtown portion of Woodward Avenue "Webward". Along with "TechTown" in the New Center Area, Detroit could soon have two vibrant high-technology centers within the city limits.

TechTown in Detroit: Bridging Entrepreneurship and Innovation

In an area in Detroit now known as the "New Center", technology companies and innovative business incubators have been making their presence known. The New Center, previously known as "New Amsterdam", is located in the center of Detroit near Woodward, Grand Boulevard (East and West), Warren Avenue, and the I-94 Freeway. Most importantly, TechTown is in the area of the former General Motors Headquarters and many of the offices of TechTown are located in historic buildings designed by the late world-renowned architect Albert Kahn.

Two of the first companies in New Amsterdam was the Burroughs Adding Machine Company (now Unisys Corporation) and the American Electrical Heater Company. After declining in the 1950s, the area began its revitalization in the 1990s led by the president of Wayne State University, Dr. Irvin D. Reid.

Today, the New Center Area and TechTown is rapidly growing into a mixed-used neighborhood with lofts, schools, entertainment, shopping, and a renowned research and technology park focusing on small technology-based startups and enterprises. Close by is the Detroit Midtown neighborhood, including the Detroit Cultural Center with various museums, libraries and art galleries, the Detroit Medical Center, and Wayne State University.

 

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