General Services Department

We help keep Detroit beautiful.

The General Services Department helps to make the City of Detroit a clean, safe and vibrant place. We manage the City’s vehicle fleet, forestry services, vacant lot maintenance, city-owned building maintenance, and park and recreation center planning, design, improvements, and programming. We directly operate or partner in the maintenance and improvement of 310 public parks and 18 recreation centers and are working to ensure every resident has accessible opportunities for recreation within walking distance of their home.

 

 
     

Resources

 

GSD Updates

Subscribe to the Detroit GSD weekly mailer

Vacant lot cut schedule

Learn more about the scheduling for the next vacant lot cut in your area

Work for GSD

Find employment with the General Services Department

Contract with GSD

Find contract opportunities with the General Services Department

Report a Tree Issue

Report a problem tree in your area

Joe Louis Greenway

27.5-mile Greenway will bring neighborhoods and people together

Animal Control

Resources for animals in Detroit

City Walls

Empowering Detroit's artists with grants to remove blight by creating murals

Joe Louis Greenway Planning

Information on Joe Louis Greenway Planning

Ossian Sweet House

Get Updates about Ossian Sweet House

Keep Detroit Clean

Report Illegal Dumping Sites

Request A Tree

Request a tree be planted in your neighborhood

Blight to Beauty Corridors

Remove blight and maintain properties

Seasonal Positions

Learn more and apply