Anne Trubek for Good Magazine - Civic leaders and artists are coming up with some interesting ideas, and often the line between the two groups is blurred. The perfectly-named Unreal Estate Agency [1] in Detroit is aimed at showcasing “new types of urban practices (architecturally, artistically, institutionally, everyday life, etc) that came into existence, creating a new value system in Detroit,” including helping people purchase and rehab a home for under $5,000. In Cleveland, the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture [2] is working on an initiative called “From Rust Belt to Arts Belt” [3] (the second symposium is September 17 and 18). Cleveland artist Don Harvey leads a tour of the “Natural Flats” [4] that shows the “evolving natural environment” of a warehouse district downtown. Read more [5].
Another great story about "rust belt revitalization" can be found here [6].
Links:
[1] http://detroitunrealestateagency.blogspot.com/
[2] http://www.cpacbiz.org/
[3] http://www.cpacbiz.org/business/CreativeCompass.shtml
[4] http://www.clevelandpublicart.org/projects/completed/natural-flats
[5] http://www.good.is/post/growth-in-americas-%E2%80%9Cdying-cities%E2%80%9D/
[6] http://www.good.is/post/rebuilding-americas-neighborhoods/