Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Uptick in a Down Trend

Great local news about a financial company intending to locate in Detroit. Still, much more needs to be done. It's debatable whether or not the city has hit bottom. When I arrived back here recently I experienced culture shock. There is less business activity, less car and foot traffic, downtown now than there was ten years ago, so one can hardly yet call anything a revival.

Will the new employees become simply more captive hostages-- have that attitude-- as they show for their jobs and park in the attached parking garage then flee as soon as worked has ended? This seems to be the pattern now.

What's needed is to change the perception of the name itself. This can be done best through a cultural revival-- one that gives Detroit cachet beyond the local area.

The city has tremendous problems but great potential also.

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