Video report: Mapping Detroit blight
A newly formed task force has been charged with spearheading an effort to electronically catalog blighted properties in the city. That’s certainly a good start to addressing a complex problem. Watch this Voice of America report on the Motor City Mapping Project in this video.
As a bonus, here’s the Freep’s John Gallagher asking “what’s next” after the rubble has been cleared. Will measures that came out of the work done by Detroit Future City, including building on urban ag and other green and blue (daylighting subterranean creeks that exist on the city’s east side) projects, be implemented? Good questions, John.
See Gallagher’s piece here.
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