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Remaking Michigan, Retooling Detroit Michigan, the national leader in recession, depends on an auto industry that will never be as big as it was. So how does the Detroit area diversify? Who's hiring, or investing in something new? Morning Edition reports on Detroit's desperate race to replace the jobs that the automakers eliminate.
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Detroit Falters In Wake Of Automakers' Troubles

This may be the final weekend before Chrysler files for bankruptcy. The automaker and the government are negotiating with Chrysler's creditors over its future. And as they wait, some people in the auto industry's capital are thinking of their city's past.

Detroit Falters In Wake Of Automakers' Troubles

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Architects, Rehabber Find Riches In Detroit Ruins

Detroit is full of architectural ruins and abandoned houses, but some resourceful people are mining the city for profit. There's an architect couple who adapt and restore large buildings downtown, a company that strips buildings of their interior treasures and a real estate investor who rehabilitates houses and flips them.

Architects, Rehabber Find Riches In Detroit Ruins

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Michigan Gov. Reflects On Region's Recovery Efforts

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm describes what the future looks like for Southeast Michigan and explains that it's not too late for the region to recover.

Michigan Gov. Reflects On Region's Recovery Efforts

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Auto Industry In Turmoil

Detroit Auto Suppliers Look To Other Industries

As the Big Three automakers contract, the manufacturing base that supplies those automakers is being forced to adapt. Detroit Public Radio's Sarah Cwiek talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about one auto supplier that has diversified its business.

Detroit Auto Suppliers Look To Other Industries

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Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs Bet On Detroit

As Detroit's "Big Three" keep getting smaller, the challenge is to somehow create jobs as fast as the auto industry loses them. To do that, Michigan is making a series of bets on smaller companies like defense contractors and biotech firms.

Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs Bet On Detroit

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Kalamazoo: A Potential Beacon for Detroit?

As Michigan reels from the effects of a sagging auto industry, one city in the western part of the state offers a potential model for the future. Kalamazoo has produced everything from celery to corsets, and residents there consider diversification of industries to be key.

Kalamazoo: A Potential Beacon for Detroit?

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Scholar: It's Time For The Post-Automotive Era

Detroit should look to Silicon Valley, Pittsburgh for ideas on how to become more innovative and entrepreneurial, according to author and Toronto University's business and creativity professor Richard Florida.

Scholar: It's Time For The Post-Automotive Era

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Smaller Firms May Come To Michigan's Rescue

With the demand for fresh water on the rise, former autoworkers are now finding jobs in a new industry: pump engineering. The high-efficiency pumps are used in water desalination plants.

Smaller Firms May Come To Michigan's Rescue

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