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With this installment, The Detroit News concludes an examination of why Detroit has inadequate services, a shrinking population and vast tracts of abandoned or vacant property. The first installment, in June, showed why our neighborhoods struggle while other cities' revive and thrive. The second installment examined obstacles to change. This installment explores solutions for reviving Detroit.
Today:
Twelve experts on Detroit and urban government discuss solutions to the city's deep-rooted problems. The consensus from those conversations boils down to a five-point plan for incoming Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the City Council. The conversations also point out ways the mayor and city leaders can make the council more effective, reform bureaucracy, improve finances, attack blight and encourage business investment.
Part I: June 17-21, 2001
Part 2: October 28-29, 2001
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Sunday, December 9, 2001
David Coates / The Detroit News
Mayor Dennis Archer was not confrontational enough to change the city’s massive bureaucracy, his critics contend.
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- How to fix detroit
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- Appoint blight czar, unload land
- Potent, independent authority should tackle abandonmen
- Revamp charter to elect members by districts
- Overhaul needed to hold council accountable
- Charter changes hard to achieve
- Proposals for ward system failed three times in the 1990s
- Ease frustration for merchants
- More financial aid, less red tape would encourage business
- Keep grip on budget
- Trim expenditures, improve collection of property taxes
- Trim management, outsource services
- Revise work rules for a lean, efficient government
- Union contracts need flexibility
- New pacts need changes in work rules, accountability
- Experts on urban affairs
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