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Investing in Detroit’s Future
Posted by Julia Klaiber on February 25, 2010 | News
All eyes are on Detroit, including ours. CEOs for Cities will host our national Opportunity Dividend Summit in the Motor City next week with our partners at the United Way of Southeastern Michigan. And last week, Detroit's transit initiative, the privately funded M-1 line along Woodward Avenue, received a $25 million TIGER Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Recently Smart City was able to interview Matt Cullen, who is leading the M-1 initiative, about the impact he believes light rail can have on the city's redevelopment ambitions and why investing in Detroit now makes sense.