Archive: Neighborhood Communities
Michigan Citizen: “Grim ‘Future City’ for poor neighborhoods”
Our Detroit Journalism Cooperative partner, the Michigan Citizen, weighs in about the Detroit Future City plan. Don’t wait for...
Lessenberry on saving Detroit: “Shrink it”
"Detroit’s bankruptcy process, like this long and dreadful winter, is unlikely to end anytime soon. While it is still...
By Michigan Radio in Blight, DJC, Michigan Radio, NeighborhoodsMichigan Radio: No, Chinese buyers are NOT buying up Detroit
Since Detroit filed for bankruptcy last summer, there have been lots of stories going around about major Chinese money...
From the Arab-American News: NAACP leader analyzes Detroit bankruptcy
For more than two decades, the Rev. Wendell Anthony has led the Detroit NAACP, the country's largest chapter. He...
On The Craig Fahle Show: The $70 million blight fight
Even in bankruptcy, Detroit has millions of dollars in state and federal money to tear down blighted buildings and...
On The Craig Fahle Show: Detroit Regional Chamber’s Sandy Baruah
In the Detroit Business Update segment, the chamber's President and CEO Sandy Baruah discussed if jobs can be created...
From the Weekend: Detroit readings not to miss
The Detroit Free Press had a slew of stories over the weekend related to the city's bankruptcy. Here's the...
On The Craig Fahle Show and MiWeek: Thomas Sugrue and Detroit’s bright spots
Author of the definitive work about Detroit’s decline, “The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar...
In the News: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City speech
From a city-run car insurance program to better bus service to city lighting fully restored by the end of...
The Takeaways: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan tackled a lot, threw out numbers with end dates and got a lot of people...
UPDATED Plan of Alternatives: Anti-EM groups respond to city
While experts, analysts and advocates were responding to Detroit’s Plan of Adjustment and determining what it means for pensions,...
Detroit Future City Plan: Where is the Regionalism?
Does the Detroit Future City plan think broadly enough about Detroit's future along with the southeast Michigan region? WSU...