#TwoDetroits

The existence of Two Detroits has persisted since before the US put a man on the moon. So that we may build a better city, we must first confront Detroit's contradictions head on. Before there can be One Detroit, Our Detroit, we must confront the past and work genuinely toward bridging the inequity of Two Detroits.

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#TwoDetroits - $600 million over-taxation forces 100,000 Detroiters to lose homes while $616 million is earmarked for longtime blighters, Ilitch family of parking lot fame

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‘Winners and losers’ in the battle for Detroit development funds - BridgeDetroit

Dozens of Detroit developers sought federal grant dollars for neighborhood investments, but only a bundle of downtown projects were awarded money.

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80% of Detroit is African American, Yet They Feel Left Behind

As the city climbs out of decades of decline, many of Detroit’s African American residents feel they’re being left behind.

#TwoDetroits - still here

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Mike Duggan: 2014 - “...the single standard a mayor should be defined on is whether the population is going up or down” (WSJ).

Mike Duggan: 2020 -  “Three weeks ago we had the highest death rate in the country” (MSNBC).

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#TwoDetroits - In DBusiness Top 500 business leaders, only 4 are black women. Why aren't the people in the room making sure the room is inclusive?

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While African-Americans make up nearly 80 percent of Detroit's population, only three of the 37 venture-backed startups in Wayne County are led by people who are racial minorities — about 8 percent, the report found.

2018 Detroit Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report, EntryPoint

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A Mural Lost To History: “African Amalgamation of Ubiquity”  | Detroitisit

A Mural Lost To History: “African Amalgamation of Ubiquity": The Story of Remembering The Story of Remembering a Detroit's Image of Itself

#TwoDetroits - A Mural Lost To History: “African Amalgamation of Ubiquity” - it’s not the demolition of the building, but rather the visual symbol of loss experienced by African-Americans in Detroit: disinvestment, predatory lending, foreclosure

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Republican money funds Gilbert, Duggan-linked Detroit charter commission candidates

Why are a Republican-leaning organization and corporate interests funding campaigns for Detroit charter commission candidates affiliated with Mayor Mike Duggan and Dan Gilbert? That’s the...

#TwoDetroits - Republican money funds Gilbert and Duggan candidates

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Park Avenue House Evictions

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/10/11/park-avenue-house-eviction-detroit/1579500002/

#TwoDetroits - affordable housing tenants Downtown evicted, told to leave within 30 days

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Wayne State students priced out of Midtown

The hot housing market in Midtown is squeezing out Wayne State University students who want to live near campus.

#TwoDetroits #ThreeDetroits - students priced out of Midtown

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I support keeping Detroit's @TheWrightMuseum a Black cultural institution! Don't gentrify Black Detroit! (petition via @ColorOfChange)

I support keeping Detroit's @TheWrightMuseum a Black cultural institution! Don't gentrify Black Detroit! (petition via @ColorOfChange)

Don't gentrify the African-American history museum! #twodetroits

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A black city making images of itself and its history. And now that corner is worth more as a new building than it was as a record of that history.

Nolan Simon (source)

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Hipsters and new whites to Detroit know value and have the capital to buy up the big beautiful homes and capitalize on that investment.

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Detroit’s most significant contribution to the world won’t be autonomous vehicles or hip tech start-ups. It will be how to revive a city inclusively.

- Eric S. Thomas (Financial Times)

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Detroit's showcase neighborhood project falls a year behind schedule

Some residents are unsure of the project’s progress. After questions from the Free Press, city leaders pushed its completion date back —

#TwoDetroits - Duggan's showcase neighborhood revitalization a year behind schedule, reduced funding support, and limited community input.

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One Detroit isn't the answer to Two Detroits

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Mike Duggan is the Slows BBQ guy of politics [not a compliment]

Mark Blizman