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Millions of dollars are expected to be spread across Detroit as early as July 1, Mayor Mike Duggan said at a Tuesday community meeting addressing where $413 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related funds will be distributed.
Duggan proposed investing $100 million in fighting intergenerational poverty, $100 million in restoring neighborhoods, $100 million to improve parks, recreation and cultural facilities, $50 million to enhance public safety, $50 million to close the digital divide and $26 million toward small business assistance.
City council, which will have to approve where the funds go, could do so by June 30.
Detroit expects to receive $826 million in federal funding to address challenges across the city but rules apply for where it can be distributed.
Detroit will use part of the money from the coronavirus relief funds to fight intergenerational poverty and, overall, as a "chance to rectify a lot of wrongs," said Mayor Mike Duggan.
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City plans 25 community meetings to ask for input on spending
Money could be used toward making city s economic growth more equitable
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will lay out a framework for how the city could spend its American Rescue Plan aid in a 7 p.m. Tuesday speech.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan tonight will lay out plans on how the city could spend the first half of a monumental federal aid package.
The city administration will focus on reducing intergenerational poverty in its goals for using the first half of an $826 million infusion through President Joe Biden s American Rescue Plan Act, deputy mayor Conrad Mallett Jr. told Crain s.
Opportunities for jobs, education and vaccines provide highlights in Duggan s State of the City
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - More Detroiters will have a shot to get the shot.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced at his State of the City address that the Northwest Activities Center will administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting March 22nd. The mayor received a lot of criticism last week for his comments about the vaccine and his initial decision to turn down a shipment of more than 6,000 doses of it.
Duggan stresses opportunities for Detroiters and breaking barriers in State of City