Successful All-Star Game raises money, image
The All-Star Game has people seeing the Detroit differently.
“From business to construction to a massive beautification and volunteer cleanup program, the city and region went to great lengths to try to improve downtown and surrounding areas to dispel stereotypes about conditions in the city. From the positive comments many officials heard, they think they’ve accomplished that,” says the article
The article quotes Detroit Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick as saying, “we should all be celebrating. Six months ago, everybody was nervous. Everybody was wondering if we could do this. … We have all put together and done an amazing thing. And for the first time since I’ve been alive, the world is seeing Detroit differently today, and I think that’s a reason to celebrate.”
– Read the full story at: MLB.com
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