New Videos: Beniteau Stories Fiat Chrysler
On the east side of Detroit, Fiat Chrysler, a global player worth billions, is disrespecting the people next to their new assembly and paint lines. […]
Category: Community Benefits
Fiat Chrysler Media Round-Up
Fiat Chrysler in the news. Detroit’s hulking sound barrier prompts Berlin Wall comparisons Fiat Chrysler’s new plant now has a massive wall on the east […]
Unfairgrounds Update and Action – City Planning Commission Meeting
Last Thursday evening, September 24th 2020, nearly 200 Detroiters joined a marathon Detroit City Planning Commission zoom meeting to follow the State Fairgrounds development activity. […]
Letter to DDOT – State Fairgrounds Deal and Bus Riders
September 14, 2020 Mikel Oglesby, Executive Director of Transit Detroit Department of Transportation 1301 E. Warren Detroit, MI 48207 RE: Inquiry regarding Federal Transit Administration […]
Sign the Color of Change Petition Check Fiat-Chrysler
It’s happening again. Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is expanding in Detroit and has only agreed to commit $8.8 million in “community benefits” for a plant they […]
Unfair Deal at the State Fairgrounds
Over promising to Developers Under performing for Detroiters The State Fairgrounds looks like another deal gone bad In 2018, the State of Michigan sold the […]
Move the CBO Amendments to a Vote
In 2016, Detroiters created the nation’s first Community Benefits Ordinance for large development projects that use public funding, our tax dollars. While this current CBO […]
Principles for Corporations Negotiating Community Benefits with Residents of Detroit
Call for Racial and Economic Justice Principles for Corporations Negotiating Community Benefits Agreement (CBAs) with Residents in the City of Detroit Preamble Detroit is the […]
They’ve got the QLINE on lockdown
Quicken/Bedrock, Penske and other corporations accessed nearly $78 Million in public funds and resources slated for public transit on this quasi-public/private real estate project. Now […]
Violent Policy Every Day in Detroit
Violence against black bodies shows up in public policy every day in Detroit. Air, Water and Land Pollution Cuts to Basic Services Lack of investment […]