Who else read this in the Detroit Free Press over the weekend?
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/c...ment/78442020/

To Rebuild Cities, Get Back To Basics – Schools, Public Safety and NOT the Trendy Stuff

According to Gary Sands of Wayne State and Laura Wells of Michigan State, we’ve been doing it all wrong. They’ve just “….completed new research that calls into question almost all of the economic development tactics that Rust Belt cities have thrown at decline over the years, including casinos and programs aimed at luring the so-called creative class. They found little or no relationship between those trendy investments and broader community-wide economic growth.”

“They looked hard at casino gaming, programs to attract creative-class workers, the stylish New Urbanism development projects and more. They combed the economic data for links that would tie any of the tactics to broader community economic growth.

Their verdict: Almost none of it worked. The projects may have been successful in themselves, but they contributed little or nothing to overall regional economic growth.”