{"id":139,"date":"2012-10-29T18:50:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challenge.dev2.formbox.biz\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2012-10-29T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:50:30","slug":"a-visit-with-the-detroitworks-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/a-visit-with-the-detroitworks-project\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit with the DetroitWorks Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dan Pitera walks the Fellows through the Detroit Works project and Home Base.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Friday morning we visited the DetroitWorks Project<\/a> at the DetroitWorks HomeBase – a humble nondescript headquarters located in Detroit\u2019s venerable Eastern Market neighborhood. The DetroitWorks Project is a monumental planning effort truly unparalleled among North American cities large and small – notable for the breadth and depth of topics it covers and the vast public engagement effort.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan Pitera, the Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, and the leader of the DetroitWorks community engagement team literally walked us through a comprehensive tour of the space – which has dynamic information packed floor-to-ceiling boards of graphical and textual information representing the\u00a0culmination\u00a0of the DetroitWorks project through 2012. The long-term strategies for DetroitWorks are split into 5 categories<\/a> – each category representing a different section of the wall at the HomeBase: 1) Economic Growth 2) Neighborhoods 3) City Systems + Infrastructure + Environment 4) Land Use + Zoning + Urban Design 5) Public Land + Facilities.<\/p>\n

The final DetroitWorks Long Term Strategic Framework Plan<\/a> document will be published in the next several weeks. “This will\u00a0be an action-oriented Strategic Framework Plan for decision-making that includes a physical vision, public policy suggestions, strategies and implementation responsibilities. It will help guide our community with strategy recommendations that can transform our weaknesses into strengths and build upon existing assets in all areas of our city over the next\u00a05-to-20-years.”<\/p>\n

Challenge Detroit visited the DetroitWorks Project to engage with what is arguably the most significant all-encompassing planning effort undertaken in Detroit in decades. It is significant because of the set of values<\/a> that are its guiding principles:<\/p>\n