Redevelopment effort in neighborhoods paying off

Crain’s Detroit quotes Alan Levy, director of the mayor’s office of Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization, as saying that in fact, Detroit’s neighborhood redevelopment plans are being broadened and deepened.

The article also mentions that through Re$tore Detroit, the revitalization office’s flagship program, community organizations get technical assistance, training and funding to serve, so far, the following five districts:

.  Jefferson East Business District, on East Jefferson from Dickerson Street to Alter Road.
.  Grand River Business District, from Evergreen to Asbury Park.
.  Mexicantown, on West Vernor Highway from Clark Street to 18th Street, and Bagley Avenue from 16th to 25th streets.
.  The Seven Mile Project from Woodward Avenue to John R Street.
.  University Commons, on Livernois from the John Lodge Expressway to St. Martins Street and McNichols Road from Wyoming to Lawton, tying together the Marygrove College and University of Detroit Mercy. 

In 2004, $8.7 million of private investment in new commercial construction came into the five districts, an increase of more than 100 percent from the $4.2 million in 2003.

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