George Jackson details how the Super Bowl was much, much than a single day, single weekend, single week long event but literally an event which caused Detroit to come together in ways it had not been able to do to do something really big:
Prepare for a Super Bowl and at the same time create a lot of energy which continues... :
[[from the Detnews):“Now, like most of downtown, I’m just amazed at what I’m seeing. It’s phenomenal,” Jackson said, who now works as a private consultant. Detroit leaders have worked for this kind of activity since the city began to decline in population and businesses 50 years ago. A turning point was the collaborative effort of businesses, government and philanthropic foundations to prepare for Super Bowl XL in 2006, Jackson said.
“That made it clear to lot of people that we could accomplish a great deal,” Jackson said.
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