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Economic Development Corporation of Greater Detroit: Michael Weston Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002358
Abstract
A graduate of Brown University and the University of Michigan Law School, Michael Weston practiced law at Hill, Lewis, Andrews, Adams, Goodrich and Power (now known as Clark Hill), before serving as Secretary (1969), Treasurer (1970) and President (1972) of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Developed out of the 1967 riots, the EDC of Greater Detroit was a multi-corporate consortium created as the Detroit business establishment’s vehicle to increase opportunities for African-Americans...
Dates:
1969 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Neighborhood Project Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002348
Overview
The Neighborhood Project was established by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit in 1986. Its purpose was to retain a Jewish presence in the communities of Oak Park and Southfield, which were threatened by the construction of Interstate 696 and by demographic shifts. Interest-free loans were granted, and a revolving fund was established to assist in home purchases and, later, to provide home improvement loans. The project was completed in 2003 when it was deemed that the neighborhoods...
Dates:
1980 - 2003
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001008
Abstract
SEMCOG grew out of primarily the Detroit Metropolitan Area Regional Planning Commission (DRPC) and the Supervisors Inter-County Committee (SICC) in an effort to consolidate regional planning agencies and avoid duplication of programs and services. SEMCOG has continued its predecessors' work of assisting local planning programs, collecting area planning data, and providing an infrastructure for procurement of federal aid.
Records in Part I document SEMCOG's predecessor, the DRPC, and...
Dates:
1947 - 2006
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wayne State University Oral History Course 2014 Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: WSOH002785
Abstract
This collection consists of 16 oral history interviews. These can be broken into four categories: Southwest Detroit, Michigan Environmental Justice, Economic Development in Detroit, and Policing Detroit. There are transcripts and audio recordings for all 16 interviews.
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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