Monday, April 5, 2010

critique of demolitions

I just listened to this interview about some of the fears of Mayor Bing's demolition.

Detroit Entrepreneurship


This post is for Brad and Detroit's opportunities for new businesses...even out of the home. The article was in the Metro Times (here). Jay Thunderbolt (the entrepreneur) was shot in the head when he was 11, is still in Detroit, and contributing to Detroit's economic diversity. The blogger for this article also has some other interesting posts (articles) concerning Detroit.

Residential Demolition Program


I came across this information about the residential demolition program that recently started work this April. I thought it would be interesting to the group and our various ideas. Here is a link to an article at a Detroit news site and also to Data Driven Detroit which has some interesting links.