"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.
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Click here to begin reading 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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