DETROIT (AP) - Mayor-elect Mike Duggan says he wants to reduce the time it takes to tear down vacant houses as part of his plan to revitalize distressed Detroit neighborhoods.
The Detroit News reports that Duggan also told about 50 people attending the ARISE Detroit! annual breakfast Saturday that between state and federal programs designed to attack blight "there is more than enough money" available to transform the city.
The former Detroit Medical Center chief was elected in November and will take over as mayor in January.
Duggan also said he will join a dozen other newly elected mayors from across the country next week at a luncheon with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
ARISE Detroit! is a coalition of more than 400 groups, churches, block clubs and businesses.
