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According to columnist Nancy Kaffer, there are now 500 security cameras operated by private security companies in the downtown Detroit area.

Downtown Detroit: private security in a public space

Stateside Staff

As Dan Gilbert keeps buying buildings in downtown Detroit – more than 70, now – we're seeing the prospect of new businesses, new tenants, and new people…

State lawmakers have passed bills allowing the city to keep taxing at certain rates. The legislation awaits Governor Snyder's approval.

Economy

Despite Detroit's troubles, a number of programs bring recent graduates to the city

Michigan Radio Newsroom

There seem to be two types of stories emerging from Detroit these days: one bleak and one optimistic.Both can be spun wildly out of proportion, but the…

Cash incentives have "absorbed" a lot of housing stock in midtown Detroit

Jennifer Guerra

Three Detroit businesses earlier this year began to offer up to $25,000 to encourage their employees to buy a place to live in Midtown Detroit. But the…