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Development News “Creating greenspaces for community gathering and food production in our urban areas means more resilient neighborhoods that are able to provide for themselves and their residents,” said MEDC Regional Prosperity Managing Director Paula Holtz.

'The Giving Trees Park': Detroit nonprofits partner on placemaking project in Core City

MJ GalbraithTuesday, December 10, 2024
Development News Belle Isle Beach in September 2023.

Electric, remote-controlled robot to begin removing litter from Belle Isle Beach in pilot program

MJ GalbraithTuesday, April 16, 2024
Feature Story Belle Isle Swim club

PHOTOS: Belle Isle Swim Club calmly continues while Chicago cancels

Nick HagenTuesday, September 5, 2023
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Improvements underway at Gmeiner Park in Northwest Detroit: Trees, walking paths, and more

MJ GalbraithTuesday, December 6, 2022
Feature Story GRDC employees Tom Ridgeway and Becki Kenderes stand at site of proposed lot.

Resilient Neighborhoods: Green infrastructure would address parking, drainage issues on Grand River

David SandsTuesday, November 8, 2022
Feature Story This home, the La Salle demonstration house, was rehabbed and made energy efficient by HOPE Village Revitalization.

Resilient Neighborhoods: Debbie Fisher of HVR talks sustainability, innovation in NW Detroit

David SandsTuesday, April 5, 2022
Special Report Mose Primus, Jaqueline Fulbright, and Emmitt Russell take a hard-earned break from their work on the Yorkshire Woods community gardens.

‘People to support, not problems to be solved’: How this Detroit fellowship cultivates change-makers

Kate RoffTuesday, December 22, 2020
Feature Story Tammy Black

Manistique Community Treehouse organizer is a force of, and for, nature

Kate RoffTuesday, December 8, 2020
Feature Story Joe and Barb Matney are the couple behind the In Memory Of Community Garden in Warrendale.

Warrendale community garden offers a connecting space in a year of social distancing

Kate RoffTuesday, November 10, 2020
Feature Story Mose Primus, Yorkshire Woods

Community garden helps dreams grow in Detroit's east side, despite COVID-19

Kate RoffTuesday, October 13, 2020
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There are lots of hopeful signs that Detroit is taking sustainability seriously, with bicycling, recycling, urban agriculture, green architecture and renewable energy each at the forefront of serious conversations about the city's future. A long time coming, but well worth the wait.
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