Three reasons why Gregory Holman (MPP/MUP '11) is listed among Crain's Detroit Business "Twenty in their 20s." | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Three reasons why Gregory Holman (MPP/MUP '11) is listed among Crain's Detroit Business "Twenty in their 20s."

May 6, 2014

Chad Halcom, a reporter for Crain's Detroit Business, credits Ford School alumnus Gregory Holman (MPP/MUP '11), with:

 

  1. Clearing the way for the city to demolish thousands of abandoned homes, reducing Motor City blight.
  2. Helping to create Detroit's White Picket Fence Program, which lets homeowners buy vacant lots next to their properties for just $200.
  3. And helping John Hantz launch the nation's largest urban tree farm—in Detroit.

"What is great about Greg is that he has a stick-to-it-iveness," Mike Score, president of Hantz Farms LLC told the reporter.

Read more at Crain's Detroit Business "Twenty in their 20s."