Vice-President Al Gore is expected to attend, assuring national attention. Events include tours of lakes and rivers, areas of urban sprawl and historic buildings. A special report in The Detroit News Suburban communities sprout on the edge of Metro Detroit.
Older suburbs struggle with losing population and business.
It's an accelerating trend that's gaining attention among state and national power brokers. In these and other stories, The Detroit News chronicles the impact of these changes on Metro Detroit, its residents and its future. They will help individuals and governments explore possible solutions. Detroit's newest suburbs are having an identity crisis. Cities and townships on the region's fast-growing fringe worry about their new residents, part of a growing group of suburbanites who feel their subdivisions have no sense of community.