Event Unites Community to Build a Better Detroit

September 26, 2013-The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held an event last month aimed at helping to revitalize the city of Detroit -- Better Block Detroit. The goal of Better Blocks is to foster community engagement along with sustainability. The event enables communities to actively engage in the build-out process and provide feedback in real time

Author Ryan P. Snow, who attended the Detroit event, wrote that “there was a deep sense of hope for a better future, despite images we see so often about this iconic American city in the media. People's pride was awe-inspiring.”

He wrote that there were frank discussions about the city's history and the causes behind why there are blighted blocks.

The site chosen for Better Block Detroit was once a wind-powered community market that fell into oblivion 40 years ago. After preparing the site, the community gathered for the weekend to exhibit hand-made products and local sustainability initiatives. As a nod to the market’s historic clean energy source, the event was run through a photovoltaic demonstration supplied by local non-profit, WARM Training Center.

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