Despite bumps in the road, Detroit development soldiers on

Credit crisis...mayoral scandal...While these things don't make life easy for those doing development in Detroit, they are holding steady and keeping things happening.

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While the economy makes their work all the more difficult, [Detroit Economic Growth Corp. Presdent George] Jackson says, "This is not a time to withdraw." DEGC is using approximately $1.3 million – up from just $200,000 two years ago – to go on trade missions, meet with companies one on one, engage in a marketing and public perception campaign and to better interact with trade groups like Automation Alley and the Detroit Regional Chamber. "No one is going to sell Detroit better that we can," he says.

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