Joe Louis Greenway Voices

Collecting community stories is essential for preserving cultural heritage, amplifying marginalized voices, building community cohesion, informing urban planning, and promoting intergenerational dialogue.  JLG Voices is a collection of words, images, audio and video launched originally with content gathered through the Joe Louis Greenway Neighborhood Planning process.   More specifically, the JLG Community Leadership Team, a cohort of 13 community members from neighborhoods within the 5 JLG Planning Areas, conducted individual interviews with community members exploring topics of personal and neighborhood history, people, place and memory.  These stories help ground the themes and priorities of the JLG Neighborhood Planning Study in the voices of residents