My vision for the future of Detroit
I envision a Detroit who remembers our greatness. A Detroit who lives up to what we once stood for, and what we will become again.
I see a Detroit who can afford to care about our residents and is full of residents who care about their city and about all that goes on around our area.
I envision a suburban community that cares as much about our central city as we care about ourselves. Please understand that we are ONE (not just suburb and city, but that we as people are all connected) and very soon we will live in a world where we all begin to believe that.
I see children on buses, smiling as they are off to school, knowing that they are going to get a great education. I see parents walking children to and later waiting by those bus stops knowing that their children are going to have a brighter future.
I see families working together, studying together, playing together and genuinely having a good time.
I see a Detroit where white isn't afraid of black, and black isn't afraid of white. I see us simply understanding and accepting a nice shade of gray where everyone gets along.
I see a Detroit whose crime, blight and negative attitudes toward itself reduces everyday while being replaced with jobs, sustainable buildings and love.
Finally I envision a Detroit whose financials are strong and whose street lights shine almost as brightly as their annual fireworks. I can see a City Council and Mayor working together harmoniously with each other, surrounding Governments and our state's Governor.
For this to work, for this vision to take place, we need to treat every man, every woman and every child as if they're the beings that they truly are. We need to treat them with the love and RESPECT they deserve, and that those beings will lovingly return.
This is the Detroit that I envision, and I envision us getting there sooner than later.
It just takes a few people standing up and saying
"this is what we expect, and we will accept NO LESS than this."
We can make that happen. We WILL make this happen together.
Terry Bean June 15, 2012
This is part of the 313Dlove campaign (click that to learn more)
The vision of 313DLove is a Detroit whose self-esteem is high, unemployment is low and educational system is second to none.
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We are "One D". I look forward in working on this vision of 313Dlove. I spent the last 13 years traveling about 175-200 days a year and always was asked is Detroit as bad as the press portraying the city. I would answer "Detroit is a beautiful city it has a lot to offer. Please come to our city and check it out for yourself."
Yes, I am sad to see once beautiful neighborhoods in such ruins. I am a Detroiter and I proud to be from Detroit and want change. We should all want that change but it takes people to put aside all personal agendas and start doing. Detroiter's are resilient and can use the proud heritage to over come and make this city GREAT.
As Michigan continues to suffer economically one has wondered what it would be like if Detroit was stronger. Detroit can be stronger then ever and be a world class city where it is chic to live, shop and did a mention a destination city.
I want to be a part of than a change. Are you in? Let's "Revive Remove, Restore and REBIRTH the D. 313Dlove
I appreciate the support John. There is a lot to do and it will take many of us to get it done. looking forward to accomplishing great things. Together.
I love the vision "The vision of 313DLove is a Detroit whose self-esteem is high, unemployment is low and educational system is second to none."
I want to help - and I am going to voice my own concern in the hopes of getting the conversation rolling.
Interestingly, I was flipping news channels the other morning. The channel that is based in Detroit (of the local "big 3") had almost no violence and fear mongering. Some of the days violent stories were touched on, but the commentary was lower. The channel I tuned in from Southfield showed several stories that were shockingly violent with commentary a-plenty.
This isn't a one-off, this is normal for these two. It also strikes me as paralleling the reality of our community (sometimes.) In particular in the eyes of the television viewer, these two channels are the same - Detroit channels. The news that goes out applies to us all. We are not isolated from it. We suburbanites sometimes look in horror on the news and say "boy am I glad that's not my community" instead of taking action. Well, it is our community. And on the other side, when crime is reported in outlying areas Detroiters saying "see, it goes on everywhere it isn't just us" instead of saying "that's awful, what can I do to help?" (these are gross generalizations - obviously, there are people on both sides that do not act like this. I am going for the generalized voices that get heard.)
In the eyes of the folks watching Detroit - Birmingham, Southfield, Troy, Royal Oak, Ferndale - it's all the same. Detroit (hence the generalizations.)
If you live outside of the city-proper like I do (Ferndale), guess what? You are a part of Detroit. If you live in Detroit, guess what? Ferndale is a part of Detroit. So are the other cities.
My "thing" is, how do folks start to realize that Detroit isn't an island isolated from the rest of the community. It is a part of all of our communities in Southeast Michigan. And how do we get Detroiters to realize that as well. I guess that's a long way of saying "tear down the wall".
Hope that makes sense. It's 2:30 in the morning so it does to me in this moment. And count me in!
Angela