Comment on Detroit’s multimillion-dollar streetscape project a pain for small businesses by Detroit's Strategic Neighborhood Fund Is A Catalyst For Growth -

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Recent construction on Mexicantown’s streetscape project. Credit: Lee DeVitoMexicantown is set for a radical transformation when its $5.4 million construction project finally wraps up. Baiocco says she believes the hurt is compounded by nearby construction projects on Vernor Highway and Clark Street going on right now. Caitlin Malloy Marcon, the city’s deputy director of the Department of Public Works, agrees that perhaps it would have been better to stagger the different Mexicantown projects. Businesses and residents along the historic Livernois Avenue of Fashion staged a protest in August, saying the $17 million streetscape project is choking off the community.