There's basically one mayor (Dennis Archer), who is fighting hard to get business back into Detroit. Here's an excerpt:
After his inauguration, city officials started getting 50 to
80 calls a day from businesses inquiring about locating in
Detroit; it still gets five to ten such calls daily. Most of the
callers ask what kind of land is available in the city; some,
particularly retailers, ask about demographics. Sensing
opportunity, big discount retailers like Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart
have expressed interest in the city, says Robert Larson.
Gloria Robinson, who became Archer's director of planning and
economic development after holding a similar job in Wayne County,
which includes Detroit, sees these efforts beginning to pay
off. "We used to get businesses in Wayne County that had been
driven out of Detroit," she says. "Now we're getting the
reverse, businesses that had just been waiting to
come back home to the city." Among the major companies that have
already returned are Kroger, Honeywell, and Ace Paper
Products. "Now that they're welcome here, they see economic
advantages to coming," Robinson says.
They also mention Thyssen Steel and F.X. Coughlin moving back to the county.