Mayor Bing fights neighborhood blight with innovative approach to empower Detroiters
For just $200, some Detroiters can buy neighboring vacant lots and receive help sprucing up the property.
For just $200, some Detroiters can buy neighboring vacant lots and receive help sprucing up the property.
All together, the mayor’s three-year-old Detroit Works Project, which was designed to attract thousands of residents into revitalized neighborhoods over the next decade, has summoned only about a dozen new residents to areas that are far from revitalized.