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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...