Summary Box: Whole Foods sets up shop in Detroit
THE STORE: Organic grocer Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City with a planned 20,000-square-foot supermarket with 75 employees in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood next year.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: One reason Whole Foods may be willing to take the risk is that the neighborhood is an anomaly in a tough city enduring tough times: People are moving in, businesses are opening and hopes are high.
THE BACKDROP: Midtown wouldn't yet qualify as a success by revitalization standards in New York or Chicago. But it's a hip, bright spot in a city that narrowly avoided a state financial takeover last week.
