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Movement 2010 at Hart Plaza in Detroit, MI.

Detroit’s Music Scene Valued at $1.15 Billion with Room to Grow

December 4, 2013

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In addition to my health, friends and family, I had something unexpected to celebrate this past Thanksgiving: the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) is returning to the city on July 4, 2014. DEMF’s return...

Judge rules Detroit eligible for Chapter 9 bankruptcy

John Cruz

December 3, 2013

News

United States Federal Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes has ruled that the city of Detroit meets all criteria to enter into Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. This is a standard first step in any bankruptcy case, u...

Empty Lot Near Meldrum and Kercheval, just west of the proposed Hantz Woodlands site. Photo by jbcurio on Flickr.

A 140 acre forest is about to pop up in Detroit

John Cruz

November 1, 2013

Sustainability

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The lower east side of Detroit is about to get a make-over. Hantz Woodlands (formerly known as Hantz Farms), has reached a deal with the State of Michigan to purchase 1,500 parcels of non-continuous land for th...

Transit Oriented Economic Development for Rust Belt American Cities

John Cruz

August 13, 2012

Economic Development, Featured

The final work of my graduate program at Wayne State was a masters essay on TO(E)D for Rust Belt cities, since this has been the reason why updates have been so sparse as of late, I felt that it was only fair t...

Bus Rapid Transit is the new reality for Detroit

John Cruz

December 19, 2011

Featured, Maps, The Burbs, Transportation

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In the city of Detroit this holiday Season, the city council isn't taking a vacation. In the city of Lansing, the state of Michigan is reviewing the books for Detroit. When they are done, the city council ma...

How does one rebuild “trust” in Detroit?

John Cruz

September 28, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, The Burbs

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Detroit is at a crossroads. We can take the opportunities we have been given and make something great, or we can continue to squabble away our future because we simply cannot get along with each other. The Detr...

What exactly IS the DEGC looking to do with the old Tiger Stadium site?

John Cruz

September 17, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development, Featured, Sustainability

It seems that the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation has rejected yet another proposal to keep activity on the ball field of former Tiger Stadium. The stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was demolis...

Block Mother

John Cruz

September 14, 2011

Videos

I've been following DetroitBigfDeal's stream on vimeo lately and there's some interesting stuff on there. This latest video, even only a few minutes long, is a story about how as planners, we must never lose si...

Detroit: A city on the move

John Cruz

September 9, 2011

Videos

Gotta love old videos about your city. This one is a view I discovered a few months ago talking about Detroit moving forward, it was a commercial for an unsuccessful Olympic games bid shot in 1965.The video is ...

Are Urban Villages a viable option for Detroit?

John Cruz

September 2, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured

Two years ago, a handful of us Wayne State graduate students explored the concept of transforming the city of Detroit from the urban sprawl model that currently takes hold into an Urban Village model of small l...

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