History
Creekside was founded in 1990 by a group of community residents who came together to discuss housing quality and other neighborhood issues. Some of the neighborhood's housing stock had been lost to neglect, or demolition by the City of Detroit in preparation for redevelopment. In 1993, these citizens chose the name Creekside, incorporated as a 501C)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and planned activities that would improve the neighborhood's quality of life. Since then, Creekside's hard-working volunteer members have initiated or made other important contributions to a wide variety of community projects carried out in conjunction with area citizens, with other nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and with government agencies.
Creekside projects, partnerships, and on-going programs include the following activities:
Planning community growth
In
1994, one year after incorporating, the members completed An Action Plan
for Improving the Quality of Life in Creekside—Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers
Community and distributed it to government officials. Since then, several
of the tasks outlined in that document have been completed, and Creekside
members continue on-going efforts to plan neighborhood development.
Post-graduate planning projects
Creekside worked with post-graduate departments at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Wayne State University in Detroit to undertake several significant research and planning activities:
Partners: University of Michigan School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Wayne State University Department of Geography & Urban Planning, University of Michigan School of Social Work
Wayne State University Urban Planning presentation at Creekside office July
25, 2005
Neighborhood Development Plan modifications
Creekside members joined members of the local citizens’ district council and staff of City of Detroit planning agencies in discussing proposed changes to the City's official Neighborhood Development Plan for the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood. These modifications reflected community members' desire to end large-scale land clearance and to preserve riverfront parks for public use (2001).
Partners: Jefferson-Chalmers Citizens' District Council, City of Detroit Planning Commission, City of Detroit Planning & Development Department
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