This panel discussion will provide students with real-world experience and practical advice. Focusing on the Detroit Riverfront as well as neighborhoods throughout the city, this session will outline the planning and development approaches currently employed in the City of Detroit regeneration efforts. It will also address critical questions through applying landscape, architectural, historic preservation and zoning innovations to transform current conditions, while honoring and retaining a population that has consistently resisted displacement.

Panelists:

Kumar Kintala (Bedrock, Detroit)
Michael Poris (Mcintosh Poris Associates)
Moddie Turay (Moddie Turay, Real Estate)
Erin Kelly (City of Detroit Planning and Development Department)

Moderator: Maurice Cox (City of Detroit)