Anthony Furey: One Canadian City’s Plan for Urban Renewal

Commentary Detroit was for the longest time known across North America as a city in considerable decline. Residents and businesses fled the downtown core, crime soared, and the city developed a reputation as one of the last major American cities a family would want to move to or that a business would want to invest in. But lately Detroit has developed a different reputation—one as a comeback town. City leadership took its problems seriously and worked hard to turn things around. The core has improved, people are moving back in and, while far from perfect, it’s generally viewed as a model for urban renewal....