Vision for Detroit: 100,000 working downtown by 2016

[Spartan]

Detroit Downtown Partnership annual meeting just finished. Didn't see a thread anywhere. Over 1,000 attendees apparently. Twitter #Detroit2016 with some live tweeting and info.

Downtown 2012 was its safest year in last 5. [[15% reduction in crime over 2011).

Want to add 1200 new residents, to bring total to 7000. "Live Downtown added 400 new downtown residents, combined w/ Live Midtown is 925 in last 18 mos." Downtown has a 97% occupancy rate, and growing. Expect 1000 new housing units downtown in the next 3 years.

Capitol Park development expected to begin this summer, retail and residential.

11,000 new employees downtown in last 18 months.

Have picked up 6.5 million pounds of trash through Clean Downtown program. Installed 137 new lights, improved uptime 85%.

From the Gov:
"It's not Detroit versus Michigan. It's Detroit, Michigan."