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Detroit's New Technology Tool For Developers

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Becki Retzlaff
9 February 2001 - 6:00am

Detroit has developed a property inventory computer system which tracks the city's inventory of abandoned buildings and lots.

Detroit "has created a computerized property information system that does in seconds what used to take weeks or months -- tracking pieces of real estate. With the new setup, searching for city-owned real estate -- from a home in a historic district to a funeral parlor or an empty factory -- will now be far easier.

Full Story: City gives developers new tool to reclaim land
Source: The Detroit Free Press, February 8, 2001
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