DETROIT – Voters in the city of Detroit want more investment in the neighborhoods and less focus on downtown.
As part of a poll of likely voters on May 27-29, participants were asked a series of questions about Detroit’s spending on downtown and the neighborhoods.
- What are biggest challenges facing Detroit public schools?
Here are the results.
‘We focus too much attention on downtown’
Participants were asked to choose one of the two following statements based on their own opinion.
- We need to focus on strengthening both the downtown and the neighborhoods. Both are important. While we may spend more resources on the downtown, that’s where more people are and our businesses are. We need a strong downtown to build a strong city.
- We focus too much attention on downtown. We need to be spending more of our resources in our local neighborhoods. That’s where people live. And that is where the strength of our city is.
Of the participants, 69.3% agreed with No. 2, that more resources should be spent in the neighborhoods, while 18.7% agreed with No. 1.
There was an additional 12% of people who said both are important and didn’t choose between the two options.
Spending
Participants were asked, “Would you say that Detroit spends more of its resources on poorer neighborhoods, would you say Detroit spends more of its resources on wealthy neighborhoods, or would you say Detroit spends its resources equally among both poorer and wealthier neighborhoods?”…