A group of five students from Normandale Community College in Bloomington embarked on a road trip March 31 with a modest plan: save Detroit,
writes Christine MacDonald in the Detroit News.
The plan, which came out of an assignment for a city politics class, involves "rebuild[ing] from the core," increasing the size of Wayne State University, and making it an "education epicenter," with Midtown Detroit modeled after Dinkytown, according to the article.
Calling Detroit a "laboratory for urban reformers," MacDonald notes that the five students are not the only ones bringing their visions to the motor city: The
American Assembly public policy forum will "discuss proposals" there April 14�17.