Create a Solution

Role:
You are a member of the Springerfieldville City Council. Springerfieldville is a small town about an hour out of Detroit, Michigan.

Context:
In the past, your town was a part of the automotive industry. In the past, there was a small teacher college, but it went out of business when there was less of a demand for teachers. The two major factories (both connected to the GM supply chain) have gone out of business, leaving two brick factories completely unused. The town unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 14% and they are suffering a housing crisis. With less revenue, their education is becoming underfunded. The town population is a mixture of educated / white color workers (managers, former professors, etc.) and high-school educated blue-collar workers.

Task:
You need to help redefine the town. You need to create an innovative, perhaps even radical, plan for change. Your solution must address the following:

• What are the major problems?
  
• What caused the town's problems? How do their causes relate to globalization?
• What is your solution? How will your solution relate to micronationalism (regionalism) or transnationalism?
• Why will your plan work?
• How will you pay for your plan?