Tuesday, July 18, marks a full decade since Detroit filed for the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy. At the time, many predicted it would be a tortuously long, complicated case. That turned out to be wrong—the actual bankruptcy case was remarkably quick. And while it fundamentally re-shaped the city and life for its residents in some ways, it left other things remarkably unchanged.
Here, Michigan Radio looks back on the events leading up to the bankruptcy, the bankruptcy itself, and the start of Detroit’s post-bankruptcy era—and how it all looks with 10 years of hindsight.
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Ten years ago this week, the city of Detroit filed for municipal bankruptcy. We talk to longtime Detroit journalist Stephen Henderson about what that meant for Detroit, and the ripple effects the city is still feeling today. -
Reflections on the ten years since Detroit's bankruptcy filing, Michigan's dune history, and weird findings on Wikipedia. -
The architect of Detroit's bankruptcy filing 10 years ago says it was the best fix for a broken cityThe architect of Detroit's bankruptcy filing admits it was a miserable process. But 10 years on, Detroit's former emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, maintains the restructuring of the Motor City is among his most important accomplishments. -
Thousands of Detroit city employees and retirees lost big on July 18, 2013, when a state-appointed manager made Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. A decade later, the Motor City has risen from the ashes of insolvency, with balanced budgets, revenue increases and millions of dollars socked away. -
With the bankruptcy trial in full swing, we thought we'd share the following facts with you about the Detroit bankruptcy case. State declares Detroit is…
Detroit didn’t go bankrupt overnight
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy (July 18, 2013)
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Photo courtesy of the DIAKevyn Orr is Detroit’s state-appointed emergency manager. And he has some pretty extraordinary powers to chart the course of Detroit’s potential… -
John Meiu/Detroit Legal News Publishing LLCMichigan Radio’s Sarah Cwiek was in the courtroom today when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled that Detroit was eligible for Chapter 9…
The Aftermath of Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Lester Graham/Michigan RadioA special report looking at the progress, struggles, and failures in Detroit during the city’s first year out of bankruptcy:An investigative reporter… -
user JSFauxtaugraphy/FlickrToday a special edition of Stateside with the Detroit Journalism Cooperative on Detroit after bankruptcy:We examine how the city is trying to get public…
