District Detroit is a project that has been underway since September 2014, and is a one of the most recent major efforts to bring the city back to life. The initial need for the district was because the Red Wings were in need of a new arena, but it has spurred new opportunities for businesses to sort of rally around the push for new development. Not only will there be the arena, but there will be over 50 blocks of new restaurants, office/retail, and residential buildings. In jobs alone, the project will create 8,300 construction related jobs, and 1,100 permanent jobs, which is a nice boost to aid the city's massive unemployment rate. 1.8 billion dollars is expected to be the total economic impact of the District.
Detroit has been in need of something like this for a long time now, and this should give hope to the residents and believers in the city, because it is definitely a project that we can take pride in and it provides a promising future for the a city with great economic potential.
By Jack Denison
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I am from the Metro Detroit area so I found this article very interesting. I think that it is such a wonderful thing that people are investing in the city of Detroit. On top of the new Red Wings Arena, I believe that Amazon is creating a new office in Detroit to add more technology based jobs too.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting I did not know about Amazon creating a new office
DeleteI love that everyone is advertising the change in Detroit because I think it shows that everyone can come back from falling apart especially a city.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you.
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