Developers, realtors and house-hunters say the city's property-tax-break zones can 'make or break' a deal. These Neighborhood Enterprise Zones are helping to make city living attractive and affordable, and helping Detroit housing compete with the 'burbs.
TechTown plans call for about $500 million in public and private support to completely redevelop its 12-block area in Detroit by 2020.
More young, professional metro Detroiters are supporting the city's cultural institutions, and finding that membership has its benefits. Fundraising used to mean raffles and stalwarts, but these days, the parties are getting bigger, better and there's more of them.
Motown's proving to be fertile ground for cultivating creative filmmaking. The city's independent auteurs — who make everything from ready-for-MTV music videos to cutting edge experimental projects — say with a little push the city could become a center for movie making.
Hamtramck has a history of being the home for great music, and with Blowout, it is keeping that alive. The annual festival not only attracts the area's top acts, but also brings in new people to the two-square-mile city within a city.
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