"Battling Blight in Detroit - A new private-public partnership succeeds where government has failed."

By Jillian Kay Melchior


This article tells the story behind Detroit’s Blight Authority, a new private-public partnership founded on free-market principles and led by retired lieutenant colonel James H. Henderson, who managed resupply missions for the Iraq War in 2004.

Key quote from the article:
“I don’t know if government and government administrations are designed to solve problems,” Henderson says. “I think they’re designed to administer regulations and keep the status quo. . . . But an undertaking of this magnitude will always overwhelm a city. That’s why we have [a philanthropic sector] that will come in and assist.”
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