Brightmoor Studies
The following are some studies
done in the Brightmoor area in
the past several years.

Summary of Past Studies

Toward A Brighter Future

Brightmoor Alliance
Revitalization Strategy Overview

Brightmoor Strategic
Development Strategy

Guardian Bank Building
Feasibility

U of M Land Use Study

Brightmoor Presentation -This is a work in progress in and represents probably the 13th draft. As we geet more and more input it changes to pick up more and better ideas. This presentations starts the process of forming a budget and strategy for implementation.

Lawrence Allen publishes market study for Brightmoot alternatives

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Brightmoor Questionnaire
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Brightmoor Stakeholders
The AABDSTeam kicked off our planning process by meeting with stakeholders in the neighborhood. They helped us assemble all existing reports on the area and started to give us insights into the Brightmoor Dream - the communities Vision for itself. The Stakeholder List is attached.

Condition Survey Completed (Almost)
The map is still a draft and needs to be reviewd and corrected. We have asked neighbors to help us define the urban villages or neighborhoods in the area Brightmoor is an area with huge vacant land area. Please read Mallach's Presentation before the next meeting.The scatter location of new housing through out the area has made the search for a solution more dificult

AABDS Team
If you would like to have more information about our team, You are already on the AABDS web page. The following are links to each firm's web page:

McKenna Associates, the largest comprehensive planning firm in Michigan

Allen Associates, a leading market analyst and appraiser in Michigan

Spaulding DuDecker (SDA) - a leading engineering firm in Michigan

Youngstown Response To Shrinking City Design
The following are excerpts from Youngstown's Master Plan based on having a stable population It's major focus was on improving the quality of life and real estate values in its stable neighborhoods, work to remove its vacant distressed neighbrhoods out of needing to be serviced, greening everything and expandingland availability for green industries and jobs

Established New Industrial Classification

• Industrial Green
• Landscaped And Manicured Lawns With No Outside Storage
• Target New Green Industries. 
• Proposed Zoning Over 4,200 Acres To Industrial Green By Converting From
  • Heavy Industrial,
  • Light Industrial,
  • Parks,
  • Commercial, And
  • Residential Areas.

Green Everything

• Improve Gateways
  
• Convert Surplus School Building Sites To Green Space
• Improve Quality Of Neighborhood Parks
• Add Parks to Target Areas
• Preserve Open Spaces
• Create Interconnecting Greenways, Bikeways,

Interconnected The City With

• Greenways,
• Bike Trails Especially Along Waterways And Trails And
• Very Liberal With Green Spaces Everywhere

Created 2 New Land Classifications

• Recreation/Open Space
• Agricultural

Blighted Commercial Strips

• Reduced Significantly – Focus In Shopping Area
• Converted Much To Industrial Green

Residential

• Too Much Residential Land – 3,500 Housing Units in Excess
• Focus On Stable Neighborhoods – 1st Priority - Improve Quality
  • Code Enforcement,
  • Target Very Responsive Demolition,
  • Grant Adjacent Lots To Homeowners,
  • Encourage Homeownership,
  • Priority for Rehabilitation Funds
• Very Distressed Areas
  • Freeze All LIHTC Projects – No More Scattered Site Projects,
  • Put Demolished Lots Into Land Bank,
  • Offer $50,000 To Homeowners To Voluntarily Move,
  • Acquire Rental Housing,
  • Convert To Other Uses
    • Industrial Green,
    • Agriculture,
    • Green Space,
    • Or Manage Reuse With Planning
  • No Eminent Domain,
  • No New Development Without Comprehensive Plan (i.e., Create overlay Districts),
  • Intent is Remove Streets & Infrastructure to remove Need for Police, Fire, and Infrastructure Maintenance Costs,
• Intermediate Area
  ______Demolish Abandoned Buildings
  ______Infill As A Part Of Comprehensive Plan To Improve
  ______ _______ Stable Neighborhoods

Understanding the Detroit Trends We Need to Change

Detroit has lost 427,000 jobs since 1970 60.1% until 2005. It is losing about 11,000 jobs per year.

A purchaser of a $150,000 house by a household making $40,000 in Detroit after deducting taxes, home insurance and auto insurance can only afford a $62,000 mortgage, while in Brownstown Township they can afford a $143,000 mortgage.

A majority of working Detroiters now work outside the city. Most of Detroit is now suburban in function and form. Its residential neighborhoods must compete with suburban neighborhoods. Most of the City's neighborhoods are now effectively suburbs to the region.

More people leave the City to go to work every day than enter

Since 1776 people have taken 25 minutes to get to work. As jobs continue to move out, residents will follow.

Over 93,000 persons moved from Wayne County to Macomb County since 2000.

To increase population, jobs must come first, residents will follow. Detroit must become competitive.

Detroit is losing 4400 households/year - Brightmoor is losing a minimum of 107 households per year.