Community Centered Urban Redevelopment in Detroit
COMMUNITY CENTERED URBAN REDEVELOPMENT IN DETROIT The 2019 Humanity in Action Detroit Fellowship #HIA2019 #HIADETROIT RESILIENCE AT THE CORE: DETROIT FELLOWSHIP THEME Detroit’s City motto and emblem the ashes. Detroit’s population “Speramus meliora; resurget boomed during the 1920’s, cineribus” translates to “We jobs were plentiful, and car hope for better things; it shall production soared. However, arise from the ashes.” On June once the Depression hit, 11, 1805, a terrible fire swept thousands were out of work, and through Detroit. social services There was no had to step professional fire “SPERAMUS MELIORA; in; community department to RESURGET CINERIBUS” organizations like battle the blaze the Capuchins at the time, “WE HOPE FOR BETTER Soup Kitchen fed THINGS; IT SHALL ARISE so Detroiters 800 residents FROM THE ASHES.” formed a per day. Auto “bucket brigade.” production in the They passed a city dwindled bucket of water from person down to a mere 1,332,000 units to person, starting at the river per year, a far cry from its high and ending where the fire was. of 5,337,000 units two years Despite people’s best efforts before. “Detroit, which in Jan. to save their beloved city, 1931 was declared by the U.S. Detroit burned. Completely. Census to be the hardest hit of The fire destroyed most of the 19 cities, with 174,527 able to buildings in Detroit, leaving only work and out of a job and 49,041 a river warehouse intact. After laid off for an unemployed figure the fire, Detroit rebuilt itself of 223,568.” (Detroit News, over decades, becoming the Michigan History).
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