Alex Alsup

LOVELAND Technologies

The landscape of foreclosed and municipally owned Detroit real estate kind of resembles a volcano. Most of the year, everything is rock solid and unmoving, but twice a year, we see violent eruptions of cheap land in the form of the Wayne County Tax Foreclosure Auction.

Mary Lorene Carter

"We're getting a dog," It wasn't a question just an inevitability.And now, here we are, with this goofy mutt and no yard to exercise him in. Detroit should have a dog park, just like every other progressive and functioning city.

Jerry Paffendorf

Founder, LOVELAND Technologies

There's something going on in Detroit right now that we should all know about because it's huge, it touches every neighborhood, it sends waves into the future, and if addressed, it could lead to more transparent management of the city's physical space.

Jay Walljasper

Author, 'All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons'

While the rebounding downtown and Midtown districts fit the usual pattern of urban progress-established institutions and developers guiding most of the changes -- other parts of town are following a different playbook for revitalization.

Chris Zadorozny

Student journalist, University of Michigan-Dearborn

These are just a couple of the buildings that I love in the city of Detroit. I'm not an architect or engineer -- just a student, who has dreams to see this city live and breathe again.

Amanda LeClaire

Writer, photographer

Detroit suffers from both over-hype and public derision over the role of artists in the city's future.

Ben Falik

Manager of Detroit Service Initiatives, Repair the World

After news that Governor Snyder lifted the limits on the number of charter schools operating in Michigan, you may be asking yourself, "What's stopping me from opening my own charter school?" Not much, in all likelihood.