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  Consensus, but Progress?

  Josh Leon | Thu, Jul 2nd, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, josh leon, jane jacobs, richard florida, migration, world bank, shanghai, worldwatch, reshaping economic geography, creative class, world expo, bob dylan, talking heads, the atlantic | 2

  Josh Leon on whether the new standards of planning truly represent progress—or leave entire communities in the dust.

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• Columnists

  Should We Abandon the “Uncreative Class”?

  Josh Leon | Tue, May 19th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, china, josh leon, canada, richard florida, migration, mexico, industrial decline, atlantic monthly, the changed world economy, peter f. drucker, creative class, nafta | 4

  In the latest installment of his column, Josh Leon wonders who gets left behind when cities adapt to a volatile market and a mobile professional class.

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• Columnists

  Contemplating Another Path for Detroit’s Historic Assets

  Francis Grunow | Tue, Apr 28th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: | 6

  Guest columnist Francis Grunow hopes that Detroit can find a way to save important historical buildings slated for demolition.

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• Columnists

  Bailing out Flint, But Not the Big Three

  Andrew Thompson | Tue, Apr 7th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: jane jacobs, manufacturing, stimulus, urbanization, andrew thompson, metronomics, michael moore, localization, general motors, flint | 2

  In the latest installment of his column, Metronomics, Andrew Thompson explores the difference between “localization” and “urbanization” economies and explains how stimulus money can be better used to help struggling cities.

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• The Daily Report

  Living on the (Very) Cheap in Detroit

  Julia Ramey | Wed, Mar 18th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, real estate, urbanexus, julia ramey, toby barlow | 0

  A recent op-ed in the New York Times proves the existence of the $100 home, which has become a reality in parts of Detroit.

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• The Daily Report

  Can PPPs Save Detroit?

  Rachel Somerstein | Thu, Feb 26th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, forbes, conrad hotel, national council on public private partnerships, indianapolis, living cities, public-private partnerships, aleksandra miziolek, cnbc, rachel somerstein, bart peterson, we energies, tammy carnrike, rick norment, mitch daniels, kwame kilpatrick, kenneth cockrel, jr | 1

  An in-depth look at how public-private partnerships helped guide the fates of Indianapolis and Detroit.

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• The Daily Report

  Saving Detroit’s Last Synagogue

  Maggie Tishman | Fri, Jan 23rd, 2009 | Category: Interviews | City: Detroit | Tags: | 1

  As Detroit has struggled over the past forty years to remake itself after deindustrialization and the end of manufacturing, it finds its struggles embodied in one segment of its population in particular: the Jewish community, which is presently facing the challenge of saving the city’s last synagogue.

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• The Daily Report

  Fifth and Final Round: Predictions for 2009

  Diana Lind | Tue, Jan 6th, 2009 | Category: Events | City: Detroit | Tags: | 0

  We saved some great predictions for last: Jess Zimbabwe, of the Mayor’s Institute on City Design; Sarah Szurpicki, of Great Lakes Urban Exchange; and Nate Berg, of Planetizen. It’s kind of like the grand finale of a fireworks show.

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• Columnists

  Round 4: Predictions for 2009

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jan 5th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: philadelphia, detroit, new york, mayor nutter, 2009, recession, predictions | 2

  I’ve had the benefit of reading a few other people’s predictions for 2009 and now weigh in with my own ideas.

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• Urban Nation

  Round 2: Predictions for 2009

  Ben Adler | Fri, Jan 2nd, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: barack obama, detroit, ben adler, las vegas, 2009, predictions, washington, d.c. | 2

  Ben Adler takes a stab at Next American City’s all-important four questions for the New Year.

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• The Daily Report

  Round 1: Predictions for 2009

  Diana Lind | Wed, Dec 31st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, carol coletta, phoenix, ceos for cities, vacancies | 2

  Next American City sent out a survey with four simple questions in it —Carol Coletta, President and CEO of CEOs for Cities gives her predictions of where cities will be in 2009. Tomorrow, Ben Adler takes a stab at the questions. Stay tuned for more predictions!

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• Columnists

  The Deets on Detroit

  Diana Lind | Fri, Oct 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: philadelphia, detroit, diana lind, next american city, mies van der rohe, design philadelphia, creative cities | 5

  I’d never been to Detroit before, only driven through it once on my way from Toronto to Chicago. What I knew of the city were images of the Ren Cen, urban blight, Eminem and GM. I went out to Detroit for the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 and gave a keynote speech about young urban leader organizations…. and wasn’t quite sure what to say about the city until I was out last night in Philadelphia…

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• NAC News

  Diana Lind to Speak at Creative Cities Summit

  Diana Lind | Tue, Oct 7th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: detroit, diana lind, sustainability, richard florida, creative cities summit, carol colletta, innovation | 1

  The Creative Cities Summit in Detroit will run from October 12 to October 15. On the 15th, I will be delivering the keynote luncheon speech about what young urban leader organizations are doing in cities across the country.

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• The Daily Report

  Driving Through Detroit

  Diana Lind | Thu, Aug 21st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, artists, urban renewal, palmer woods, detroit free press, demolition | 2

  One of the most-commented-on stories from Issue #19 of Next American City is Rob and Andy Linn’s take on demolition in Detroit. I recently came across an old piece by Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press where he drove 2,700 miles — every block of Detroit — during four months. In a five-part series, he explains that the city looks a lot worse — and better — than he thought.

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• The Daily Report

  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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• Columnists

  A Global Wake Up Call for Middle America

  Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 10th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Chicago | Tags: | 1

  Richard Longworth wants you to know two things: First, globalization is happening and it will continue to change the world. Second, if you live in the Midwest, you’d better be very afraid about your region’s chances of competing in an increasingly “flat” world.

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