Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community

Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community by Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit Co-published with BridgeDetroit Reporting Highlights Detroit’s Rebuilding: As the city recovers from the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, major construction has reshaped it. New concrete businesses have opened in response. Neighborhood Transformation: A concrete mixing plant has opened in the Cadillac Heights neighborhood, a process aided by the decisions of city officials. Residents Leaving: Homeowners, who say they can’t coexist with the plant, have sold their properties to the company and left. The number of private sales to one entity “had never happened before in Detroit.” https://www.propublica.org/article/detroit-kronos-morouns-concrete-neighborhood-takeover?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river