POSITIVE NEWS DETROIT
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Artists have flocked to cheap rents and have converted shuttered storefronts and abandoned buildings into studio spaces and galleries as private money has poured into the local art scene. Several suburban galleries have moved back to the city, and arts hubs are solidifying. A notable one is Midtown, home to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. In 2013, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the city’s premier museum, had almost 50,000 out-of-town visitors last fiscal year.
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MOBILISATION COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - AN EFFORT THAT FUNCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION - NEEDS COMMUNITY AGREEMENT - INVOLVES THE OLD/YOUTH
ADDRESSING: - LAND CLEARING DEBRIS/RUBBISH - ANTI-SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - REMOVING BLIGHT - RE-INTRODUCE TOURISM - HOMELESNESS RE-INSTATING LAND OWNERSHIP & BETTER POLICIES
FOOD SECURITY - DETROIT DOES NOT HAVE A MAJOR CHAIN GROCERY STORE - 15% OF THE POPULATION IS UNEMPLOYED - ELIMINATING THE SENSE OF DETROIT AS A FOOD DESERT - ENGAGING POLICY-MAKERS
CREATING JOBS HANTZ WOODLANDS HAS CREATED 600 JOBS SINCE OCT 2013 MAY 2014 - 1000 PEOPLE HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO PLANT 15,000 MAPLE & OAK ON 20 ACRES OF LAND
MEANS OF SELF-SUSTENANCE - MEETING BASIC NEEDS -FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER- TO PROSPER - ADRESSING POVERTY & ISSUES THAT STEM FROM IT - ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION
HEALTHY EATING ORGANIC FOOD IS NUTRITIOUS FIGHTING CHRONIC DISEASES: OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION
EXISTING EFFORTS EARTHWORKS HANTS WOODLANDS KEEP GROWING DETROIT THE MICHIGAN URBAN FARMING INITIATIVE
STRENGHTENING CITY BUDGET 1/3 PROPERTY OF DETROIT IS OWNED BY THE CITY DUE TO FORECLOSURE THE CITY DOES NOT EARN REVENUE/TAXES $9 MIL PER SQ MILE PER YEAR TO MANTAIN > PROVIDE BASIC SERVICES TAKING THE LAND OFF THE CITY FOR BETTER USE STRENGTHENS THE BUDGET FOR HEALTHCARE & PENSIONS
EFFECT OF TREES IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN FARMS ARE TENDED TO AND DECREASES ADDS A SENSE OF SECURITY RECONNECTING THE IMMENSELY SPRAWLING CITY ORGANIC FOOD IS NUTRITIOUS BEE-KEEPING / GREENHOUSES / TEA
LANDSCAPING AS A MEANS OF ART
Paul Cezanne, Bathers , 1879
Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887
Henri Matisse, The Window, 1916
Pablo Picasso, Melancholy Woman, 1902
Tyree Guyton, The Heidelberg Project, 1988- Ongoing
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