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Article: Struggling Detroit Communities Spark Launch of National Community Revitalization Alliance

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May 6, 2008
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Contact: Deeohn Ferris of Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc., +1-252-200-2055, +1-202-637-2467, info@sustainablecommunitydevelopmentgroup.org

DETROIT,May 6/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to the plight of Detroit communities and other communities in America struggling to combat the impacts of a negative economy, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and Deeohn Ferris, President of Sustainable Community Development Group, announced today the launch of the National Community Revitalization Alliance. The announcement was made at the Brownfields 2008 National Conference in Detroit, the largest, most comprehensive conference focused on cleaning up and ...

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