Bing: ‘Change … or get left behind’
Change isn’t something that Detroit would like to see — it’s something that is imperative to its survival, according to Mayor Dave Bing.Excerpt:”We
are not the most competitive place today,” Bing said in a wide-ranging
interview Tuesday on economic and budget issues. “We’ve got to
understand that people don’t owe us anything… Either we’re going to
have to change or we’re going to get left behind.”In
other words, despite President Barack Obama’s promise in May that GM
won’t move its headquarters from Detroit, Bing knows that GM’s staff is
still shrinking and its future is still shaky. So he’s exploring
incentives to help GM fill what soon could be the equivalent of an
empty tower of RenCen space.Read the entire article here.
Change isn’t something that Detroit would like to see, it’s something
that is imperative to its survival, according to Mayor Dave Bing.
Excerpt:
“We
are not the most competitive place today,” Bing said in a wide-ranging
interview Tuesday on economic and budget issues. “We’ve got to
understand that people don’t owe us anything. … Either we’re going to
have to change or we’re going to get left behind.”
In
other words, despite President Barack Obama’s promise in May that GM
won’t move its headquarters from Detroit, Bing knows that GM’s staff is
still shrinking and its future is still shaky. So he’s exploring
incentives to help GM fill what soon could be the equivalent of an
empty tower of RenCen space.
Read the entire article here.
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