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Home»Posts tagged with»Vacant property

Project to transform 140 acres of blight into large urban farm finally underway

By Steve Neavling on February 5, 2014   Development, Headline, posts, Urban Renewal  

Project to transform 140 acres of blight into large urban farm finally underway

The plan is to plant 15,000 hardwood trees like maple and oak this spring over an area riddled with abandoned homes, dead trees and piles of garbage, tires and old furniture.

Hantz Farms: Is nation’s largest urban farm experiment a land grab or solution to city renewal?

By Steve Neavling on February 5, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, City Government, History, Mayor's Office, posts, Urban Renewal  

Hantz Farms: Is nation’s largest urban farm experiment a land grab or solution to city renewal?

It’s the first real test of Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to repopulate stable neighborhoods and transform vacant areas into lakes, farms, forests and greenways.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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