Current Projects

5/28/2008
Jefferson Avenue Retail Readiness
The Jefferson Avenue Retail Readiness Program is an effort to enhance the visual appearance of buildings and improve the marketability of tenant space along the Jefferson Avenue Corridor from I-375 to McClellan through an incentive program offering 50/50 matching grants to property owners and tenants. This initiative is funded by a grant from the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan to the Detroit Economic Growth Association (DEGA) and administered by the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC). The Program provides matching grants for building and parking lot improvements up to $100k per building or $30k per surface parking lot.

12/18/2007
The Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District Project
The staff has been working with the City of Detroit and the Detroit Collaborative Design Center from the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Architecture to develop recommendations for marketing business opportunities and re-investing in the historic Harmonie Park area.

10/9/2007
Campus Martius
The staff worked with the Downtown Detroit Partnership to maintain the landscaping along Woodward and Fort Street. We also worked with the City of Detroit to determine whether traffic signalization is warranted at the Fort and Griswold intersection. The staff will continue with these efforts during the next quarter.

10/9/2007
DDOT Administration Building
The goal of this project is to combine the efforts of DDOT into one location. The DEGC staff is working with City of Detroit Department of Transportation to develop plans for a new administration building near the new Rosa Parks Transit Center. The proposed facility will be located on Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue. During the next quarter, the DEGC staff will be planning for the procurement of the necessary services, that is to occur later this year.

10/9/2007
East Riverfront Linear Parks
The DEGC staff is managing the design process towards the development of new park space that will extend from Jefferson Avenue to Atwater Street along Riopelle Street and the former Dequindre Avenue right of way. These "linear" parks were conceived as part of the East Riverfront District Plan, which are to serve as features that would offer views to the Detroit River, and would encourage non-motorized pathways from the Lafayette Park neighborhood down to the Riverfront Promenade and the Tricentennial State Park. During the next quarter, the DEGC staff will move the design process into further development.