Vacant Land Project Examples

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Across the country, people are transforming vacant lots to benefit their neighbors and neighborhoods. This database collects user-submitted examples of vacant land reuse projects to inspire you and show you what’s possible. Inclusion does not indicate that Community Progress endorses a project, nor is every project appropriate for every lot or community.

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Keep Growing Detroit Farm

The Keep Growing Detroit Farm is the place where all of our work comes together. Our farm is where half of the Garden Resource Program transplants…

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Urban Edge

Prior to beginning the project, the lots we worked with had a lot of landfill items that were hard to remove with standard equipment. The first…

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The American Riad

North End Woodward Community Organization is re-building a corner through art & culture, in a multi-year project of skill-shares and public art, to create a Moroccan-style…

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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. TAP…

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Penrose 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…

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Outdoor 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…

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Old 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…

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Neighborhood 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…

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Manistique 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…

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