Funding can be used to create community gardens, fund clean up efforts and improve public spaces.

Your Detroit-based church group got a plot of land and just don’t know what to do with it? Maybe your Detroit neighborhood association was willed vacant land and it’s just overgrown with weeds and detritus? That handsome devil Malachi Barrett over at BridgeDetroit informs the civic-minded and/or aesthetically-sensitive of you…

Woodbridge Community Garden

The Neighborhood Beautification Program provides grants between $500 and $15,000 for registered block clubs, neighborhood associations, nonprofit organizations and faith-based groups that own vacant land. The deadline to apply is Feb. 23. The city is also helping organizations buy or lease lots from the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

What you CAN do

Organizations seeking more details can view a recorded information session or attend upcoming meetings on Jan. 24 and Jan. 31. Residents can attend virtual office hours with program staff on Wednesdays from 9-11 a.m. or Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

What you CAN'T do