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Who is doing what around Detroit?
I am going to try to outline who is doing what around Detroit. (I’m not naming names but I hope you get the idea). There’s a bunch of new people, organizations, new programs operated by old organizations that are working hard to make Detroit a better city. Plus various governmental agencies are stepping up to the plate. … Continue reading
Stepping up big for Detroit
In this comeback effort I find that a lot of entities are stepping up to bring Detroit back to greatness. However one group has been cited for their efforts and I agree they are at the forefront of this movement. The Knight foundation, Kresge foundation and Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan receive my accolades for what they … Continue reading
Detroit is the only US city
Detroit receives UNESCO ‘City of Design’ designation I copied this from the article Huge award for Detroit Only 47 cities from 33 countries have this Other U.S. cities are a part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, but Detroit is the first to receive the designation for design UNESCO, or United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture … Continue reading
Do some people like blight?
I believe there are two groups of Detroit people who like the blight? I posted on a Facebook group a link to an article that said Detroit has made a comeback. We hear that all the time. Most of us believe it. One group are people who don’t believe in the comeback agrue that things haven’t … Continue reading
Did the comeback make the people or the people make the comeback?
I suspect that almost everybody would admit that Detroit has made a comeback. Now I’m perplexed “Is the comeback making the people or are the people making the comeback”. It appears to me as I attend all these meetings on what’s happening in the city that there’s some really unique and talented people running around … Continue reading
Why call Detroit a comeback city?
Detroit is bad and better than ever. Continue reading
Other’s Call Detroit “The Comeback City”
There’s been a number of articles written about Detroit highlighting us the comeback city. Here’s just a few of them: Huffington Post said this about Detroit CNBC said this about Detroit Strong Towns a nationally recognized blog said this about Detroit Elite Daily a national online magazine said this about Detroit Travelers Today said this … Continue reading
Its been 3 years since my last post
I first launched this blog back in 2013 with the idea of writing interesting and thought provoking stuff about Detroit. Well I lost focus on this effort and concentrated on producing a documentary about Detroit. I released “The Great Detroit, It was-It is-It will be” in 2014. And, since its release I’ve had over 40 … Continue reading
Wishes for Detroit and 2013
Detroit is moving forward, I suspect that almost everybody can agree with that. However to complement the good things happening in our city, I have a few wishes that will really make people take notice. 1. Detroiters start talking more positively about our city. This attitude will make people take notice. 2. Detroiters take more … Continue reading