The private, nonprofit Detroit Blight Authority is undertaking one of the largest demolition, clean-up projects the city has ever seen in Brightmoor.
Detroit Free Press: Spearheaded by the recently formed nonprofit Detroit Blight Authority, the cleanup initiative is targeting a trash-strewn 14-block area that encompasses 500 residential lots and about 70 vacant structures, including numerous ransacked and burned-out houses.
The Blight Authority says it would like to continue with the project beyond cleanup, and demolish structures in future phases. However, it’s unclear how that would be paid for.
Brightmoor has long struggled with protecting its neighborhood. Residents even created a website to chronicle and shame illegal dumpers.
The Blight Authority nonprofit has collected over 200 tires and 14 boats dumped in Brightmoor. More tragically, they also discovered a dead body near a vacant house. Police are investigating.
