Tag Archive: Detroit

What Detroit needs most

http://bit.ly/1isWmqa Detroit needs a revamped public education system, a secondary education system to help low-labor workers learn new skills, and it needs businesses to grow and create jobs. It must come from the… Continue reading

How would you remove the 80,000 abandoned homes in Detroit?

Read the NPR article here How would you get rid of the 80,000 blighted buildings in Detroit? Would you demolition them, quickly and cost effectively? Or would you pick them apart by hand,… Continue reading

Detroit to pay 30 cents on dollar for $285M debt

Big news for Detroit. The city will only have to pay $85M of a $285 million debt from UBS and Bank of America Merril Lynch. This debt came from from “swaps”, or pension-debt… Continue reading

Detroit investing $150 million into new tech for the city

Under the city’s proposal to emerge from bankruptcy, Detroit would spend nearly $150 million during the next 10 years to make up for decades of a lack of investment in technology. http://bitly.com/1ca1tNy