Archive: Bridge Magazine

Archive: Center for Michigan’s Bridge Magazine

Bridge Magazine leads the in-depth reporting efforts of the DJC as part of its mission to better inform and encourage a vibrant Michigan in both the private and public sectors. Visit website.

A year post-bankruptcy, Detroit still has a long to-do list
By Bridge Magazine in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later, The Effects December 9, 2015
To rebuild Detroit, restore the schools
By Bridge Magazine in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later, The Effects December 1, 2015
Tracking Progress in Detroit Police Response Times a Fool’s Errand
Detroit touts huge reductions in police response times as evidence the city is keeping residents safer since the days...
By Bridge Magazine in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later, The City November 10, 2015
In Bridge: Lessons for other municipalities from Detroit’s Chapter 9
Detroit’s financial problems have not been of the one-size-fits-all variety, so state and local governments across the U.S. should...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, National attention, Other Municipalities August 18, 2015
Detroit Struggling to Create Jobs Outside of Downtown
Detroit has a host of well-documented problems – poverty, crime, street lights, mass transit – that hamper its recovery....
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, DJC, Feature August 10, 2015
Parks in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
The Plan of Adjustment provided $10 million for Detroit's parks, writes Bridge Magazine's Bill McGraw, which means improvements at...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Feature, Neighborhoods July 14, 2015
Detroit Journalism Cooperative Receives $500,000 for Continued Coverage of Detroit’s Recovery
The award-winning Detroit Journalism Cooperative will extend its impact with new Knight Foundation investment through 2016.
By Sandra Svoboda in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Public TV, DJC, Michigan Radio, New Michigan Media, WDET May 15, 2015
In Bridge: Those blight removal plans? Here’s how they’re going
Blight removal was a much-discussed part of Detroit's bankruptcy trial. As head of the Blight Removal Task Force, billionaire...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods March 25, 2015
From Bridge: Detroit rescued by great leaders…who kept showing up
Here's a look at Detroit's bankruptcy, using the "great man" theory and the "social context" theory for viewing history....
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, DJC, Kevyn Orr December 17, 2014
In Bridge Magazine: Making city government work
"Got a problem? You ought to know who to call.” Bridge Magazine's Phil Powers heard Mike Duggan say that...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods November 18, 2014
From Bridge: What to paint on the “blank canvas”
Detroit’s on its way out of bankruptcy. There are the obvious changes – new streetlights and increased public safety...
By The Center for Michigan in Bankruptcy Court, Blight, Bridge Magazine, DJC, Neighborhoods November 17, 2014
Detroit’s Financial Review Commission: Here’s what’s at stake at 1st meeting
As Detroit exits bankruptcy, a state Financial Review Commission will have authority to approve the mayor and council’s four-year...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, DJC, From Lansing November 11, 2014