Detroit Archive
Oct 27
In a region hard hit by the Great Recession, people are taking risks to build a brighter future. Here are four families' big chances.
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Oct 20If you can remake yourself in Detroit, you can do it anywhere. How five auto industry veterans reinvented their careers in the toughest place for second acts.
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Oct 30Detroit's derelict Packard Plant is the country's largest abandoned industrial site. One last small company still calls the complex home.
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Oct 6To keep their neighborhoods alive, Detroit's churches are buying and revitalizing local properties. Here's a look at 7 projects undertaken by one ministry, Greater Grace Temple.
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Jul 22Detroit faces huge challenges but locals here say that they'll soldier on. From community gardens to tech start-ups, here's some of what's keeping the city going.
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Aug 21With job prospects bleak, many people in Detroit are deciding to start their own business.
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Feb 13The Big Three's cash crisis is being felt far afield, in Detroit's restaurants, retailers and service businesses.
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Going solo in the Motor City
"That's what I need, help to start. I need someone to take me like a little baby and teach me." -JoAnne Wright
For the Reids, the city of Detroit remains a good place to raise a family, despite being one of the cities hardest hit by the recession.
