Placemaking

The amenities at SpaceLab 7Mile include desks, office space, conference rooms, and mailbox services. It's designed as a neighborhood hub for business owners, property owners, investors, designers, and builders.

SpaceLab Detroit, Detroit Cabinet Manufacturing open new coworking space in Northwest Detroit

Detroit Cabinet Manufacturing and SpaceLab Detroit have partnered to open SpaceLab 7Mile, a coworking space on the city’s northwest side.

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Orlando Bailey of the Eastside Community Network.
How activists are using art and science to address Michigan’s water problems

From Mackinaw City to Flint to Detroit, activists are using a combination of art and science to keep water issues in the public consciousness, address inequities, and collaborate on solutions.

Myrtle Thompson, center, Program Director and Co-Founder of Feedum Freedom, and Mikel Bresee, right center, pose with community members in front of a pavilion being built as part of the Fox Creek Artscape.
Fox Creek Artscape to celebrate its opening in Jefferson Chalmers

The Fox Creek Artscape has transformed into a multifunctional community space, complete with a pavilion for community meetings and gatherings, a street-side fruit stand, public art space, extensive landscaping, and more.  

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Hatch Detroit competition opens window for applications, doubles prize to $100K

This year’s small business competition will see the grand prize double from $50,000 to $100,000, due to increased investment from Hatch Detroit sponsor Comerica Bank.  

Kresge Foundation KiPD Grant recipient Community Treehouse Center will create an inclusive community space in Jefferson-Chalmers that can accommodate multigenerational users and those with disabilities.
Record amount of grant dollars awarded to neighborhood organizations in 2019 KIP:D round

Twenty-five Detroit nonprofits make up the record-setting 2019 cohort of the Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit initiative, or KIP:D.  

The patio at Ottava Via
The 6 best places to eat and drink outside in Detroit

With warmer weather on the horizon, you need to take advantage of the season every chance you can get. So here are Model D's favorite places to eat and drink outdoors. 

The neighborhood arts organization Popps Packing is seeking to grow its interactive playscape Camp Carpenter, with the help of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Public Spaces Community Places initiative.
Neighborhood arts organization seeks to expand its summertime adventure camp

The neighborhood arts organization Popps Packing is seeking to grow its interactive playscape Camp Carpenter.

A rendering of the streetscaping planned for Livernois.
Pedestrian-friendly streetscape improvements planned for Avenue of Fashion, six other corridors

Livernois is one of seven Detroit commercial corridors undergoing special streetscape renovations this year.

Rendering of Woodward and Warren Park
After years of planning, a new Wayne State park is almost ready to open

A new park on the WSU campus is just a few steps away.

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Learn what placemaking projects could be coming to two Detroit neighborhoods

Crowdfunding campaigns are underway to bring new public spaces to two Detroit neighborhoods.

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