CEOs for Cities Urban Leaders Summit 2010 - Detroit

Provocation: Voices from a New Generation of Innovators and the Detroit Declaration

Panelists: Austin Black II, City Living Detroit Sean Mann, Let’s Save Michigan Claire Nelson, Bureau of Urban Living Sandra Yu, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice

Moderator: Benjamin Kennedy, Kresge Foundation  

Ten Reasons We Wake Up Every Morning In Detroit

Prepared by Claire Nelson & Sean Mann / November 2010

Local, Independent Businesses

•  Open City •  Invest Detroit •  TechTown

Burton Theatre  

West Willis

Advocacy & Political Action

•  Detroit Declaration •  Let’s Save Michigan •  Detroit Works Project

Launched online Jan 2010 12,600+ Fans

Urban Agriculture & Local Food

•  Grown in Detroit •  Eastern Market •  Gourmet Underground •  Community Gardens

Eastern Market  

Gourmet Underground  

Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use

•  Green Garage •  Green Alley •  Hanging Gardens Project •  Powerhouse Project

Before

After

Hanging Gardens Project  

Powerhouse Project  

New Neighborhood Traditions

•  Detroit City Futbol League •  Marche du Nain Rouge •  Canfield Street Market •  Detroit Party Marching Band

Detroit City Futbol League  

Detroit Party Marching Band  

Bike Culture & New Greenways

•  Tour de Troit •  Critical Mass •  Dequindre Cut

Tour de Troit  

Dequindre Cut  

Regional Transit

(Not yet, but hopefully someday. SOON would be nice. Please & thank you!)

Public Art Projects & Collectives  

•  Detroit Lives! •  Detroit Soup •  Heidelberg Project •  Hygienic Dress League •  Juxtapoz •  Imagination Station

•  The Lot

•  Loveland •  Popps Packing •  Powerhouse Project •  Public Art Workz •  Public Pool •  Street Culture Mash •  Yes Farm

Hygienic Dress League  

Powerhouse Project  

Public Art Workz  

Public Pool  

The Lot, North Corktown  

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit  

City Kids & Families

(Not every young family is high-tailing it to the suburbs.)

Good Media: Changing the Narrative

•  NYTimes et al •  Detroit Lives! •  Lemonade Detroit •  Grown in Detroit

2010 Headlines:

“In Detroit, Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Hard Times”

“Shrinking Detroit Back to Greatness”

“Detroit Goes From Gloom to Economic Bright Spot”

“Wringing Art Out of Rubble”

“Detroit’s Midtown Thrives As It Builds On The Past”

“Growing Together”

“Detroit’s Renewal, Slow-Cooked”

Communities Taking Ownership

•  Public Spaces •  Blight •  Redevelopment

Clark Park Coalition, Southwest Detroit  

Is that ten reasons? (I’m sure we can think of more.)

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