Freep overviews downtown development progress, needs

An overview of downtown's progress and its remaining needs -- including transit -- are reivewed.

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Lisa Rush, who works for data processing firm EDS in Auburn Hills, lives in Troy but just bought a small condo to use on weekends in the Lamar Building in the Brush Park area north of downtown.

"When I first told people I was buying a summer home in Detroit, I got totally different reactions," Rush, 51, said last week. "My suburban friends thought I was nuts. My Detroit friends said 'Awesome!' But once my suburban friends understood the reasons and saw the place, they now say 'Cool!' "

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