Phil Cooley is one of Detroit’s most enthusiastic champions. 

Phil, the owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and developer of Ponyride, an incubator for social innovators, was an early investor in the revitalization of the city.  He has been an insider to Detroit’s do-it-yourself comeback and has lessons to share for urbanists everywhere who are working to jump-start their own grassroots version of revitalization in their cities.

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Carol Coletta is vice president of community and national initiatives at Knight Foundation.