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RE-IMAGINING THE CIVIC COMMONS 2 How do we create 20- minute - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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RE-IMAGINING THE CIVIC COMMONS 2 How do we create 20- minute neighborhoods along the Livernois corridor? Six Neighborhood Transformation Initiatives Single-Family Safety and Public Residential Services Stabilization Planning, Small
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How do we create 20- minute neighborhoods along the Livernois corridor?
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Safety and Public Services Planning, Placemaking and Open Space Multifamily and Mixed-Use Development Single-Family Residential Stabilization Small Business and Retail Development Mobility
Six Neighborhood Transformation Initiatives
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- Ongoing meetings and team
structure to support community development
- Civic Commons projects
provide a major focus area within the planning district
- Overlap with the Strategic
Neighborhood Initiative Microdistrict
PALMER PARK DETROIT GOLF COURSE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK MARYGROVE COLLEGE U OF D MERCY
PEMBROKE BAGLEY FITZGERALD MARTIN PARK UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PALMER WOODS SHERWOOD FOREST GREEN ACRES CIVIC COMMONS FOCUS AREA
Livernois/McNichols Neighborhood Planning
PILGRIM VILLAGE
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PALMER PARK DETROIT GOLF COURSE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK
Demographics
- Annual Median
Household Income
- Some of strongest
neighborhoods in Detroit in close proximity
- Project Area
– 95% African American – 24% Youth – 12% Seniors – 28% Don’t have access to a vehicle – 17% Unemployment
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The Neighborhood Scale
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Project Goals:
- Transform every
public owned property
- Improve
neighborhood perception
- Pilot a replicable
revitalization strategy to be applied across Detroit
Ownership:
- 1,133 Total Parcels
- 419 Total Public
- wned parcels
– 117 Structures – 302 Vacant lots
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Central Park
Neighborhood Framework Plan
Crops Orchards Meadows Greenway
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http://www.fitzgerald-detroit.com
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Housing Developer RFP:
- Private developer
- Rehabilitate vacant homes
- Demolish unsalvageable
structures
- Implement and maintain low-
maintenance lot treatments
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RFP to rehab all vacant homes, demolish unsalvageable homes, and maintain 1:1 ratio of vacant lots to homes
- Consistent design standards for lots
- City partnering with developer to obtain
resources for demos and to create affordable units
- Creating local jobs factor in RFP
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RFP seeking entities activate vacant land in neighborhood
- Larger aggregations of vacant land
- Financially sustainable business models
(tree farms, orchards, hoop houses, intensive flower and vegetable production)
- Local jobs and entrepreneurial
- pportunities important factor in the RFP
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The Corridor Scale
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Streetscape Improvements
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Retail + Small Business Development
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Strategic Neighborhood Initiative
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Livernois Lot Block Party LLC Building Mercantile Building
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Livernois Lot
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Block Party LLC
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Block Party LLC
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Mercantile Building
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The Building Scale
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Funding Sources
Local Matching
- City of Detroit:
$1.4M [Federal Gov]
- Detroit Collaborative Design Center:
$25,000 [Foundation]
- Detroit Economic Growth Corp:
$450,000 [Federal Gov]
- The Greening of Detroit:
$1.8M [Federal Gov, Foundation, Corporate]
- Invest Detroit:
$1.2M [Foundation]
- Live6 Alliance:
$350,000 [Foundation] Additional Resources
- Strategic Neighborhood Fund
$6M [Foundation, Federal and State Gov]
- Fitzgerald RFP
$TBD [Developer Equity, Loans]
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Opportunities+Challenges
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