The effort brings together four competing teams, each with some urban design and planning leaders along with graduate students and business and civic leaders. Besides four design-oriented teams, this year's charrette added a fifth implementation team made up of business, law and urban planning students.
The team will be led by professional developers to assess financial feasibility and recommend ways to implement plans.
The area in question runs from Joe Louis Arena to Belle Isle. Recent announced plans include more than 4,000 new homes, a new state park and miles of green space, walkways and new development. The teams will focus on the area immediately adjacent to the waterfront development, from the planned state park to Harbortown, though one or two teams may also tackle the former Uniroyal site off Jefferson near Belle Isle.
The Taubman College and its sponsors have made the charrette a gift to Detroit for of the past four years, each year focusing on a different portion of the city targeted for redevelopment.
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