Community Connections
From Green Garage Detroit
<return Fall 2008 - Design Studio sessions
Outcome
Begin to develop community relationships in the neighborhood and Midtown community.
Have visited
- Bureau of Urban Living
- (Frances and Clare Grunow - 313-717-4298)
- trying to model Pearl District in Portland, OR
- contact: Randall Fogelman - Eastern Market
- contact: Alexis Cardozo - green roofs
- knows local green architects
- Open City (starting businesses in Detroit)
- Cass Cafe
- has food delivery through Hot Spokes (313-831-1400)
- Detroit Historical Museum (still need to visit new archives location)
- Planned Parenthood
- Spiral Collective Dell Pryor
- Source Booksellers (Janet Jones)
- Tulani Rose
- Traffic Jam
- UCCA - Sue Mosey
- Bronx Bar
- Mario's
- Hub (Sarah)
- James Stevenson - Donations Coordinator
- Honest John's
- Revolution Books Outlet
- Wayne Coin Laundry
- Goodwells Natural Foods Market
- Flo Boutique
- Passport Pizza and Ribs
Still to visit
- Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
- 4750 Woodward Ave Detroit (between Forest and Warren) Suite 406
- 313-833-3935
- Historical Commission
- The Historic District Commission is open Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
- Applications and correspondence can be mailed to:
- Detroit Historic District Commission
- 65 Cadillac Square - 13th Floor
- Detroit, MI 48226
- Or faxed to: (313)224-1310
- Applications and correspondence can be mailed to:
- For questions, contact the Commission's staff:
- Danielle Lewon, (313) 224-8907
- DLewon@pdd.ci.detroit.mi.us
- Susan McBride, (313)224-6536
- SMcBride@pdd.ci.detroit.mi.us
- Danielle Lewon, (313) 224-8907
- The Historic District Commission is open Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
- Local Businesses and Neighbors
- Avalon Bakery (Woody)
- Mobile History Museum
- Mark next door
- Mrs McKinney behind us
- Ace Hardware
- WARM Training Center
- Wayne State Univ
- Center for Urban Studies
- Ty Partridge
- business, engineering, computer science schools
- Center for Creative Studies
- Bizdom University
- Churches
- Charles and Woody
- Kurt Metzger at United Way
- Nick and John of 2-1-1 On-The-Go at United Way
- Jeanette Pierce of Inside Detroit
- Model D
- Woodbridge Neighborhood Development Corporation
- Sustainability Detroit (?)
- U of M at Mack and Woodward (?)
- Rainy Hamilton (architect - friend of Bob's)
Excludes
- Institutions and businesses outside the midtown Detroit area, for the most part
Key Questions
- What are we trying to accomplish out in the community?
- Who would we like to meet?
- How can we be of help to them and how can they help us?
Resources
- Cookies
- Business cards
Approach
- tell our story
- tell our plans
- ask what they're doing
- Ask: Who do you think we should be talking to?
- Ask: Is there anything you'd like to be doing that you're not doing?
Assumptions
- Meeting others in the community will be helpful for our project