Fish farms in Detroit? That's just one idea of reinvention.
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"Many communities come to us
because they're searching for some sort of revitalization or rethinking
of their communities based on the strengths and assets that still exist
in their communities," explains Stanard.
The table at the front
of the design center is covered in colorful mock ups and drawings of
all the potential projects they want to work on.
They're
currently working on a project on Heidelberg Street in Detroit. A lot
of children live around there, and it also happens to be one of the
poorest neighborhoods in the country. Chandra Moore explains how
they're going to take one of the vacant houses on the street "and
figure out we can make it an open, urban amphitheater for the area."
The
reason they're able to do the project is because they got a grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts. Without the grant, who knows if
the project would've happened. A lot of time the fate of a project does
come down to money.
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