Mayor Mike Duggan

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

Four years ago, I stood with Gary Torgow at the corner of Woodward and Elizabeth to announce that his bank at the time - Chemical Bank - had been selected as the City's new banker through a competitive process. The great strength of their proposal was their commitment to https://t.co/uIerK6psXw — PolitiTweet.org

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This issue is too important to not to be resolved and we will not let it go until we have an accurate count for every Detroiter. https://t.co/UHe66Uwvk5 — PolitiTweet.org

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arrived at its faulty numbers. It also went against its own rules and decided it no longer was going to allow any challenges to the 2021 population estimates. It's unfortunate we had to resort to a lawsuit, but the Bureau left us no other option. https://t.co/OyEToWOkkZ — PolitiTweet.org

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water accounts and homes receiving regular deliveries from the US Postal Service, the Census Bureau somehow believes the city shrunk by 7,000 residents in just one year. This defies both logic and fact. The Census Bureau refuses make its formula public to let us see how it https://t.co/d61idfBrQP — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

We filed a suit in federal court challenging the US Census Bureau's 2021 population estimate for Detroit. Incredibly, at a time when we are seeing the highest demand for housing in our city in decades, as well as thousands of new DTE accounts, https://t.co/pmvvD5fsDX — PolitiTweet.org

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Hardamon and many others. Thanks to support from Invest Detroit and the Strategic Neighborhood Fund, the city's Department of Housing & Revitalization and others, we are creating more beautiful new residential opportunities that people of varying incomes can afford to call home. https://t.co/WskRmXlUSh — PolitiTweet.org

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Greenway now under construction, will help to bridge the gap between two our our most unique and vibrant neighborhoods. It's also one of dozens of residential projects being led by Black developers, including Sonya Mays, Richard Hosey, Gregory Jackson, George N'Namdi, Rod https://t.co/YShqsn7WGg — PolitiTweet.org

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newest project, The Brooke. This beautiful new development on Bagley right behind Ford's Michigan Central campus, will bring 78 units of new residential apartments, including 16 units reserved as affordable housing. The Brooke, which is also steps away from the Southwest https://t.co/sAzxCa75FQ — PolitiTweet.org

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For years, Southwest Detroit and the Corktown neighborhood have been largely separated from each other by the vacant train station and rail lines. Today, we took an intentional step toward knitting these neighborhoods together with the groundbreaking of developer Cliff Brown's https://t.co/43uuL8HDY1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation Fund Detroit PAL University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital https://t.co/U0ZX2VycVk — PolitiTweet.org

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The event has raised over $100 million for children's charities since 1976. This year's beneficiaries are: Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan The Children's Center The Children's Foundation https://t.co/EEDhbOB2yM — PolitiTweet.org

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The entertainment will spill from Huntington Place into Hart Plaza for attendees to enjoy. The Detroit Auto Show's Charity Preview has become a favorite high-profile event in the City. Every year thousands come out in black tie to mix and mingle, for a good cause. https://t.co/rlNPTAXfdV — PolitiTweet.org

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With Detroit's Auto Show now being in September, instead of the middle of the winter, and the beautiful weather, visitors can enjoy the show and downtown businesses. For the first time, the Charity Preview will have indoor and outdoor components. https://t.co/YzujkvCcvc — PolitiTweet.org

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I-375 together. Today's announcement means we're going to be able to speed this project up from 2027 to 2025, thanks to the city, state and federal government all working together. Let's fill in the ditch and re-knit this community. https://t.co/VNF8XW0Mk8 — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

I'm ready to fill in the ditch called I-375 and make it a beautiful, bustling boulevard, connecting the city of Detroit. We all the know the painful history of I-375, and the city's planning staff is having ongoing conversations with the community on how we're going to transform https://t.co/wRZ4bF2G1s — PolitiTweet.org

