In Detroit we have a real chance to do things with our land that no other major city in the world has ever done. From growing food and producing solar power to planting trees and improving public health, Detroit’s 23 square miles of vacant land offers a future full of possibilities. That was the mood […]
Detroit will receive almost $9 million in federal disaster relief funds to help it prepare for future flooding. The money will go toward redevelopment projects in neighborhoods to better prepare the landscape for severe weather. It’s good news for Detroit, which suffered more than $630 million of damage in the epic flooding of August 2014. […]
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is a disciplined speaker whose message rarely varies from the nitty-gritty ways he and his administration are repairing the wounded city they inherited: Improving emergency response times, auctioning vacant homes, turning on street lights, demolishing abandoned property and trying to lower auto insurance rates. The mayor does not appear to consider […]
Overview – On August 11, 2014, the City of Detroit received 4.57 inches of rain, the second largest rainfall on record according to the National Weather Service. This severe weather overloaded Metro Detroit’s aging stormwater management system, leading to severe flooding of highways, disruption of Detroit’s economy and critical manufacturing and freight operations, damage to […]