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Detroit Image Dialogue Group

Regional Cooperation

SWOT Analysis April 16th, 2010

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Strengths

●Metro Detroit has a lot of interest groups / nonprofits /

foundations / corporations that support and hae a desire

for more regional colla!oration"

●#iti$ens in the larger region alread% identif% themseles

&ith Detroit"

●Millennial Ma%ors #ongress, Michigan Su!ur!s Alliance,

Metropar's, Aerotropolis, other e(isting regional efforts"●)e& leadership in the #it% of Detroit read% to &or'

colla!oratiel% &ith the rest of the region"

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*ea'nesses

●*ea' regional institutionali$ation and &ea' Metropolitan

+lanning rgani$ation -S.M#G"

●imited funds for regional proects and limited mechanisms

to raise mone% to inest in regional assets"●State la& encourages regional fragmentation and strong

home rule"3

●ac' of !old leadership and champions3 for regional

colla!oration and institutional change"●#iti$ens una&are of alternatie models for regional

cooperation"

●+erceptions a!out #it% of Detroit, its leadership, and its

a!ilit% to !e a strong economic partner -lost cause"

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pportunities

●4egional polic% conference and +olic% +ri$e"3

●#iti$ens read% and &illing to plug5in3 to a larger ision for

the region"

●+ending legislation in ansing supporting regionalcooperation single transit authorit%, )e(t Michigan

Deelopment Act, etc"

●+otential to modif% the State #onstitution through

referendum in )oem!er, 2010 7 opportunit% to empo&er

regions"

●8usiness leaders &illing to inest in regionalism"

●.conom% is trending north after a decade of decline, and

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9hreats

●.lected leaders un&illing to em!race regionalism"

●If State #onstitutional #onention is not held, 16 more

%ears of the same frame&or'"

●+erceptions that regionalism is too costl%"

●ingering social tensions preent regional colla!oration"

●More tal', no action"

● At a tipping point 7 if &e don:t colla!orate as a region no&,the region &on:t get an% !etter or decline"

●#%nicism and apath%"

●ut5migration is diluting our resources and our region"

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ther 8est +ractices

●Portland, OR 7 regionall%5elected goernment

●Denver, CO 7 4egional 9ransportation District / regional

planning

●Grand Rapids, MI – Grand ;alle% Metro #ouncil

●Other consortiums of Mayors

●City-County government – Dener, Indianapolis,

ouisille●Research riangle Par! 7 strong corporate / nonprofit

leadership