We think we said this a few issues ago, but here it goes again: Here's another "Detroit is devastated but there's hope" piece. Don't roll your eyes yet. These stories come through the Google box on a daily basis. But some catch our eye. This one did and
Guernica does good work.
Excerpt from
Guernica:
But in showing us Detroit, the Kresge Foundation officials did not
spare us the sight of utterly devastated neighborhoods where most of the
houses and people were long gone. But we also saw thriving areas
sporting locally-owned businesses or well-kept homes: downtown, the
midtown area around Wayne State University, the Indian Village historic
district and others. These neighborhoods are standing up to the tide of
urban blight largely through the hard work and indomitable spirit of
entrepreneurs and grassroots organizations—sources of positive energy
the foundations want to join with in their efforts to revive the city.
Detroit faces serious troubles that are as deep and daunting as any
American city, but my visit turned up evidence that Detroit's famously
feisty and proud residents have not given up on their hometown. And if
offered hope that some day strolling from Grosse Pointe Park into
Detroit, will be no more eventful than traveling from Kansas to
Nebraska.
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