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A Message I Just Had to Repeat!
I realize that a vast majority of the public no longer gets the Sunday paper - either delivered, from the store or from a newspaper box. I also realize that many pull their news from the web and, while they are able to consume a vast variety of headlines and human...
More Press for D3’s “Option 5” District Map
Detroit 2020 covers the support in Southwest Detroit for D3’s Option 5, and interviews D3 Director Kurt Metzger: Kurt: What motivated D3 to make its own 'Option 5' City Council district map? Really our critique was that two of the [City Planning Department] maps split...
D3 and the “New Macomb”
Next time you’re near a newsstand, be sure to check out Macomb NOW Magazine’s article “The Land of Opportunity: The ‘New’ Macomb County”: In 2011, the Detroit metropolitan economic and political leadership “discovered” Macomb County. At a political event held last...
Public TV Spot: Catherine Ferguson Academy
Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about Catherine Ferguson Academy. If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and...
Support for D3’s “Option 5” Voiced by Residents at City Council’s Public Meetings
Last Friday, Data Driven Detroit added its voice to the City Council districting process by releasing an alternative to the four official district map options. Since then, there have been three public meetings for Detroiters to voice their opinion on the map options...
Kurt on Youth Migration in Michigan
Check out D3 Director Kurt Metzger’s analysis of Michigan’s youth attraction and retention in Bridge Magazine: More than three quarters (76.2 percent) of Michigan’s contingent was born in Michigan. While we can assume that some of them spent some time away from the...
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