As I have told anyone who cares to listen, I am a very strong proponent of diversifying Detroit's economy. Recent reports that information technology jobs are exploding in the Detroit area are encouraging. However, these jobs must be situated in the city if the city is to realize any of the investment that comes with new jobs...The city's tax base, and education infrastructure will automatically improve. The crime problem will begin to abate when you get people jobs. However, the major stumbling block to see this through, is you have to have highly skilled, highly trained IT professionals in order for such a transition to be truly effective. Right now, all of those people are in the suburbs, and still work for the Big 3.

One way to kick start this proposal is to Introduce comprehensive, competitive IT curriculums starting in 5th, 6th grades. Also start addressing the math disparity that exists between city/suburbs. Probably most important, utilize the higher learning instiututions, Wayne St., U-M..., MSU, U-D to partner with the Big Three and google, apple and others to create  incubators for IT preparation and training. Reach out to Silicon Valley and the Big 3 in a concerted effort to create an environment where at that point, you begin to create IT entrepreneurship, which creates jobs. Finally, the city and the state have to incentivize those companies willing to locate in Detroit, so you can start to see a shift in economics, back to the city, and you can begin to reconcentrate investment on that level in the city.