Start a Sustainable Development Roundtable, Detroit Did.

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The Detroit/Wayne County Roundtable on Sustainable Development focuses on integrating environmental and economic growth concerns. Forty representatives from neighborhood organizations, environmental groups, lending institutions, businesses, governments, and charitable and religious groups comprise the Roundtable. Its ten-member board is co-chaired by designees of the mayor and county executive. The six operating principles of the Roundtable are: diversify membership, promote the concept of sustainability, build consensus, support existing efforts, combine the resources of the group's diverse stakeholders, and set up regional cooperation and communication. Much of the Roundtable's efforts address the redevelopment and marketing of brownfield sites, and the condemnation of such sites. The group reviews state environmental regulations pertaining to hazardous site mitigation as well. Several major redevelopment projects have been launched, including a stadium, airport, and casino. (A report from the National League of Cities)