Model D's "On the Ground" series gives voice to the residents, business owners, and other community members who make up Detroit's neighborhoods. The Live6 area is composed of four distinct neighborhoods—Bagley, Martin Park, The University District, and Fitzgerald. These communities are home to The University of Detroit Mercy and Marygrove College, as well as a number of beautiful residences and longstanding businesses.
The portion of McNichols Road slated for improvements, from Greenlawn to Livernois Avenue, borders the Fitzgerald and Bagley neighborhoods, two neighborhoods identified by area Realtors as ones to watch for 2020.
After efforts to reinvent itself as a graduate-only institution couldn't help save it, what's next for the students of Marygrove College and how will its closure affect the neighborhood?
Fixing up local homes and finding people to own and live in them, however, is only a part of what’s happening in Fitzgerald. Over the last two years, the community has been home to a special initiative led by the City of Detroit called the Fitzgerald Revitalization Project that’s taking a comprehensive approach to redeveloping the area on a neighborhood level.
The vast majority of the new public art pieces — 90 percent — have been created by Detroit artists with connections to the neighborhood.
Adding to the emerging development, a new barbecue joint and soon-to-be-opened cluster of businesses, including a bar, promise to bring a flurry of new activity to the Live6 area.
Approximately 144 children ranging in ages from 0 to 5 years old will attend the 28,000-square-foot center, which will feature 12 classrooms, a library, and health therapy rooms. The Inkster-based Starfish Family Services will operate the early childhood education center.
Residents see new Brilliant Detroit neighborhood hub as an opportunity to spark change in the community and the potential to help local youth.
New community spaces have taken hold on the McNichols corridor in Fitzgerald and Bagley, including Neighborhood HomeBase, Detroit Parent Collective, and The Raw Space.
A new non-motorized path between two Detroit colleges may offer a glimpse at the future of biking in Detroit.
Northwest Detroit's Fitzgerald neighborhood is getting a new community center in April 2019.
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