{"id":1195,"date":"2011-04-22T18:07:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T22:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2011-04-23T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T20:24:07","slug":"shrinking-cities-video-detroit-will-encourage-its-residents-to-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/shrinking-cities-video-detroit-will-encourage-its-residents-to-move\/1195\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Detroit will encourage its residents to move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once home to nearly two million people, Detroit has become an icon of  America\u2019s post-industrial decline, claiming fewer than 750,000 residents. Nearly 80,000 homes sit empty. Tens of thousands of office  buildings, factories and store fronts are abandoned. Even though the  city\u2019s boundaries are so vast that Boston, Manhattan and San Francisco  could all fit inside, one-third of its space \u2013 40 square miles \u2013 lies  vacant, costing the city about nine million dollars per square mile in  emergency services. On many blocks there are now only one or two  families, where once there were dozens.<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1893805907\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>With the city running a huge deficit, Detroit\u2019s Mayor Dave Bing says it\u2019s time for some big changes: He wants to rebuild Detroit by downsizing it. As part of his \u201cDetroit Works\u201d plan, Bing wants to move people still living in blighted areas into the city\u2019s stronger neighborhoods. A newly streamlined city would then be connected by an improved transportation system, and empty spaces could be turned into parks or farms. A pilot program called \u201cLive Midtown,\u201d created in conjunction with three of the city\u2019s large employers, is offering incentives for commuters to move into the city and help redevelop its Midtown district.<\/p>\n<p>Convincing people inside the city to move will be challenging enough. But can the mayor also convince commuters to move in? Desiree Cooper reports from Detroit on these controversial plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once home to nearly two million people, Detroit has become an icon of America\u2019s post-industrial decline, claiming fewer than 750,000 residents. Nearly 80,000 homes sit empty. 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