The morning was perfect for our mobile edition of CreativeMornings/Detroit for August’s global theme of Urbanism! Andy Didorosi of The Detroit Bus Company took us through Midtown, Woodbridge, Delray, Southwest Detroit, and back to Great Lakes Coffee. Andy pointed out areas of the city that inspires him, with both historic and personal stories about places that he loves. He emphasized the importance of discovering and exploring your city with a lens of respect and knowledge of context.

In addition to the urban to suburban bus service and various tours that The Detroit Bus Company provides, Andy informed us about the programs that connect youth in the city to after school and summer programming. There was also a moment when the attendees were able to mention projects they were working on in Detroit. One of the projects mentioned was Mariners Inn, a resource for men recovering from substance abuse.

It was exciting to learn about projects that are making Detroit better and the contributions of those that have came before. Such as the contributions of Detroit mayor Hazen Pingree who established farms in Detroit for immigrants in the city to feed their families in the 1890s.

Detroit has always had challenges and will continue to have challenges, but it is important to keep interacting with our communities and our neighbors to see what creative and innovative solutions we can collaborate on together.

We had an excellent time with Andy touring our city and we hope to catch The Detroit Bus Company for a tour very soon! You can see more photos of our August CreativeMornings/Detroit on our Flickr page!