Though not HP-related, I was amazed and excited to read that the US government has authorized the construction of the nation's first commercial spaceport in New Mexico. For a mere $200,000 you can fly 62 miles into space for a suborbital flight lasting about 4 minutes. You can read the article here.
Ok, that's it... Have a happy and safe holiday week, and til we meet again.
Todd
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Residents settle into downtown Scrap Yard Lofts - Holland
Historic Fort Shelby Hotel to reopen as Doubletree - Detroit
Brighton shopping district works to promote city
Southwest Housing granted $300K to redevelop former cigar factory on Michigan Ave. - Detroit
Historic Downtown Detroit Hotel Landmark Re-Opens with $90 Million Restoration as a Doubletree Guest Suites(R) Hotel
Editorial: The real lesson of Fort Shelby's return - Detroit
Demolition begins along river in Leland
Detroit hotels' modern twist on history
Berridge Hotel renovations complete; Hotel set to open as loft apartment complex - Flint
Workers finish restoring Midway Theater façade in Dearborn
Developer turns old industrial building in Ferndale into creative class center
Lincoln Park preservation group goes viral with video to save buildings
West Grand Blvd's Lee Plaza building shopped to developers - Detroit
Poster depicts garages and vintage cars in one of Saginaw's oldest neighborhoods
RFP deadline for Saline building extended
Restored Midland County church features a stained glass window made in 1888 - Jaspers Township
COOL CITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PLANNING
DDA event allows residents to discover downtown again - Jackson
Price to heal Muskegon Lake: $29M
Acres of barren blocks offer chance to reinvent Detroit
Granholm: New Projects Bring New Jobs to MI
$45 million in new construction projects possible at University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor
Projects expected to receive tax incentives
Grand Rapids’ proposed streetcar system could be rolling by 2012
University of Michigan expected to purchase Pfizer site in Ann Arbor
Woodward Action looks to help fund next streetscape project
Downtown poised for turnaround year - South Lyon
Grant awarded in place of rail stop - Inkster
Lawmakers approve $279 million Cobo Center expansion - Detroit
MDEQ antes up $2 million toward Parchment project
Saving The Industrial Heartland
ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE, ARTS & CULTURE, AND ASSORTED ANECDOTES
Michigan Central Depot opens doors - Detroit
Jane Robinson leaving Armory Arts - Jackson
Mini-grants fund $26,800 in Kalamazoo-area arts projects
Could We Build Bridges to a Better Place?
Research Travel Grants Program - Michigan Technological University
GREEN NEWS
A sustainable solution to affordable and sustainable housing
Diesel, Made Simply From Coffee Grounds (Ah, the Exhaust Aroma)
Up on the Roof, New Jobs in Solar Power
INTERESTING BOOKS AND WEBSITES
Book chronicles glory days of downtown Detroit
PLACES NOT CALLED MICHIGAN
Piercy Conner’s innovation for Indian apartments makes the unthinkable solar solution sustainable - Kolkata, India
Sustainable residence will provide community spirit as well as 'green' living - Almere, Netherlands
HOK Sport and Buro Happold designed venue opens in Irish capital - Dublin, Ireland
Chill out, you beautiful people, the Versace beach is refrigerated - Dubai
Valuable Wright chair spotted on eBay likely stolen
Chicago Olympic venue switcheroo: Right for the city's bid, but right for its historic parks?’
Utopia by the Sea - Sonoma Valley, CA
In Morocco, a 19th-Century Palace Transformed - Marrakech, Morocco
Building community - Berlin, MA
That old Cape Mod - Cape Cod, MA
Modern metamorphosis - Esher, UK
How the west was renovated - Sydney, AU
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