Snyder may open Detroit office that will focus on 'urban affairs' across Michigan

[iheartthed]

People say that Ann Arbor is a college town and therefore not a model for revitalizing a city, but every major metropolis in the Northeast and Midwest has an Ann Arbor equivalent within city limits. I don't agree with all of his politics, but I'm glad our new governor lives where he does -- Snyder may understand that not everyone's dream is to live in sprawl "with all the charm of a fancy truck stop."

I think many of the most successful cities are just larger incarnations of the type of city that Ann Arbor's policies create [[politics aside). The amount of infill development that has gone on there in the past 5 years is amazing. Ann Arbor should be heavily consulted in the blueprint to fix Detroit.

[Novine]

"I'm glad our new governor lives where he does -- Snyder may understand that not everyone's dream is to live in sprawl "with all the charm of a fancy truck stop.""

What is he as Governor going to be able to do about that?

[lincoln8740]

"I'm glad our new governor lives where he does -- Snyder may understand that not everyone's dream is to live in sprawl "with all the charm of a fancy truck stop.""

What is he as Governor going to be able to do about that?

I also wouldn't consider where Snyder actually lives as apart of a "urban" landscape.

Good golf course and love all the houses in the area but he really doesn't live anywhere "walkable"

[lincoln8740]

I think many of the most successful cities are just larger incarnations of the type of city that Ann Arbor's policies create [[politics aside). The amount of infill development that has gone on there in the past 5 years is amazing. Ann Arbor should be heavily consulted in the blueprint to fix Detroit.

Ann Arbor is just killing the property owners that actually pay taxes because their largest property owner is exempt from paying property taxes.

It's a tough place to do business and because of its size, I wouldn't compare it to Detroit by any stretch of the imagination.

[iheartthed]

Ann Arbor is just killing the property owners that actually pay taxes because their largest property owner is exempt from paying property taxes.

It's a tough place to do business and because of its size, I wouldn't compare it to Detroit by any stretch of the imagination.

How are they killing current property owners? I can see how their policies would make it harder for potential real estate investors to enter the market, but considering the current economic climate that is not a bad thing right now.

[Johnlodge]

It's a tough place to do business

Yeah, nobody wants to do business in Ann Arbor. That's why it's such a ghost town.

[lincoln8740]

Yeah, nobody wants to do business in Ann Arbor. That's why it's such a ghost town.

Now now never said it's a ghost town it is a great place to own a business but starting one and the day to day operations when dealing with the city are quite problematic to say the least

[j to the jeremy]

LOL. The only places in Detroit that could function on that model are Wayne State, or the university district. [[Which could use some funding)