Green Stormwater Infrastructure News and Events

Planning project to create a joint outdoor projects in the cultural center, including green infrastructure between the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and the Michigan Science Center.

The city has approved contracts for professional services including improved landscapes and storm water management.

The Fitzgerald neighborhood and the area around the old Herman Kiefer hospital complex will have vacant lots planted with trees or "green" or "blue" treatment to collect stormwater, including rainwater gardens, fields of sunflowers, urban farms, and more.

Outline of a preliminary feasibility study for districtwide sustainable stormwater management strategies that would capture runoff, reduce drainage charges, beautify the neighborhood, and provide educational opportunities.

A publicity video for GSI in Detroit.

Collaborative community process and plan created to respond to decreased population and expanding vacant land to reinvent how the neighborhoods function and thrive. Naturescape and green thoroughfare are important parts of the plan.

A summary of the work EPA is doing related to green infrastructure in Detroit, including implementing green infrastructure on vacant parcels and installing green infrastructure in the Recovery Park neighborhood.