Detroit Works Project
In: Call to Action, Community Development, Environmental Justice, Events, Land Use, Local Policy, Planning, Sustainability, Uncategorized
700,000 people living in a city built for 2 million. What will we do with all that land? How can we make it work to make our environment healthier and our city function better for our residents?
Get informed and get involved:
1. Check out this great video for a simple explanation of our situation:
Guest animation: Detroit’s vacant land — How success became a big problem
2. Visit the Detroit Works Project Long Term site for a rundown of current economic, social and environmental realities.
3. Make your voice heard. In the next few weeks, there will be
A series of THREE conversations…
Working Conversation 1:
- update on the Detroit Works Project
- Quality of Life and your community
- identify local assets and strengths
Working Conversation 2:
- work on “things we must do” for our city
- generate ideas to address these issues
- review material from conversation #1
Working Conversation 3:
- contribute to “citywide strategies”
- talk about actions and tools for change
- review material from conversations 1 & 2
… in each of FOUR locations…
Northwest Community Conversations:
Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Rd 48235
5:30-8pm Mondays: April 16, May 7, May 21
Northeast Community Conversations:
Serbian Memorial Hall
19940 Van Dyke, 48234
5:30-8pm Tuesdays: April 17, May 8, May 22
Southwest Community Conversations:
IBEW Union Hall
1358 Aboott St, 48226
5:30-8pm Thursdays: April 19, May 3, May 17
Central/Near East Community Conversations:
Detroit Rescue Mission
3505 E. Forest Ave, 48207
9:30-noon Saturdays: April 21, May 5, May 19
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If these are the jobs of the furture and most of the residence of the very city have some form of felony or reading writing,and mathmatical issuses then the question becomes what will be there place in this new jobs ot the furture. Furtermore they are currently bared from most city jobs were the best pay happens to be yet ,they live here but cant work here at least not for the city.
Good Point. Forward to Mayor Bing and City council…oh, I forgot, they no longer have power in the city. Forward to the Mr. Snyder…oh, I forgot, he only cares about a second bridge. Maybe every voter that’s a real Detroiter should re-elect President Obama also vote in the mid-elections which are just as important then maybe we may eventually be in a better place as real Detroiters. Real Detroiters should be able to work in Detroit. Everyone from other communities do and make a great wage with have great health insurance. They always catch the first expressway leading to their communities outside Detroit after work. They take and spend their wages in those communities. Long way to go.