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Pictures of the change from scary streets to cleaned-up streets in Detroit are here.
Detroit Blight Authority is a non-profit organized specifically to eliminate blight in this city, the goal of its founder, Bill Pulte. Grandson of the Bill Pulte of Pulte Homes, he got his family to contribute $100k, and total fund raising so far is $750k. But with about 38,000 structures abandoned and dangerous, that's just a start.
Millions of dollars will be needed. In August, Detroit received about $52 million from the federal government for blight removal.
In this video at USA Today, Pulte is asked what people who live in or near these neighborhoods think about the progress. They're pleased.
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