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Detroit is looking for ways to help developers and designers avoid unnecessary regulatory obstacles in order to quickly rebuild and repurpose neglected areas using specially designated “pink zones.” Funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, pink zones will allow public officials and businesses to experiment with economic development initiatives without going through the formal, expensive, and time-consuming rezoning process. The city’s Planning Department is recruiting multidisciplinary teams to create ideas for mixed-use activity at three commercial sites in Detroit, which will then be compared against the current regulatory environment to see which hurdles can be eliminated. Detroit hopes to pilot the pink zones by next summer and that the project will serve as a model for other cities.
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