“Nothing is more powerful to remaking Detroit as a center of innovation, entrepreneurship and population growth, than embracing and increasing the immigrant populations and the entrepreneurial culture and global connections that they bring and deliver.”
So concludes Steve Tobocman, the former majority floor leader of the Michigan House of Representatives, a third-generation Detroit immigrant, and author of a new study called “Global Detroit.”
Tobocman’s report makes a compelling case for Detroit’s immigrant-driven economy and reforms to boost that economy.
He documents how the region’s immigrants are:
The Global Detroit report outlines 11 strategies to boost the immigrant economy and thereby boost the entire region. Those strategies include:
