• Healthier neighborhood is key to healthier community

    A holistic neighborhood plan created with the help of citizens is designed to improve health.
    In many cities, immigrants gravitate toward gritty, low-cost, neighborhoods—like Southwest, home to Detroit’s Mexicantown. Southwest Detroit has an industrial heritage and still serves as a transportation hub. The area suffers from heavy truck traffic and lacks adequate, usable green spaces. The...Read more

  • Connecting a mountain town to the river

    Outside Buena Vista, Colorado, on the site of a former garbage dump, 40 acres of riverfront land sat vacant for years. It took two nature-loving developers—risktakers with a background as competitive kayakers—to see what it could become.
    Outside Buena Vista, Colorado, on the site of a former garbage dump, 40 acres of riverfront land sat vacant for years. It took two nature-loving developers—risktakers with a background as competitive kayakers—to see what it could become. Following a public design charrette run by Dover, Kohl &...Read more

  • New opportunity for Detroit neighborhood

    In Detroit, the neighborhood of Brush Park stands between three of the city’s fastest revitalizing areas: Midtown, Eastern Market, and the Central Business District.
    In Detroit, the neighborhood of Brush Park stands between three of the city’s fastest revitalizing areas: Midtown, Eastern Market, and the Central Business District. All three have roared back to life in recent years, but Brush Park—just a five-minute walk from major cultural assets, pro sports...Read more

  • A hospital fully embraces urban planning

    “The hospital can be a catalyst to create healthy communities in which walking, social engagement, and positive economic transformation are facilitated.”
    Hospitals across the nation are talking about making neighborhoods around them better and encouraging active living—but none have adopted a more ambitious and comprehensive plan than Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Detroit, Michigan. The organization’s headquarters and largest facility, the 800-...Read more