I wanted to share Sylvia Rosales-Fike's insightful post on Shetroit regarding the potential in Detroit renewing its historical role as a place of opportunity for immigrants.

People are out of work. They're hurting. And they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback. And we're all scared because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything.

I returned home the other night, troubled, dazed, and in disbelief. Yet another one of those miracle moments.

Chris Jaszczak is no stranger to being under fire. As a young Marine from Detroit in 1968, he was in the middle of one of the most intense and prolonged battles of the VietNam war at Khe Sanh.

Are you in the market for a firehouse, a library or even a city hall? It seems that Pontiac is holding the mother of all "Going Out of Business" sales.

I had the opportunity to speak with Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, at the excellent Reimagining Work conference held at Focus:HOPE over the weekend, and I jumped at it.

If Mayor Bing and Council are looking for viable solutions to this city's problems, I suggest they do a better job putting their heads to the ground. This video lays out the potential for job creation, greening the city and addressing our ongoing issues with abandoned housing. The needs are urgent and solutions like this one are proven.

I'm scratching my head on this one.

What is needed is an economic policy that promotes new community-based enterprises that make available low cost, healthy food to those who have difficulty accessing it, especially in low income neighborhoods.

I welcome Kiva to Detroit and think that it can potentially help fill a critical need in our community by providing opportunity to folks whose talents and dreams have been systematically and institutionally written off.