Project:

As part of their Strategic Investment Areas program, in partnership with Urban Planning, the Design Center completed a community planning effort for Detroit LISC (Local Initiative Support Corporation), serving as the lead planning agency for the Far East Lower East (FELE) area. The planning initiative grew out of a belief that comprehensive and coordinated neighborhood planning creates a great sense of community and empowerment that reaps long term benefits. To address the question of what needs to happen to create healthy neighborhoods of choice in the designated Strategic Investment Areas, comprehensive investment strategies were developed by each Area’s consortium of stakeholders. They included community development corporations, residents, businesses, institutions, and community service organizations, pooling their resources to achieve a greater impact. The Far East and Lower East will use its proximity to the Central Business District and riverfront to support development of mixed income housing and expanded retail investment. They will also strengthen education offerings serving the area and address blighted and substandard housing.The plan serves as a blueprint for the work on the Far East and Lower East for the next three years and beyond, as the organizations take on key elements of the work plan and implement them in Far East and Lower East neighborhoods.

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