[Sketching17] Sketching in Hardware, Detroit, July 28-August 2 UPDATE #3

[Mike Kuniavsky]

CONTENTS
  - Hotel Link
  - Hotel room sharing
  - Survey reminder
  - Thursday event details: bowling
  - Friday evening at TechTown Detroit

HOTEL LINK
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The event hotel is the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center with a rate of 
$134/night. As a kid growing up in suburban Detroit, the RenCen played a 
major role in my childhood. It was simultaneously a symbol of the hope of 
Detroit, an undeniable architectural landmark, and a tower fortress that, 
originally pitched as a “city within a city,” symbolized the isolationist 
impulses which further divided the city in the wake of the 1967 riot. 
Originally built by Ford, today it’s the world headquarters of General 
Motors and a major Detroit cultural hub. It’s also a lovely hotel with 
great views of the river and city.

Here’s a link to get the room rate.

https://aws.passkey.com/go/SketchinginHardwareTechCon

HOTEL ROOM SHARING
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If you’re on a budget and would like to get a room to share, feel free to 
post to this list or contact us and we’ll try to find someone to share the 
room with.

SURVEY REMINDER
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Once again, if you haven’t filled out the survey, please do. This really 
helps us plan for many of the activities we’re organizing:

https://goo.gl/forms/vx9KOmOpKHiLUPfB2

THURSDAY EVENING: BOWLING!
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If you’re in the Midwest, bowling is almost mandatory, so for folks who 
arrive early on Thursday, July 27, we’re renting much (maybe most) of 
Punch Bowl Social, which is a 15 minute walk/5 minute drive from the 
Renaissance Center. We’ll cover the first round of bar food.

FRIDAY EVENING: TECHTOWN DETROIT
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Friday we’re going to have dinner at TechTown Detroit, the city’s business 
and technology accelerator, and we’re going to invite some folks from the 
TechTown startup scene to the event. We’ll have more on this later, but 
we’d love for there to be new mindblowing things to show off as we dine 
and talk. If you have some new technology you’d like to show this 
audience, please let me know.

http://techtowndetroit.org

Thanks.

Once again, THANK YOU to the Knight Foundation, our premier sponsor.

-- 
Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com