Motown Makeover

Before proposing, Malcolm Knowles took his Lady in Pink on an Alaskan cruise from Seattle, Washington during the 2011 Christmas holiday season. The couple shared romantic views of the city from the Four Seasons, one of only two luxury 5-star hotels in Seattle before a relaxing train ride back to Detroit, Michigan and his new position as Executive Fire Commissioner of the city.Three years later, Angela, Paprika Knowles, is struggling with old friends and new roles in a city trying to rebuild itself. Fortunately she has the support and guidance of the Detroit Ladies in Pink. As the couple starts a family in the middle of the dilapidation around them, they fight to prove they made the right choice to return instead of starting new somewhere else.Detroit and its residents are no stranger to big business, industry start-ups, or crime. As a budding cannabis industry moves towards legality, the road to it is pot holed by legal and illegal competition that soon involves the police, fire department, and the Ladies in Pink.Detroiters, those newly coined and seasoned, play significant roles in the city’s attempts to revive and survive itself. Stories of opposition and resilience, of mistakes and lessons learned and the stories about Detroit’s future and the people who are working to create it one story at a time are found inside.