Business Group Raises $6.4M for Detroit Streetlights

 — DETROIT (AP) – A private business group has stepped up with $6.4 million to do what struggling Detroit couldn’t – restore working street lights along a 2.3 mile thoroughfare on the city’s southwest side.

The Detroit News (https://bit.ly/13yuCMq ) reports that the Southwest Detroit Business Association s Detroit began the effort five years ago after learning that Detroit officials weren’t planning for the street light work on West Vernor Highway in their own five-year plan.

Read more: https://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/03/business-group-raises-64m-for-detroit-lighting/#ixzz2MbA4eMkX 
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