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Field visit this morning on the riverfront. Inspection of concrete finishes for the new plaza and promenade at Riverside Park.

Congratulations to OHM Advisors (Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.), City of Detroit Planning & Development Department, Urban Strategies, 3C, Quinn Evans and the rest of the planning team who created a focused redevelopment plan for MorningSide, East English Village, and Cornerstone Village neighborhoods—earning a Michigan Association of Planning Excellence Award.

livingLAB spent time taking to residents, stakeholders and others as a park of the Neighborhood Planning Process about ways to improve Balduck Park for residents - ultimately developing a framework design for redevelopment.

The extensive year-long public engagement effort amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic led jurors to comment: "The number of people engaged and having had input in the process is very impressive given the challenges that were faced, as is the momentum the plan generated through early investments. That demonstrates a well executed initiative in a neighborhood that was poised for growth and reinvestment."

East Warren / Cadieux Neighborhood Plan | City of Detroit The East Warren / Cadieux Neighborhood Plan is a plan of action, backed by dedicated funding resources, to guide future growth and investment in the neighborhoods of Morningside, East English Village, and Cornerstone Village. The community and the City are crafting the Plan together to achieve: a he...