With all the buzz around the fate of Tiger Stadium and the Lafayette
Building, Model D asked two outspoken leaders in the preservation and
development communities to share their points of view with our readers.
The first comes from George Jackson W. Jackson Jr., president and CEO
of Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, a non-profit organization that
works on economic development projects with businesses, government and
other organizations.
Excerpt:
Every public entity in Detroit recognizes the value of preserving older
buildings for adaptive reuse. I support the idea every day when I go to
work in the
Guardian Building – one of Detroit’s most revered architectural gems.
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation professionals “get it,” as do all the public authorities we work with, including the
City of Detroit,
and state and federal government. Preservation is good. Restoration and
reuse can contribute to economic development as well as connect us to
our history and culture. None of us has taken the other side of that
argument.
Read the entire article
here.
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.