Economic Development

Coverage of projects, big and small, and the people who create them, which promote the economic health of a community, including manufacturing, retail, office, and hospitality developments.

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It's a unique time in Detroit's history. We have a confluence of large-scale structural challenges and a growing tide of DIY creative responses. We have the attention of national media and funders, and a public process underway to re-imagine and re-do the city. But this window of opportunity won't last forever -- how are we seizing it?

Latest in Economic Development
MSU study claims city’s vacant land has green growth potential
Bing blogs Turin’s turnaround
More Quicken Loans employees move downtown
IC Data Communications expands in TechTown, hires five
Corktown’s blue-collar Victorian cottages tell immigrants’ stories
AccuTech Int moves to downtown’s Ford Building from Livonia
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GifteD gathers local retailers in one Downtown location for holiday shopping
GalaxE Solutions fills new downtown space with dozens of hires

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