Activists Take on Dozens of Projects on Neighborhoods Day

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Detroit —Tamira Tatum stood atop a ladder, carefully gluing small circular mirrors onto a purple obelisk at Gordon Park. Although she had only begun, sunlight was sparkling off the piece of public art.
"Is it ok?" the 16-year-old called down to Chazz Miller, who was overseeing the project.
"That'll really catch your eye when you drive by," he replied.
Tatum, Miller and about 15 others spent Saturday cleaning up and beautifying the park near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Clairmont Street as part of a Neighborhoods Day event organized by the Peace Project in partnership with Youthville Detroit. The park where the 1967 summer riot started was adopted in 2010 by the Peace Project. Since then, it has become a tiny oasis of playfulness and order in an area with many boarded-up

houses

and overgrown lawns.
"Our objective with the park is to undo the bad energy that was there. It was kind of the catalyst, so our posture is to make that into someplace that's a cool place to go, someplace harmonious," said Al Taylor, director of the youth program at the Peace Project.

How about a positive story for a change


From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz22cO0BiSN

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Detroit —Tamira Tatum stood atop a ladder, carefully gluing small circular mirrors onto a purple obelisk at Gordon Park. Although she had only begun, sunlight was sparkling off the piece of public art.
"Is it ok?" the 16-year-old called down to Chazz Miller, who was overseeing the project.
"That'll really catch your eye when you drive by," he replied.
Tatum, Miller and about 15 others spent Saturday cleaning up and beautifying the park near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Clairmont Street as part of a Neighborhoods Day event organized by the Peace Project in partnership with Youthville Detroit. The park where the 1967 summer riot started was adopted in 2010 by the Peace Project. Since then, it has become a tiny oasis of playfulness and order in an area with many boarded-up

houses

and overgrown lawns.
"Our objective with the park is to undo the bad energy that was there. It was kind of the catalyst, so our posture is to make that into someplace that's a cool place to go, someplace harmonious," said Al Taylor, director of the youth program at the Peace Project.

How about a positive story for a change


From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz22cO0BiSN

Positive I suppose. This needs to be done on a much larger scale and on a regular basis to make any permanent or noticeable impact though. Can't knock them for trying I guess.