The
Michigan Messenger talks
with a few of the 167 candidates running for city council. Some of
their ambitions and ideas for the city of Detroit are interesting to
say the least. But, as ambitious as they may be, the budget will be
considerably tight for their plans.
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Some of those candidates are coming up with answers that make their
proposals a bit more memorable. While one candidate wants to build a
gigantic theme park on vacant city lots, another wants to power the
Cobo Convention Center, home of the North American International Auto
Show, on wind and solar energy.
One of the candidates with a big idea for Detroit is Annivory
Calvert. Calvert wants to turn the Cobo Convention Center, locally
known as Cobo Hall, into what she calls “the house that Obama built”
and make it the green technology showplace of the nation.
In doing so Calvert estimates she’ll create more then 150,000 jobs
in the city. “The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation
Association estimates that for every 100 million that you spend on
transportation there’s 4,750 jobs,” she told Michigan Messenger.
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