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How the COVID-19 pandemic exposed massive racial and social disparities in Michigan
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(WXYZ) â The first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Michigan on March 10, 2020. One year and nearly 600,000 cases later, racial and social inequities have become painfully obvious.
The pandemic exposed massive health disparities, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups in low-income communities.
In Michigan, the disparities were revealed right at the start of the pandemic.
Michiganâs COVID-19 epicenter
At the time, Detroit accounted for almost one-third of the stateâs COVID-19 cases, despite making up less than 10 percent of the stateâs population.
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Transit center contractor to conduct three-month reuse feasibility study
Preservationist: City didn t consider placement of transit center, preservation in tandem
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The Dairy Cattle Building (left) on the former Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit is among historic structures that could be demolished to make way for a new transit center as part of a redevelopment of the site at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.
Detroit s transportation authority has decided the final location for a new transit center next to a $400 million Amazon.com Inc. development at the former Michigan State Fairgrounds. And it s still in the exact spot preservation advocates don t want it.
Posted By Steve Neavling on Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:01 AM click to enlarge Shutterstock.com Amazon.com Inc. announced on Monday that it’s opening five new centers in metro Detroit that are expected to generate more than 2,000 permanent jobs. The expansion includes fulfillment centers in Detroit, Hazel Park, Pontiac, and Huron Township, and a sortation center in Plymouth. The full- and part-time jobs will pay a minimum of $15 an hour and comprehensive benefits, the company said. One of the new sites is an 823,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Detroit that is expected to create 1,200 new jobs at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit. If all goes as planned, the center will open in 2022.