The GOODPontiac’s Silverdome has been sold at auction. Or at least, the city of Pontiac accepted a bid from a Toronto based real estate company to buy it & the surrounding 127 acres. Plans are to bring a professional men’s & women’s soccer league to Detroit. But an update - apparently the deal fell through - am hopeful someone else picks it up!
MLS is a 15-team league that will be expanding to 18 teams by 2011.
We do love our sports teams here in Detroit – even our Lions!
The BAD
GM may move 1,500 jobs from Renaissance Center – will downtown be a ghost town?
2,500 could stay at RenCen, 1,500 may relocate. Some people will move from the Renaissance Center to the Warren Tech Center, but the Renaissance Center will still maintain a very sizable presence and this will be their headquarters, GM CEO Fritz Henderson indicated. Sizable, but that’s still 1,500 job moving out of the city.
The UGLY
Detroit Public Schools – no one with school age children will move back to the city as long as the schools are in such deplorable condition. Thriving communities need families with kids – no one is going to move in if they thinks their kids can’t get a decent education.
A Little of the BEST
The Heidelberg Project is art, energy, and community. It’s an open-air art environment in the heart of an urban community on Detroit’s East Side. It began in 1986 as a way for local resident to put pride back in their neighborhood. Armed with a paintbrush, a broom, and neighborhood children, the founder began by cleaning up vacant lots on Heidelberg and Elba Streets. From the refuse they collected, Guyton began to transform the street into a massive art environment. Vacant lots literally became “lots of art” and abandoned houses became “gigantic art sculptures.” Guyton not only transformed vacant houses and lots, he integrated the street, sidewalks, and trees into his mammoth installation and called his work, "The Heidelberg Project", after it's location on
Heidelberg Street.
Today the Heidelberg Project is recognized as one of the most influential art environments in the world.
GM may move 1,500 jobs from Renaissance Center – will downtown be a ghost town?
2,500 could stay at RenCen, 1,500 may relocate. Some people will move from the Renaissance Center to the Warren Tech Center, but the Renaissance Center will still maintain a very sizable presence and this will be their headquarters, GM CEO Fritz Henderson indicated. Sizable, but that’s still 1,500 job moving out of the city.
The UGLY
Detroit Public Schools – no one with school age children will move back to the city as long as the schools are in such deplorable condition. Thriving communities need families with kids – no one is going to move in if they thinks their kids can’t get a decent education.
A Little of the BEST
The Heidelberg Project is art, energy, and community. It’s an open-air art environment in the heart of an urban community on Detroit’s East Side. It began in 1986 as a way for local resident to put pride back in their neighborhood. Armed with a paintbrush, a broom, and neighborhood children, the founder began by cleaning up vacant lots on Heidelberg and Elba Streets. From the refuse they collected, Guyton began to transform the street into a massive art environment. Vacant lots literally became “lots of art” and abandoned houses became “gigantic art sculptures.” Guyton not only transformed vacant houses and lots, he integrated the street, sidewalks, and trees into his mammoth installation and called his work, "The Heidelberg Project", after it's location on
Heidelberg Street.
Today the Heidelberg Project is recognized as one of the most influential art environments in the world.
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