The Detroit Free Press today offered up a bit of a reality check, so to speak. In all the talk of the rebirth and reinvention of the Motor City—along with all of the overwhelmingly inspirational can-do attitudes of so many people in around the city as of late—the issue of how to actually pay for Detroit’s way-forward is never talked about much.

Probably because, very few people could actually provide an answer. The problem is that, although the city is packed to the brim with innovative and creative ideas, there just isn’t enough of the green stuff to get these ideas off the ground.

The article highlights endeavors like the Riverwalk as examples of creative ideas that found funding and were able to see the light of day. 

So, who does have the answer? The Freep attempts to figure that out. 

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