Saving detroit starts with us

[CFABDETROIT]

TO THE DETROIT PEOPLE, BUSNESSES, MEDIA AND GOVERNING BODY:

Hello, my name is Michael Stemmler and I’ve got an idea and a plan, I call it the Coalition for a better Detroit [[CFABD) and I feel that it could change our city in a wonderful way.
PLEASE READ, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU! : )
[[THIS IS NOT A SCAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IM A PROUD PERSON OF DETROIT THAT WANTS CHANGE)
Our city was once a wonderful place. It was safe, clean and respectable. We have had an amazing history like no other city. From the assembly lines to the Motown sound to the championships to the talent. But things started to decline for our city. Crime levels went up, riots broke out in the streets and more and more people started moving to the safer suburbs. In 1950 Detroit had 1,848,568 citizens and now in 2009 it is estimated that Detroit has only 900,000 left and declining each year.
It’s because Detroit has many problems to deal with. The problem is that no one really has tried to get this city back on track. My plan incorporates the citizens, business and leaders of Detroit, something that has never been done. Uniting this city is a must, we cannot keep going on fighting each other and progress.
We have had mayor after mayor try to “fix� Detroit just to end up doing little to nothing. Sure Kwame Kilpatrick did a lot of good for the city, but that is just our downtown area. The real work needs to take place in the neighborhoods. Where abandoned houses scatter the landscape, prostitutes walk the streets, drug dealers sell their dope and gangs think they run the streets. I say it’s time for us as a city and as a people banned together and stand up against all of the senselessness that’s been haunting Detroit for so long now. There is no need for us to live like this and do nothing.
I have a growing plan for allot of our problems:
Abandoned buildings
Graffiti
Crime levels
Drugs
Litter
Bringing back residents
Home beatification
New housing projects
The Coalition for a better Detroit mission:
To clean up Detroit, bring back residents and to make our city shine again. At one time Detroit was a great city. Safe, clean, and respectable. And it can be again, BUT ONLY WITH YOUR HELP! The businesses, citizens and the leaders of Detroit must come together and unite to make this happen.

I have a plan that could work, but only will through allot of help. VOLUNTEER WORK is a major back bone of this, along with DONATIONS and SPONSORS.

But I am just one person, a 21 year old born and raised in Detroit who is proud.
I need your help in this. I’ve never taken on anything like this before, but with your help WE ALL can make a change and turn Detroit into a beautiful safe place once again.
I’m asking you to visit my site http://cfabdetroit.synthasite.com/ and read more about what I’ve planned out so far. I’d also like any suggestions or questions emailed to me at cfabdetroit@yahoo.com. Or write to me at michaelstemmler1987@yahoo.com.
But most of all I want help in getting this up and running.

[ndavies]

Yay, another person who rides into the city thinking they alone can fix all our problems. If only they can get the rest of the city organized.

Why don't you join with one of the many other groups trying to do exactly what you are doing? There are many organizations working hard to improve the city. Your ideas are not new. You're not the only one trying to improve the city. Why don't you spend your energies in a group that's already steup and running and not try to create more redundancy in the city.

[Johnlodge]

Yay, another person who rides into the city thinking they alone can fix all our problems.

But I am just one person, a 21 year old born and raised in Detroit who is proud.

I don't think he rode into the city.

[ndavies]

I did read, His message was the same as any other 21 year old wanna be savior. Why is he trying to recruit when there are so many organizations that already do this type of work in the neighborhoods? Wouldn't his effort be better utilized doing actual work, rather than trying to recruit people into his brand new organization? Obviously he hasn't looked beyond his own tiny little mind to try and find out what thousands of other people are trying to do for the city. Groups that have already done the recruiting, already have funds to be disperesed, trees to plant, houses to tear down, houses to build, parks to clean, buildings to paint, students to tutor, and are in need of volunteers.

If he had looked, he would know about the huge number of great organizations doing work within his city.

[CFABDETROIT]

I’m not tiny minded as you say. Sure there are MANY groups TRYING to make a difference. The problem with them is that they aren’t really doing any big changes that people can see and they are not well known. There are new ideas in my plan if you would actually read it and stop thinking you know everything like most people in the city.

[digitalvision]

Not well known? Not making any real changes? Do you live in the same city we do? Sure, nothing's perfect - but before you go making an organization get a little experience with some and find out where the needs are.

Greening of Detroit? Blight Busters? Friends of the Belle Isle Aquarium? The various Community Garden folks? The CDCs? Preservation Wayne? The save Tiger Stadium folks? The multitude of churches doing positive work? [[and that's just a smattering off the top of my head). There are PLENTY of opportunities no matter what your personal passion is or hobbies that could be put to good, positive use.

The LAST thing we need is another organization. It's not that we know everything, but I remember when I was 19 or 20. I was an idealistic dumbass too who didn't have enough experience to realize all the great things going around me until someone kicked me in the ass a bit and taught me how to make bread instead of bitching there's nothing on the shelf.

[Islandman]

Went to the site, first thing you need is a volunteer web designer to help your site look like you didn't do it. Not being a smartass, but no one is going to take you seriously with a site that looks like that, to begin with.

[ndavies]

I’m not tiny minded as you say. Sure there are MANY groups TRYING to make a difference. The problem with them is that they aren’t really doing any big changes that people can see and they are not well known. There are new ideas in my plan if you would actually read it and stop thinking you know everything like most people in the city.

This last post just proves how little experience you have. These groups aren't trying to make a difference, they are making a difference. They are doing great things to improve the environment we live in. And they could do a lot more if people like you volunteered to help.

Without these groups this city would be in far worse shape. You just fail to see the good works of the many organizations and their volunteers within the city. Many of whom are your neighbors and fellow churchgoers.

[digitalvision]

I don't know about you, but I STILL think Detroit is a wonderful place.

There's a lot of organizations like this - what is different about this? I've helped with aquariums, demolished a couple crackhouses, painted and installed play furniture... what does your organization propose to do that all the others don't?

[[BTW - take the politics out of your pitch with the Kilpatrick mention).

p.s. - Amen ndavies. No need for another organization, but there is need for more hands to do the work. There's a lot of self-importance with this whole "knight in shining armor" stuff [[whether or not they're actually from the city). Just get involved and do it and stop making it about yourself.