Opportunity Fair Designed To Connect Minority Contractors to Projects
The city’s blight removal program, already the largest in the nation, is going to expand by at least 50 percent over the next two years. Additionally, several neighborhood-focused programs have resulted in a rise in home rehabilitation across Detroit. But that increase in the blight removal program and home rehab projects has created a shortage of available demolition and home repair contractors. To help meet this need, Mayor Mike Duggan, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and leaders of Detroit’s faith-...