Economist magazine has ranked Detroit the seventh best city for business travel in the world. The city placed among fine company, just behind Vancouver, Toronto, Adelaide, Honolulu, Perth, and Auckland, beating out Atlanta, Montreal, and Vienna in the top ten.
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has accepted a $100,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Downtown Urban Revitalization Program to install solar-powered lights to brighten the facades of several downtown buildings.
Streetscape improvements made over the last four years in downtown Detroit have been enthusiastically embraced by pedestrian crowds, and more will be coming later this year. Support from the federal government's economic stimulus package will enhance plans that were already in place for significant projects near lower Woodward and Greektown.
The City of Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) will open the Transit Center this summer as part of a $23 million, multi-phased project funded by the federal government. DDOT's leaders had a bold vision for this project. They requested project management assistance from the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC),to help them deliver that vision and we were honored by the request.
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