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In a radical attempt to boost the flagging fortunes of America's "Motor City", Detroit, ambitious entrepeneur Mark Siwak is promoting a novel plan to turn abandoned areas of the declining city into a Zombie theme park.
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| Z Park promo |
Called Z World Detroit, Siwak's scheme plans to capitalize on the beleagured automotive center's blighted landscape of derelict factories and burned out homes. Visitors to Z world would be able to hone their zombie fighting techniques in the run down ruins of the once prosperous city, providing much needed employment to local citizens and renewal to blighted neighborhoods.
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| zombie town |
According to Siwak's promotional video:
Z World Detroit initiative is a radical rethinking of urban redevelopment and Detroit's well-documented blight and de-population. It turns perceived liabilities into assets that will bring arenewed vitality to a struggling neighborhood. When done right, Z World Detroit would be transformative for part of the city and become a legitimate destination.
Previous plans to revitalize the catastrophically shrinking city, which has seen an exodus of over 200,000 people in the past decade, include turning off half of Detroit's street lights and transforming abandoned city blocks into farms. So far Siwak has raised over $2000 towards the $145,000 necessary to turn Z World into reality.
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| Detroit's coming back! |
In a call to LSP offices in the Motor City, personnel were skeptical of Z World's chances of success but cautiously optimistic over Mayor Dave Bing's attempt to drive urban renewal by turning off the city's street lights. "I don't know about the zombies but we've still got lights on Commonwealth, I think," said one senior staffer.
Yes, but for how long?
Stay tuned.
LSP
