Bankrupt and Shrinking, Detroit Selling 79 Abandoned Schools

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AJ Williams is a Spiritual Wellness Architect and Educator and the Managing Editor of the Michigan Chronicle. A thought leader at the intersection of astrology, psychology, spirituality and identity evolution. She is the founder of Sunday Communion, a quarterly live transformation experience held in Detroit. She enjoys writing about travel, food, wellness and spirituality. The Inner Architecture is her editorial column on the work of becoming.

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Detroit’s bankruptcy is still fresh enough to be a national news mainstay, but the city’s public school system has been in the dumps for decades. At 50,000 students, enrollment is roughly a sixth of what it was in the 1960s. It’s projected to get even worse.

Detroit has shuttered over 100 schools, some secured only with plywood. Now they’re up for sale. With asking prices listed simply as “Negotiable,” 79 schools across the city are up for grabs right now. Care to see what’s out there? Continue To Curbed Detroit…

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