Detroit is getting $426 million. Here’s where Detroiters say that money should go.

Detroit is getting $426 million. Here's where Detroiters say that money should go.

Daisy Jackson is a fourth-generation Detroiter who has lived in her Islandview home for 50 years. As the city of Detroit decides how to spend an influx of federal money, for Jackson, neighborhood investment looks like fixing up homes.

Block clubs and neighborhood associations need financial support, said Denise Lyles, 62 of Detroit’s Dexter Linwood area, where her family has lived for nearly a century.

Chase Cantrell, 37 of Detroit’s Bagley community, thinks the city should ramp up funds for Black and brown developers and pilot a universal basic income program.These three residents are among more than 3,000 others who, over […]

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