The Alley Project
The Alley Project (TAP) is a network of places and programs along the alley developed to facilitate creative processes, positive youth-adult partnerships, and community building.
Read MorePenrose Market Garden
A place for individual and community activity and recreation, the design of the Garden includes a welcoming entrance, outdoor classroom space, walks and connections to the surrounding areas, a lawn/gathering/event area lined with flower beds for the market garden’s cut flowers, shade structures and seating.
Read MoreOutdoor Theatre
Carrie Morris Arts Production (CMAP) creates and supports performance art and artistic exploration in a way that is inclusive, intimate, and community-centered. Since 2012, they’ve provided opportunities for artists who are typically underrepresented in the arts community and support artists who may not have access to other modes of funding. They strive to include residents…
Read MoreOld North Rain Garden
The Old North Rain Garden can divert approximately 31,000 gallons of stormwater in a one-inch rain event from this area’s combined sewer system, reducing the likelihood of basement backups and sewer overflows. It manages almost all the stormwater runoff that falls on this block, 1.72 acres, by holding back the stormwater so it can soak…
Read MoreNeighborhood Exercise Loop
Central Detroit Christian created fitness-focused neighborhood pocket parks with excercise equipment and connected them with a walking path to foster healthy, active living in the Middle Woodward Corridor. The faith-based organization provides housing, workforce training, neighborhood-beautification, and youth-development services designed to bolster Central Detroit neighborhoods and empower residents.  More about this project >
Read MoreManistique Treehouse
The Community Treehouse Center will be an environmentally-friendly community education center and event space and will host year-round therapeutic and educational programming to improve the physical and mental well-being of community members, particularly the elderly and those with disabilities who are socially isolated.  More about this project >
Read MoreIntersections Park
This pocket park at the corner of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks Boulevards was transformed through the team effort of North Corktown community members and students at Burton International School. All of the pieces in the park were chosen to honor the contribution of King and Parks to the civil rights movement and build…
Read MoreHolland Maze Literacy Park
NW Goldberg Cares aims to improve upon the lives of residents in the predominantly African-American community by incubating neighborhood businesses, building a strong community, and ensuring a family-friendly neighborhood. Formerly known as ORIGINAL CREATIVITY, the non-profit seeks to create a sense of fellowship, and recognizes that a community is more than a group of people…
Read MoreHamilton Rainscape Learning Lab
The Hamilton Rainscape emerged from community plans to address blight and stormwater issues. The location and elements of the design were selected through a community engagement process that brought together residents and the designers throughout the development of the project. Residents, ECN staff, and InSite Design Studio came together to create a beautiful open space…
Read MoreFriendly Fence
The Friendly Fence implementation on Stahelin was a part of a larger resident-led vision for the street. Stahelin Ave. had a very active community of engagement surrounding the street to help maintain vacant homes, and advocate for the demolition of dangerous properties. The Friendly Fence lot treatment was selected because this specific lot was in…
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