  Ericsprague Member Username: Ericsprague Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2006 |
Senators Stabenow, Levin Secure $31 Million in Senate-Passed Funding Bill for Transportation, Housing Projects Across Michigan (Thu, 09/13/2007) including $5.38 Million for Detroit projects: * $3.5 Million, Port of Detroit Public Dock Terminal Project (Detroit): Address critical issues found during pre-construction of the Public Dock and Terminal project located at the foot of Bates Street in Detroit. Subsurface investigations have found numerous anomalies (i.e. old docks, infrastructure) that will require enhanced engineering solutions. * $400,000, United Way for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Construction of a 20,000 square foot training center for area non-profit social service providers called The Center for Community Excellence. * $200,000, Techtown (Detroit): Renovations will allow TechTown to redevelop a distressed community and create a training and business technology incubator. * $280,000, City of Detroit for infrastructure improvements, Brush Park (Detroit): Make infrastructure improvements in lighting, street pavement and sidewalk repairs. The Brush Park project enables the City of Detroit to continue in the revitalization in the Brush Park Historic District neighborhood by transforming and rehabbing existing housing. * $1 Million, Bishop Woodward Retail and TechTown Streetscapes Linkages Project (Detroit): Help with investment in pedestrian walkways, streetscape improvements and connection improvements to adjacent communities including Wayne State University, New Center, University Cultural Center and Henry Ford Hospital. The House passed its version of the transportation and housing funding bill in July. The legislation now goes to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences between the two bills. Hopefully all these items will remain in the final bill! | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 923 Registered: 11-2004 |
Good to see the city getting it's cut of the bacon | ||
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo Post Number: 853 Registered: 06-2005 |
yea, but really, we need more than $280k for Brush Park, but I'll take it!!! | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1680 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah funny thing is that it is really inefficient for money to go from the local level all the way up to the federal level to then get distributed back to the local level (let alone the potential for it to not get distributed back evenly). Vote Libertarian! | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 131 Registered: 07-2007 |
^ Right CP. Feds in DC take 30-35% off the top, like tribute, for the bloated bureaucracy. Then they dole out our money back to us like presents at Hanukkah, and think they are doing us a favor. Cut taxes, keep the money local. |