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In total, the Detroit Homecoming team has tallied more than $1 billion in economic impact from local initiatives and projects led by or invested into by expats after attending the Detroit Homecoming.  To all our friends in town, we say, Welcome Home for this impactful event. https://t.co/wQHTEBSWZO — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

$900 million at the Michigan Central Station, the $65 million Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, $72.9 million raised by Greatwater Capital for opportunity zone projects, and Adam Levinson donating $10.8 million to the Detroit Children's Fund. https://t.co/4psHxPPNL3 — PolitiTweet.org

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learn, network, and explore, discovering new ways to support their hometown's economic and social renaissance. Some of the notable outcomes of the Detroit Homecoming has been Steve and Connie Ballmer investing $98 million to combat systemic poverty, Ford Motor Company investing https://t.co/ESgXldelHz — PolitiTweet.org

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We have Detroiters that now live all over the country and continue doing extraordinary things. Detroit Homecoming is one of my favorite times of the year because we welcome them back to share the beautiful things happening here. Over three days, our expats get the opportunity to https://t.co/ucQFK5O3eQ — PolitiTweet.org

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but we now have the Dakkota Integrated Systems, Cadillac Stamping Plant, and more plants coming online soon.  This is what can happen when you have a president, governor, and mayor who all believe Detroit can lead the world in manufacturing. https://t.co/tOymYoa5Xg — PolitiTweet.org

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employs 4,000 workers. General Motors opened its Factory Zero and created 2,000 more jobs. Ford Motor Company is renovating the train station that has sat empty for many years. The resurgence of our auto industry includes more than the car companies, https://t.co/uidKBuIwAl — PolitiTweet.org

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he shut down his campaign and was right here in Detroit with me at the Jeep plant that was under construction. He gave us a chance when we needed it and look at us now. The country has opened back up, and so has Detroit. That Jeep plant we were at two years ago is open and https://t.co/hI2AUMv6yX — PolitiTweet.org

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and then Vice President Biden saw the struggles of the automotive industry and believed that we could succeed. He worked to get the administration on board with the thought that "all they need is a chance." Then in March 2020, when covid closed the country, https://t.co/OxvhESe89r — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

Who better to kick the North American International Auto Show off than America's most prominent car guy President Joe Biden? President Biden has shown a love and commitment to the City of Detroit for a long time. It was ten years ago, https://t.co/jtL3k51lUD — PolitiTweet.org

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future and be a part of it." As Detroit undergoes its largest construction boom in 70 years, AECOM will be a big part of that process, and of making sure that we see Detroiters rebuilding Detroit. https://t.co/hgu07XeuoZ — PolitiTweet.org

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sure we spend our $827 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds in a way that will be completely compliant with strict federal rules. But even better is AECOM's culture of recruiting and attracting young men and women of color, saying, "you can design and build a city of the https://t.co/12TtU97A1M — PolitiTweet.org

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a Fortune 500 company and global infrastructure consulting firm to its new Detroit office on Woodward and Willis. They've brought in 75 new employees, who are working on projects like the Gordie Howe Bridge, DWSD's $500 million water infrastructure rebuild, as well as making https://t.co/eRum0Kpaf2 — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

When Sue Mosey first started leading the resurgence of Midtown 20 years ago, no one knew what Midtown was, other than the space between downtown and the New Center. Today, Midtown is bustling with new development and foot traffic. Yesterday, Midtown welcomed AECOM, https://t.co/vdYJCnT6tQ — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

This year, more than 100 residents received their deeds. Since we created the program in 2016 more than 900 Detroiters have become homeowners through this wonderful, life-changing program. https://t.co/4QLlwYGNhd — PolitiTweet.org

Mayor Mike Duggan @MayorMikeDuggan

Instead of making these residents, who had been living in homes owned by the Land Bank, leave the house, the Occupied Buy Back program allows them to earn the deed by completing a year-long homeownership program and saving up just $1,000 to purchase it. https://t.co/O7qoyd98c8 — PolitiTweet.org