The Star Pheonix from Saskatoon finds more in Detroit than negative headlines.
Excerpt:
No
question, this city of nearly a million took an economic hit during the
recession, but Detroit is busy reinventing itself and the hospitality
industry is providing help. Bringing in $4 billion US last year,
tourism has become a big money-earner.
Surprised? First of all,
you need to get rid of previously conceived ideas, suggests Jeanette
Pierce, co-founder of Inside Detroit (www.insidedetroit.org), a
not-for-profit company that specializes in touring people through
downtown and the neighbourhoods. Forget Detroit's reputation as gritty
and ultimately forgettable.
"This is a city that has been going
through an incredible renaissance. We have wonderful history, great
architecture and fabulous ethnic restaurants. We also have 37 per cent
less crime than the national average," says Pierce, standing in the
shadow of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel, a towering 1920s building
that recently underwent a $200-million renovation.
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