Initiatives by topic
Community energy
Wikipedia: Wind power in Michigan
Community involvement
Lower Eastside Action Plan, Detroit. Community-driven project designed to engage people in a process to transform vacant land and property into uses that improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods and surrounding areas. LEAP on facebook
Cycling activism
Wikipedia:
- Cycling in Detroit: Detroit is a popular city for cycling. It is flat with an extensive road network with a number recreational and competitive opportunities and is, according to David Byrne, one of the top eight biking cities in the world. The city has invested in greenways and bike lanes and other bicycle-friendly infrastructure. Bike rental is available from the riverfront and tours of the city's architecture can be booked.
- The city has a strong cycling heritage, and first embraced cycling during the "golden age" of the 1890s.
- Cycling in Michigan (category)
Environment quality
Department of Environmental Quality, michigan.gov
Food activism
City Commons, cooperative of Detroit farms - Detroit Black Community Food Security Network - Detroit Dirt, compost company working to turn forgotten parcels of land in Detroit into urban farms that not only feed, but revitalize community - Detroit Food Policy Council - Earthworks Urban Farm
Open spaces
Wikipedia: Protected areas of Michigan
Trees, woodland and forest
Hantz Woodlands, managed by Hantz Farms
Resources
Detroit SeeClickFix, for reporting community issues to the city
Citizens data initiative
DetroitData, Collaborate, compile, and share open data for effective community-based decision making in Detroit.
Energy Data & Statistics for Michigan
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Michigan
External links
- Department of Natural Resources, michigan.gov
- Michigan Municipal League, MML's Placemaking
- Neighbors Building Brightmoor
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