Inside Detroit offers Segway tours to promote Detroit

If you own a Segway -- those two-wheeled, upright, transportation vehicles -- you might be considered lazy. It's like an escalator, except there is no upper floor. But putting those Segways to good use by using them to promote Detroit, that's not lazy, that's just a good idea.

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While breezing along downtown streets, tour leaders such as Jeanette Pierce, co-founder of Inside Detroit, discuss the city's economic climate and the pros of living and doing business in Detroit, and strive to open eyes to the possibilities in the Motor City. She also likes to point out new businesses that opened their doors downtown in the midst of the recession but are doing well.

"Small businesses are the future of the city," said Pierce, who launched the tours in July and noted they're booked through October. "There's doom and gloom all over, but there are so many success stories." With the tours, "(entrepreneurs) get the insider perspective."

Pierce can point out several benefits to starting a business in Detroit: the low cost of renting or leasing; the close-knit business community; and the ease of commuting while living downtown.

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