Business leaders call Howard Bell, Detroit's "entrepreneurial economic czar," and his work could help transform the region's economy. The executive director of TechTown, Bell has already brought about 40 companies and 1,000 employees to the New Center business incubator.
Historic homes and ornate cathedrals and churches. Opportunities for investment and growth in a prime central Detroit location. Close to downtown, the New Center and a short distance by car to the northern suburbs. Welcome to Central Woodward, a racially, economically and architecturally diverse neighborhood looking to reverse decades of decline and restore its place as one of the city's top residential districts.
You want parks with access to the river? An historic business district looking to stimulate growth for the future? A place fixed between a redeveloping urban cityscape and traditional suburbia? Welcome to Jefferson East ...
Historically one of the city's most prized addresses, Brush Park's blight made headlines. But now construction crews work on almost every block — repaving, rehabbing and building from scratch. The mansions are becoming condos and B&Bs. New townhouses and lofts are coming. And, slowly, a community is emerging.
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