THE LAST WORD:Westside should be best side

The Westside Business Culture.

Sounds hip, sounds cool. And by the sounds of it, it could be the answer — or at least the catalyst — to changing the image of the Westside from a blighted slum to a thriving destination spot.

City leaders have done, and will continue to do, much to change the run-down nature of the Westside.

Now, the Westside Business Culture, a conglomerate of business leaders with backgrounds in home development, the surfing industry, magazine media and restaurants and bars, will put market forces to work to erase the stigma of the past and make the much-maligned area of town “a place to stay and play.”

They plan to create a support system for Westside businesses and promote the Westside as a great place to live, work, dine and make a living.

“We want to create a class of people to include in this diversity and all that the Westside has to offer,” Detroit Bar owner Dan Bradley told our reporter.

“For sure, it’s a great area.”