The Planning and Development Department is leading planning in neighborhoods across the city to build a city secure in its future, grounded in its roots and hopeful in its present state. Planning is guided by PDD's mission: a healthy and beautiful Detroit, built on inclusionary growth, economic opportunity and an atmosphere of trust.
Find out more about neighborhood planning in the East, Central and West design regions below.
The East Design Region serves Council Districts 3 and 4, and provides planning and design leadership and coordination, with the goal of achieving neighborhood stabilization and revitalization and supporting the growth of population and jobs.
The Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood Framework Plan is a plan of action, co-crafted by residents and the City, to guide future growth and investment in the neighborhood.
In an effort to further develop Mayor Duggan's commitment to neighborhoods, the City of Detroit's Planning and Development Department (PDD) has embarked on new community planning initiatives in sev
Information about the Planning and Development Department's program to help craft a neighborhood development and implementation plan for the Campau/Davison/Banglatown neighborhood.
Detroit is working to reorganize its greatest assets – public land and green space.
The Central Design Region serves Council Districts 5 and 6, and provides planning and design leadership and coordination, with the goal of achieving neighborhood stabilization and revitalization and supporting the growth of population and jobs.
The City of Detroit has engaged a consultant team to create a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization and landscape stewardship planning strategy for Detroit’s Rosa Parks/Clairmount corridor.
The City of Detroit is in the process of identifying a consultant team and will be launching a comprehensive planning study in the Delray neighborhood over the next couple of months.
The City of Detroit, in partnership with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, is working to launch a Framework for the neighborhood of Greater Corktown
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Detroit, and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, retained the acclaimed architectural and planning firm – Skidmore Owings an
The City of Detroit along with Utile, an architecture and planning firm from Boston, and Hamilton-Anderson, a Detroit based multi-disciplinary firm, will create design guidelines and density recomm
The West Vernor Corridor Neighborhood Framework is one of several initiatives by the City of Detroit Planning Department to strengthen neighborhoods throughout the city.
The West Design Region serves Council Districts 1, 2 and 7, and provides planning and design leadership and coordination, with the goal of achieving neighborhood stabilization and revitalization and supporting the growth of population and jobs.
The City of Detroit and DTE Energy partner to build Detroit's first urban solar array and a new sustainability-infused park.
The City of Detroit in conjunction with Lorcan O’ Herlihy Architects (LOHA) will develop a comprehensive neighborhood plan for Russell Woods and Nardin Park
The Warrendale/Cody Rouge Neighborhood Plan is a child-centric plan of action, co-crafted by residents and the City of Detroit to guide future growth and investment in the neighborhood
Livernois/McNichols Corridor Plan – Fitzgerald Revitalization Project. Comprehensive Strategy for Inclusive Neighborhood Development.
Neighborhood planning framework pairs a focus on commercial corridors with landscape design and green stormwater infrastructure in Northwest Detroit.