Posted
7/13/2005 05:11:00 PM
by Douglas
Having never been to Michigan, I have no idea just how "un-cool" it is, but apparently Governor Jennifer Granholm does, and she's ready to do something
about it. [via
Agitator.]
A revamped vendor shed at Detroit’s Eastern Market, a gay and lesbian community center in Ferndale, and a downtown fountain and ice rink in Warren are among 20 projects in 17 cities deemed cool enough to get up to $100,000 each under a new state grant program, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday.
These so-called “cool cities” pilot projects also will be first in line, eventually, to draw from another $100 million in grants, loans and other state resources, said the governor, who made the announcement surrounded by crates of fruit and vegetables and flats of petunias at Detroit’s Eastern Market.
“These projects have priority status,” Granholm said. “They’re destined to attract a work force for the 21st century.
Wow. Just, wow. I can't believe they're spending that kind of money like this. Where do they think $100 Million in grants comes from? The "cool" fairy? Wait 'till the cranky taxpayers of Michigan (and
all taxpayers are cranky) find out where their money is going; to paint a big, angry chicken on the side of a market in Detroit.
Be sure and check out Michigan's survey, so they can find out just how un-cool they really are, and how far they need to
go.