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    MLive – Scattered Detroit revitalization efforts offer glimpses of Motor City future, say panelists

    June 14, 2012

    GRAND RAPIDS, MI — In Michigan, images of people jogging, bicycling and fishing by the riverfront are usually associated with Grand Rapids, not Detroit. But the beautiful scenes of riverside recreation shown at the Grand Rapids Art Museum were all east side on Tuesday, during a presentation on promising urban revitalization efforts and innovations happening [...]

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    Mlive.com: Inside the Pony Ride: From foreclosure to empowerment in Corktown

    January 29, 2012

    Phil Cooley’s latest Corktown project, the Pony Ride, has a fun name but a serious mission: To turn the foreclosure crisis on its head. The Slows Bar BQ owner beat out would-be land speculators in a tax sale this spring, purchasing a 30,000-square-foot building at the corner of Porter and Vermont for a cool $100,000. Instead [...]

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    Ponyride is located at 1401 Vermont
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    Ponyride is a study to see how the foreclosure crisis can have a positive impact on our communities. Using an 'all boats rise with the tide' rent subsidy, we are able to provide cheap space for socially-conscious artists and entrepreneurs to work and share knowledge, resources and networks.

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