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June 5, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Whole Foods, 15 Years In The Making He doesn't own Whole Foods. He's not stocking the shelves of the upscale grocery chain with boxes of muesli, he's not a Detroiter excited to find a nearby place to buy said cereal and it wasn't his hands that constructed the building over the last year. But on the eve of the opening of Detroit's first Whole Foods Wednesday, Peter Cummings, chairman of development company Ram, is as proud as the parent of an honor roll high school student. It's fitting, because he's been nurturing this development for the last 15 years. Ram purchased the four acres of property at Mack and Woodward Avenue in the Midtown neighborhood in 1998 for approximately $3 million. At the time, it was vacant except for a shuttered Chase bank branch, but Cummings said he saw potential in Midtown. "This was the area of the city where there were significant civic building blocks, the cultural institutions, the health care institutions, Wayne State University," he said. "This is one of those neighborhoods where you could see the bones were there early on." Continue reading... WATCH: After Being Shot In The Head, Detroit Teen Walks At Graduation Snyder Offers Solution To Untested Rape Kits LOOK: Unusual & Local Offerings Abound At Whole Foods LOOK: Detroit Loves 'Mad Men' Bombshell Jack White Makes Incredible Gift To Hometown Why Jack White Paid A Masonic Temple's Tax Bill Jack White Makes Incredible Gift To Hometown Mysterious Shipwreck Will Finally Be Explored Mysterious Shipwreck Will Finally Be Explored Urban Ag Development Plans To Hire Recovering Addicts, Ex-Prisoners Charter School Farm Animals Not Massacred By Humans ALEX ALSUP Some Billionaire's Folly: Is Detroit an Incredible Investment Opportunity? Most say Detroit is done for, finished. But I just can't reconcile that attitude with what I think is plain to see: Detroit is the best investment opportunity since some numbskull bought Alaska for $7 million. Continue reading... RICHEY PIIPARINEN Abandoning the Rust Belt, Vacating the American Dream (PHOTOS) Of course it shouldn't be this way. There shouldn't be so much decay. This is America: the land of milk and money. But it is this way, and without national leadership, the housing crisis in the industrial heartland is unlikely to stop. Continue reading... THOMAS WHITE When It Comes Felonies, Every Sentence Is a Life Sentence Sometimes, good people do bad things. We're not talking about murder or rape -- but rather about people who committed non-violent, first time offenses and are withheld basic societal rights for their whole lives. Continue reading... TROY CAMPBELL Why We Ignore the Biggest Problem in Education We won't solve the education problem till we solve the "Day One Problem" and acknowledge the simple fact: on day one of first grade, we need better kids, not just better teachers. Continue reading... MICHAEL KAISER Problems in Motown The Emergency Mayor of Detroit is considering selling off a large portion of the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art to pay off the city's $15 billion debt. Kevyn Orr has said he is investigating whether the collection could be sold to help ease the city's burden of debt. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003