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Mayor
Duggan
delivers
annual
State of
the City
address
at
Focus:
HOPE
By
Wendell
Bryant/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
stood
before
constituents
delivering his
fourth
State of
the City
address
Tuesday
night
at
Focus:
HOPE,
1200 Oakman
Blvd. in
Detroit.
He laid
out
a
laundry
list of
aggressive
plans
for the
future
of the
city as
it moves
forward.
Duggan’s
annual
address
focused
on
ensuring
Detroiters
that the
city is
an
attractive
place to
raise
families,
find a
job and
attend
school
and
Detroit
will
bring
back
residential
street
sweeping
program
after
6-year
absence.
“We’ve
improved
the
basic
services
but if
we’re
going to
fulfill
a vision
of
building
a
Detroit
that
includes
everybody
then
we’ve
got to
do a
whole
lot
more,”
Duggan
said.
“You
can’t
have a
recovery
that
includes
everyone
if there
aren’t
jobs
available
for
everyone
willing
to
work.”
Duggan
touched
on his
achievements
during
his
first
term.
Neighborhoods
are lit
for the
first
time in
generations,
with
more
than
65,000
new LED
streetlights
installed
since
February
2014.
Emergency
response
times
have
plummeted.
Jobs are
coming
back to
Detroit.
Buses
are
running
on time
for the
first
time in
decades.
Blight
is
coming
down
across
the city
and
hundreds
of
formerly
closed
city
parks
have
reopened.
Duggan
pointed
out the
Fitzgerald
Revitalization
Project,
which is
an
initiative
led by
the City
of
Detroit
to
stabilize
and
strengthen
a
neighborhood
by
transforming
publicly
owned
vacant
land and
buildings
into
community
assets.
This is
an
inclusive,
community-focused
project.
In the
past
year,
team
members
attended
over 40
public
meetings,
events,
and
block
club and
neighborhood
association
meetings
to get
input on
the
needs of
existing
residents,
the
design
of new
public
spaces,
and
improvements
to the
streetscapes
to
improve
safety
and
walkability.
Mayor
Duggan
made his
campaign
announcement
at the
Samaritan
Center
on
Detroit’s
east
side,
the same
location
he
announced
his
first
run for
Mayor on
February
26,
2013.
State
Sen.
Coleman
Young
II,
D-Detroit, has
announced
that he
will run
for
mayor
this
year as
well. He
is the
son of
the late
Coleman
A.
Young,
who was
Detroit's
first
black
mayor
and held
office
from
1974 to
1994.
While
Young's
decision
to enter
the race
surprised
many
voters,
Duggan,
knew his
re-election
campaign
would face
fierce
opposition.
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