Southwest Detroit Chargeway

Place Making with Residents

Illustration of a city skyline with solar panels, trees, and a bicycle, surrounded by the text 'Southwest Detroit 4H Charity'.

The Southwest Detroit Chargeway is a resident-led scattered site network of Community Gardens that will beautify our neighborhood, increase neighborhood connectivity and walkability while helping solve needs that residents have expressed around mobility, parking, and traffic violence.

Three green circles with black text and icons. The first circle says 'Improving walkability' with a walking person icon. The second says 'Safe, well lit public spaces' with icons of trees, a bench, and clouds. The third says 'Wayfinding' with an icon of directional signs.
A small garden bed with young plants, bordered by large rocks and smaller pebbles, in a grassy yard with a mural-painted fence and trees in the background.
A small garden with young plants marked with red flags, bordered by rocks and gravel, in an open grassy area with houses and a colorful mural in the background.
Site map of a community area featuring a bioswale, raised garden beds, an all-ages play area, a volleyball court, gazebo with WiFi, storage shed, bike and scooter station, bulletin board, benches, trees, shrubs, and pathways, with streets labeled Brandon Street, Clark Alley, and Toledo Alley.
Group of people planting a line of small trees or shrubs in a grassy field, some digging holes, in overcast weather.
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