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CEOs for Cities Urban Leaders Summit 2010 - Detroit
Provocation: Voices from a New Generation of Innovators and the Detroit Declaration
Panelists: Austin Black II, City Living Detroit Sean Mann, Let’s Save Michigan Claire Nelson, Bureau of Urban Living Sandra Yu, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Moderator: Benjamin Kennedy, Kresge Foundation
Ten Reasons We Wake Up Every Morning In Detroit
Prepared by Claire Nelson & Sean Mann / November 2010
Local, Independent Businesses
• Open City • Invest Detroit • TechTown
Burton Theatre
West Willis
Advocacy & Political Action
• Detroit Declaration • Let’s Save Michigan • Detroit Works Project
Launched online Jan 2010 12,600+ Fans
Urban Agriculture & Local Food
• Grown in Detroit • Eastern Market • Gourmet Underground • Community Gardens
Eastern Market
Gourmet Underground
Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use
• Green Garage • Green Alley • Hanging Gardens Project • Powerhouse Project
Before
After
Hanging Gardens Project
Powerhouse Project
New Neighborhood Traditions
• Detroit City Futbol League • Marche du Nain Rouge • Canfield Street Market • Detroit Party Marching Band
Detroit City Futbol League
Detroit Party Marching Band
Bike Culture & New Greenways
• Tour de Troit • Critical Mass • Dequindre Cut
Tour de Troit
Dequindre Cut
Regional Transit
(Not yet, but hopefully someday. SOON would be nice. Please & thank you!)
Public Art Projects & Collectives
• Detroit Lives! • Detroit Soup • Heidelberg Project • Hygienic Dress League • Juxtapoz • Imagination Station
• The Lot
• Loveland • Popps Packing • Powerhouse Project • Public Art Workz • Public Pool • Street Culture Mash • Yes Farm
Hygienic Dress League
Powerhouse Project
Public Art Workz
Public Pool
The Lot, North Corktown
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
City Kids & Families
(Not every young family is high-tailing it to the suburbs.)
Good Media: Changing the Narrative
• NYTimes et al • Detroit Lives! • Lemonade Detroit • Grown in Detroit
2010 Headlines:
“In Detroit, Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Hard Times”
“Shrinking Detroit Back to Greatness”
“Detroit Goes From Gloom to Economic Bright Spot”
“Wringing Art Out of Rubble”
“Detroit’s Midtown Thrives As It Builds On The Past”
“Growing Together”
“Detroit’s Renewal, Slow-Cooked”
Communities Taking Ownership
• Public Spaces • Blight • Redevelopment
Clark Park Coalition, Southwest Detroit
Is that ten reasons? (I’m sure we can think of more.)
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