Detroit Mayor Duggan is working to get rid of vacant buildings before he leaves office. Detroit had 47,000 abandoned Land Bank–owned homes. Now it’s down to 942, with 240 on the demolition list and ...

In Detroit, the nonprofit Detroit Hives, led by Timothy and Nicole Lindsey Jackson, is transforming vacant lots into urban bee farms and community green spaces to benefit both people and pollinators.

DETROIT – Detroit is quietly tackling one of the biggest obstacles to neighborhood revival — vacant, deteriorating storefronts. Through a targeted initiative known as the Gray Box program, the city of ...