Giving Detroit a 2nd chance
"After seven years away from Detroit, Ann Lang is struck by how much better downtown looks and feels than it did in 1998, the year she decamped for Colorado."
"After seven years away from Detroit, Ann Lang is struck by how much better downtown looks and feels than it did in 1998, the year she decamped for Colorado."
Redevelopment project expected to generate more than $10.7 million in private investment and create 100 new jobs.
"Detroit residents are trying to cash in on Super Bowl tourists by renting their homes for thousands per day."
An organization, the article reports, whose "mission is to improve the lives of children by improving their homes, schools and their neighborhoods through supporting activities during non-school hours" has been giving millions of dollars to improve Detroit schools.
East Detroit's flock of junior sailors and their parents are carrying the torch for the city's historic river recreation legacy. Bayview Yacht Club—host of the international annual Detroit to Macinack Island sailing race set for July 23--celebrates its 90 th birthday this year, while the Detroit Yacht Club across the river on Belle Isle checks in at a grand ol' 137 years old and the nearby Detroit Rowing Club traces its roots back some 175 years.
Economic-development experts seem to agree: racial fighting blocks development. Diversity, on the other hand, can help spur it, says Keith Schneider, deputy director of the Michigan Land Use Institute.
Big changes are on the horizon in Detroit’s New Center area. The canopy removal was only the first stage of $4 million public and private improvement project for the area. The Woodward Gateway Project promises historic street lamps, new sidewalks with clay brick accents, trees surrounded by cast-iron grates, bike racks, benches and trash receptacles.
The All-Star Game confirmed it: Downtown Detroit's long decline is over.
"'Desperate Houswives' star, others take in sights, visit with fans during Monday's festivities."
"Enjoy the giddy feeling, Detroit. You deserve it."
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