Proposed hotel near Dearborn mosque sparks debate and division

March 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN – Tensions are high among community members over the proposed opening of a Holiday Inn Express hotel about 500 yards from Dearborn’s largest mosque. The hospitality chain seeks to construct a business-geared hotel in place of a church that has been vacant for three years, on a triangular block that’s home to the Islamic...

With revitalization underway, new downtown Dearborn Hampton Inn hotel opens doors

April 4th, 20170 DEARBORN – The opening of a hotel in the heart of downtown Dearborn brings the first stages of promising business developments expected to substantially revitalize the city. A towering, seemingly new building on Michigan Avenue is among dozens of award-winning Hampton Inn Hotels owned by four Iraqi immigrants – the Bacall...