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Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay
The tech scene is booming in the US’s largest Black-majority city, with foreign investment and a recent population boost
Whereas a century ago, immigrants from Syria, Poland and Ireland landed at the Michigan Central train station next door, today entrepreneurs and engineers from Mexico, Norway and beyond are descending on the city. “When we wanted to expand into the US market, Siemens, one of our major customers, has a huge base in Atlanta, so there was a draw to move there,” says Robert Skinner, a Detroit native and the US managing director for EcoG, a Munich-headquartered EV charging technology company. On a patch of land next to Michigan Central, Detroit City FC hopes to build a new stadium in close proximity to the Mexicantown neighborhood, a community from which the soccer team draws much of its support.
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