What a great idea. And reconversion for residential or industrial, should the demand ever rise, would be simple without a lot of remediation.

"Mayor Mike Duggan on Wednesday is slated to unveil a new initiative to turn at least some of those unloved neighborhood properties into hosts for solar power arrays, generating renewable energy for city-owned buildings — if the neighbors are OK with that.

"Beginning July 1, block clubs, neighborhood associations or groups of at least five neighbors can fill out an online form expressing their interest in possibly becoming a Solar Power Neighborhood. Staff from the city Department of Neighborhoods will then begin "a series of conversations" with those expressing interest, looking to see whether they have suitable parcels for possible solar development, said Erinn Harris, the department's deputy director."

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...d/70356311007/