REGENERATING DETROIT: A Tour of the Heidelberg Project

FLYP Media explores the Heidelberg Project in this short documentary and the efforts by Tyree Guyton and his organization to regenerate and rebuild a struggling black community in Detroit. Read FLYP's full story on the future of Detroit at http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/23/#1/1.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Tyree Guyton
• Heidelberg Project
• FLYP Media
• Detroit
• urban planning
• social justice
• community development
• activism

[FRSFreeStatePlus]

Rebuilding vacant lots in Detroit which there are plenty of. Is good for the Detroit Economy because it puts people to work. And encourages people to come back. Because they represent new homes.

[323promo]

Im confused as to how voting, led to three buildings being set on fire, and later an artist using the left overs to create art. I personally really appreciate this piece of work, although I recently drove by and gave it another look, but being winter time, it made everything look like a pyschadelic post-apocalyptical setting.

[usamarshal]

I see what you did there

[goldsilverandiamonds]

cont. UNIONS on the other hand limit productivity, create a divisive work enviroment,reduce job duties which makes companies less effecient and competitive. Unions complain about compensation for CEO'S but why are you not hearing what Union leaders make? Unions have deep socialist and communist connections, this in itself is Anti American.Yes early on unions did have a purpose but unions in America are no longer needed. Union's are dying due to thier GREED and IGNORANCE, just like Detroit .

[goldsilverandiamonds]

cont. the thing most people do not keep in mind is CEO pay mostly bonuses(stock options) due to the fact the government limits the deductabilty of CEO pay, government interferance helped created higher pay packages and these pay packages are voted on by stock shareholders(PART OWNERS) of the company and the board the shareholders put in place. CEO's are paid to create protit and grow the company that equals more jobs and more tax collected and new bussiness created to sustain these new workers.

[goldsilverandiamonds]

Do you really think the CEO's pay makes or breaks a company? Highly paid CEO's earn their pay just like the top basketball players,boxers.comedians,movie stars, singers ect. who get paid probablly BETTER then most CEO's and have less responsibilty. Union workers are not paid like the COMMON MAN they are OVERCOMPENSATED! The common man works for much less and still get's by just fine. Unions dues are mostly used to buy votes and sway policy, just look at union spending during this election!!

[Aercaer]

@goldsilverandiamonds

REALLY?? Mmmm... common man compensation goes down - but the CEO's make 100 times more now than they did ten years ago and the COMMON WORKER is greedy? You swallow what you are sold - hence idiot is an apt term. They compete just fine if they would just quit paying their CEO's so much and spending so much money trying to buy our government.

[goldsilverandiamonds]

@Aer Greedy unions broke the backs of these business that wanted to compete and stay alive in these cities. Are you blind? GREEDY UNIONS,GREEDY LIBERALS, GREEDY POLITICIANS, constantly bitch,moaning complaining never being satisfied ruined these cities. These workers were paid more then decently and work in the safest enviroments in the world. Recent negotiations show that these same unions now understand their greed fucked them and the workers but it is to late the competition won and we lost!

[Aercaer]

@goldsilverandiamonds So the Unions (making sure that workers are safe protected and paid decently) are the evil? You are an idiot. Enough said.

[goldsilverandiamonds]

@Ae Your clueless, the corporations were thriving for years and years what changed? Think, use you head! It was the greed of politicians, and the greed of unions in addition to an ignorant population of people who did not respect what they had!!! Business and money go where they are welcome and even liked. Those business you ran off and took for granted did more GOOD then harm and now you live in a thrid world shithole surrounded by crime and blight the socialist utopia you wanted you now have.