He studied the spatial mismatch in Detroit and arrived at the conclusion that the quality of transit in that urban area was below standard: “the prospects for serving the most disadvantaged people with public transit are so limited that the problem facing poor people in Detroit is a ‘modal ...
Preferential enrollment in senior home retrofit program Preference for the occupancy of affordable units Preferential access to Financial Counseling through Detroit at Work In the years after the Great Recession, home values collapsed after the housing market went under in 2008. Howeve...
". Appendix: Case studies Detroit: mobilising stakeholders to reinvent motor city Enabling sustainable city competitiveness through distributed urban leadership 33 In 2013, the city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. Detroit's estimated total debt exceeded $18 billion. ...
Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., where senior Evy Sutter won the third place speaker award in Varsity NEDA Crossfire and her partner junior Lauren Travieso was awarded the fourth. Carnley, who was undefeated in NEDA events this year, was upset in the quarterfinals of Varsity Rapidfire...
(CBS DETROIT) - The city of Dearborn Heights says it is preparing for a possible shutdown if the city council does not approve its 2024-2025 budget by June 30. According to an alert on the city's website, officials say city services could close effective July 1. Under Michigan law, ...
June 12| North America 2.0, on the future of critical continental relations with Consul General Colin T. Bird, Consul General of Canada in Detroit; and Roberto Nicolás Vázquez, Consul General of Mexico in Detroit. Subscribeto the newsletter for updates. ...
New York City’s poverty rate in 2016, the most recent year for which there are data, was 19.5% and its near-poverty rate was 43.5% of all residents. By comparison, the poverty rate in Detroit was 34.5%; Cleveland, 33.1%; Bloomington, Indiana, 32.4%; Syracuse, New York, 32.1%; Phil...
“This means grant-funded programs are being privatized and will not be subject to City Council approval,” said Cecily McClellan, vice-president of the Association of Professional and Technical Employees and a member of Free Detroit. “Civil service requirements will not apply. This is going on...
Kindu Jones, senior coordinator of baseball development at Major League Baseball, was present for the Bronx ID Tour stop. He stressed to participants the importance of taking every opportunity seriously, as it could lead to the future in baseball they are all dreaming of. ...