Revitalized Business District, Revitalized Land

The neighbors of Jefferson Chalmers pride themselves on being down to earth and friendly. This proposed plan aims to align with that spirit, offering a variety of amenities and opportunities, taking cues from “Sponge City” Green Infrastructure concepts, Phytoremediation research, and successful entrepreneuership programs.

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Revitalized Business District, Revitalized Land

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Photo Credit:Tony Lee

Photo Credit (top): https://www.allenplace.org/accelerator-kitchen Photo Credit (middle): Meredity Rizzo; NPR Photo Credit (bottom): https://i3detroit.org/ Food Truck Collage=original; Park=unknown

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Bike lanes protected by rain garden installation Mixed Use Buildings Retail Space for Small Businesses A variety of apartment styles with access to green roofs and courtyards.

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Green Parking Garage with Rooftop Event Space (Food Truck Rallies!)

Management Office Commercial Kitchen Small Business Incubator MakerSpace Playground

LID Parking Lot Zip Car Hub

Housing with rent-to-own option, and DIY incentives and support Native Prairie Park

Tree House Neighborhood

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Green Wise Headquarters Roof Garden Tama District, Tokyo, Japan

Green Wall by Seasons Natural Engineering Irvine, California, USA

Neave Group Rooftop Garden New York City, New York, USA

Storm Water Intervention:

Green/Blue Roofs

Green Wall Garage

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Native Plant Bike Lane Barrier Image by Paul Krueger, Wikimedia Commons Allen Street Rain Gardens, Pennsylvania, USA Penn State Landscape Architecture Students, 2010

Missouri Botanical Garden Parking Lot St. Louis, MO, USA Pashek + MTR Landscape Architects

Storm Water Intervention:

Rain Gardens Along All Impermeable Surfaces

Residential Rain Garden, Minnetonka, MN Minnehaha Creek Watershed District

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Storm Water Intervention:

Floodplain within the

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Photo by Meredith Bruckner, Click on Detroit

https://www.gardenia.net/plant/cephalanthus-occidentalis

Palmer Park, Detroit, MI, USA Photo by Barbara Barefield

Brownfield Remediation Core Sampling

Contamination Excavation Grading

Phytoremediation - Direct and Indirect

Mycoremediation Research and Art

Mei-ling Hom and David McClelland New Orleans, LA, USA art project

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Populus spp (degrades Petroleum)

Contaminated Soil

Barrier

Ground water

Phyto & Myco-remediation

Groundwater Migration Tree Stand

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Groundwater Migration Tree Stand

Deep-rooted Populus spp., native Salix spp. and other water-seeking shrubs intercept and cleanse shallow groundwater impacted by the former gas station to the north. Any residual contaminants are intercepted before the groundwater travels off site.

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Photo Credit:Tony Lee

Photo Credit (top): https://www.allenplace.org/accelerator-kitchen Photo Credit (middle): Meredity Rizzo; NPR Photo Credit (bottom): https://i3detroit.org/ Food Truck Collage=original; Park=unknown