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Home»Posts tagged with»Detroit Works Project

Mayor Bing fights neighborhood blight with innovative approach to empower Detroiters

By Steve Neavling on December 13, 2012   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts, Urban Renewal  

Mayor Bing fights neighborhood blight with innovative approach to empower Detroiters

For just $200, some Detroiters can buy neighboring vacant lots and receive help sprucing up the property.

Mayor Bing’s plan to save Detroit sputters on

By Steve Neavling on August 21, 2012   City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

Mayor Bing’s plan to save Detroit sputters on

All together, the mayor’s three-year-old Detroit Works Project, which was designed to attract thousands of residents into revitalized neighborhoods over the next decade, has summoned only about a dozen new residents to areas that are far from revitalized.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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