Detroit farming, rehab center planning to join forces

Local rehab center has interest in Detroit farming and is looking to use a large tract of land.

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The Detroit-based Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation Inc. (SHAR), a nonprofit drug rehab center funded by the state and others, is proposing that it be given up to 2,000 acres of vacant city-owned land to farm.

The project, known as Recovery Park, would have the dual purpose of teaching addicts therapeutic and marketable skills and rehabbing the city itself, said SHAR's chief executive, Dwight Vaughter.

"We're looking at it as a way to use some of this space in Detroit to make it more purposeful, as well as to provide employment for our residents and people who may be disenfranchised," Vaughter said. "So we thought it was a perfect fit for us to get involved in."

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