INTRODUCTION

Working hand-in-hand with neighborhood residents and stakeholders, MACC Development is leading the Mack Avenue Strong Neighborhoods Plan to develop strategies to strengthen residential housing in the neighborhoods north of Mack, south of Warren, between East Grand Boulevard and Fischer Streets. City Form Detroit, a Detroit-based urban design practice, assisted MACC Development throughout the planning effort. A neighborhood residential market survey provided up-to-date data directly from residents to assess current home sales, rents, investment, and neighborhood priorities to ensure affordability and resident retention as core principles of the plan. Taking the survey data and input from multiple community conversations, the team developed a range of strategies to strengthen the neighborhood. Strategies focused on Housing & Amenities, Open Space & Vacant Land, Sylvester-Seyburn Park, Pingree Park, and East Grand Boulevard. Community members reviewed the strategies and determined neighborhood priorities moving forward. From these priorities, the report offers a toolkit of projects and programs for MACC Development to implement the plan working closely with neighborhood residents and stakeholders. Additionally the report outlines areas of advocacy that MACC Development can use to facilitate discussion and support from the City of Detroit with the bottom-line goal that residents benefit from future planning and investment in the neighborhood.