Improve indoor and outdoor air quality to reduce harmful effects to health.
Brightmoor Farmway House Board Photo Credit: kaityfresh.blogspot.com
CLEAN UP CONTAMINATED LAND AND REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HEALTH HAZARDS
Identify and prioritize communities bearing disproportionate environmental burden
Pursue negligent property owners to take responsibility for cleanup
Properly assess lead and other soil contamination to make informed land use decisions such as school and residential siting
Institute soil testing and best practices for urban gardens and urban farms
COMMUNITIZE CARE OF VACANT LAND
Expedite side-lot disposition and adopt-a-lot programs: make it quicker, easier, and cheaper for residents to purchase adjacent vacant city lots
Implement the 2013 Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Support community-based land management efforts (eg. Land trusts, community land banks, public/neighborhood service agreements)
RESTORE AND PROTECT NATURAL AREAS AND ASSETS
Develop an open space plan that creates a long-term community vision for connected, accessible green space
Work with regional land conservancies and local/regional/state/federal agencies to restore environmentally sensitive areas and create blue/green infrastructure in Detroit
Restore neighborhood trees and maintain standards for equitable tree cover in each district
Support community efforts that can help address ownership and maintenance barriers to implementing blue/green infrastructure; learn from traditional land conservancies in the region
