I’ve lived in Detroit for 5 weeks and I am completely under qualified\u00a0to make all but one assertion: Detroit. It’s a lot…<\/p>\n
Detroit is a\u00a0lot of history, it’s a\u00a0lot\u00a0of emerging energy,\u00a0it’s a lot of opinions,\u00a0and\u00a0it’s a\u00a0lot of caring communities. \u00a0I will only ever be privy to a fraction of Detroit, but I am grateful to have even the tiniest sliver of the city. As I explore the history, emergence, opinions, and communities of Detroit, I will reflect, learn from, and share my experiences.<\/p>\n
HISTORY<\/p>\n
The future of Detroit is an never ending conversation in the city and in national media. In the city, however, the discussions always includes Detroit\u2019s history. A history, admittedly, that I do not know much about. Thus, I will spend some time this year to learn about the racial and economic histories that are shaping\u00a0Detroit’s future.<\/p>\n
EMERGENCE<\/p>\n
Detroit has a pulse. A pulse that rushes from the many emerging movements throughout the city. I will spend some time this year exploring the rising\u00a0food and cocktail scene, the emergence of the DIY\/ maker movement, and other rising industries in the city.<\/p>\n
OPINIONS<\/p>\n
Everyone has an opinion about Detroit. You can not stroll through Campus Martius or grab a drink \u00a0without getting someone\u2019s two cents about what’s going right and what’s going wrong in the city. With so many opinions to go around, I can afford to hold off on forming my own. I will, thus, spend this year listening to everyone else’s opinions, making sure to\u00a0pass\u00a0along the exceptionally interesting ones.<\/p>\n
COMMUNITIES<\/p>\n
Detroit is large urban city; the communities, however, are small. There are various tight knit communities of bike enthusiast, foodies, social entrepreneurs, and community organizers. I\u00a0will take this year to find a community where I can make a place for myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve lived in Detroit for 5 weeks and I am completely under qualified\u00a0to make all but one assertion: Detroit. It’s a lot… Detroit is a\u00a0lot of history, it’s a\u00a0lot\u00a0of emerging energy,\u00a0it’s a lot of opinions,\u00a0and\u00a0it’s a\u00a0lot of caring communities. \u00a0I will only ever be privy to a fraction of Detroit, but I am grateful to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":344,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,12,24,18,370,26,19,407,152,408,409,155,29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leaddetroit","category-livedetroit","category-playdetroit","category-shopdetroit","category-workdetroit","category-be-better","category-community","category-detroit","category-detroit-businesses","category-detroit-food","category-dine-detroit","category-drink-detroit","category-live-detroit","category-revitalization","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}