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As Detroit reinvents itself, a wave of creative companies — graphic design and film production studios, ad agencies and PR firms — is setting up shop downtown, bringing fresh ideas and a colorful perspective to a city that’s lacked such a wealth of artistic enterprises for a long time.
While PR stalwarts such as Lovio George and Gyro Creative Group have been in Detroit for decades, dozens of creative companies — and hundreds of employees — have moved downtown to support other businesses. City organizations such as the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. offerincentives and other help for such moves, but most business leaders say their decision is rooted in a desire to be part of the energy and spirit found downtown — something they didn’t find in the suburbs.
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