Detroit was granted $750,000 by the corporate leadership group Detroit Renaissance to sell itself. The grant will go toward the usual suspects restaurants, shops, and attractions, but a portion will trickle its way down to spruce up brochures, maps, and websites. This grant will cover the city for three years.
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Ann
Lang, president of the partnership, said downtown is cleaner and offers
more attractions today than at any time in many years, and the new
marketing effort is an attempt to spread the word further.
"I
think we have incredibly strong entertainment, cultural and sports
venues," she said last week. "We have a growing residential population.
And we have an image that improves itself by every person who comes
here."
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