Detroit Privitization Problem?

[Genesyxx]

Posing a question about how city government has essentially handed some of its valued aspects & responsibilities to other entities: Belle Isle, QLine, the Riverfront, etc.

Maybe I don't know much about it, but it seems like the city hasn't used this to promote or improve on other neighborhoods.

[mwilbert]

Posing a question about how city government has essentially handed some of its valued aspects & responsibilities to other entities: Belle Isle, QLine, the Riverfront, etc.

Maybe I don't know much about it, but it seems like the city hasn't used this to promote or improve on other neighborhoods.

This works for assets that have a constituency or visibility that gives other entities an interest in their preservation and/or improvement. I'd include institutions like the DIA and the Zoo. But most of the stuff in most of the city isn't like that. Of course there are neighborhood groups that may take responsibility for things in the neighborhood; groups that help improve places like People for Palmer Park or the Clark Park Coalition exist and do things, but you aren't going to get major corporate, foundation, or State support for that kind of thing.

[EASTSIDER BALDUCK]

Gov. was and still is a form of bankruptcy.

[Richard]

One cannot really expect to involve the government in every aspect of our lives,then expect them to follow through.

Private investment was the way things got done in the past,some cities advocate for the government to be in every aspect in their life while others embrace less government.

it’s a broad range of different involvements outlined in the OPs post,many different senarios could apply,the one that works the best and accomplishes the most,is when people come together to achieve an objective or goal.

The government is not geared towards innovative solutions,it has to be black and white.

The government is also into creating disruption and divisions in order to stay in power instead of coming up with real solutions.

They did not need to get rid of Belle Isle,they could have used it as a nucleus in order to bring the people together as one in the city,but they cannot have that .

The people when they combine forces achieve things a lot faster and with better results if they actually keep the government out of the way.

[casscorridor]

Posing a question about how city government has essentially handed some of its valued aspects & responsibilities to other entities: Belle Isle, QLine, the Riverfront, etc.

Maybe I don't know much about it, but it seems like the city hasn't used this to promote or improve on other neighborhoods.

Belle Isle is the greatest it has been in a lifetime thanks to the State of Michigan, the Riverwalk has brought life to formerly dead areas thanks to a private conservatory and the QLine, although ill-conceived can hardly be called a failure when it was built with private funds after an earlier public proposal failed.

None of these projects would exist if the City of Detroit was left to its own devices. Belle Isle would likely still be filled with litter, the riverwalk derelict and there would certainly be no streetcars running down Woodward.

If anything, we need MORE public-private partnerships.

[Gistok]

Not having so many parks for the city to have to divide its' scarce resources on is helped by Belle Isle taking over the city. So Detroit is spending more money on some of its' other neglected gems... such as Rouge Park, Palmer Park, and here on Chandler Park...

https://detroitmi.gov/departments/de.../chandler-park

[stasu1213]

Not having so many parks for the city to have to divide its' scarce resources on is helped by Belle Isle taking over the city. So Detroit is spending more money on some of its' other neglected gems... such as Rouge Park, Palmer Park, and here on Chandler Park...

https://detroitmi.gov/departments/de.../chandler-park

Chandler Park should have a paved skating trail that circles half of the park with speakers piping music installed along the trail

[Hypestyles]

Posing a question about how city government has essentially handed some of its valued aspects & responsibilities to other entities: Belle Isle, QLine, the Riverfront, etc.

Maybe I don't know much about it, but it seems like the city hasn't used this to promote or improve on other neighborhoods.

public/private still has winners/losers. Not something that's set up to improve a neighborhood that is not already considered lucrative/upper-middle class already. Benign neglect is the standard for the remaining neighborhoods of the city.