One year after Detroit activists were narrowly defeated in their fight to hold developers receiving public money to certain standards, they say they’re regrouping with a push to create a “real and meaningful” community benefits ordinance for the city.
“The resurgence in the city only applies to maybe 20 percent of our residents,” said Detroit People's Platform member Nicole Smith in a Thursday news conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit. “As more developments come into the city, Detroiters are not a part of getting jobs, they’re not profiting from being developers, they’re not profiting from economic justice.…