Concrete

Today, some residents of Detroit neighborhoods try to get answers about concrete smashing operations near their homes. Also, Michigan’s Legislature turns its attention to interventions for kids' dyslexia and other kinds of reading delays. Plus, what’s cooking at the Dixboro Project. We’ll meet the new executive chef and partner Garret Lipar, who dazzled Detroiters at the micro-sized restaurant Albena.

Community advocates cited environmental and health concerns as reasons to overturn the proposal.

An owner of property on Lawton Street in Detroit's Core City neighborhood wants to bring in a concrete recycling facility, but neighbors say they don't want to breathe silica dust.

On today's show, we chatted about the tantalizing possibilities for the Lions in the playoffs, plus other football news. Then, a word with a creative writing professor on the 2022 "words of the year." We also discussed the controversy surrounding concrete crushing facilities in Detroit. Plus, we spoke about a new partnership that'll make Detroit a manufacturing hub for one electric bike company. To end, a review of a memoir that was shaped by Detroit's landscapes.

As the summer road construction season moves into its final weeks, you might find yourself wondering: instead of pouring time and money into patching…