The #1 U.S. Riverfront? Detroit's Transformative Greenway Network

CM credit hours for mobile workshops are awarded based on the planned dedicated instructional time. Adjustments to CM hours will not be made after the live event.

Detroit's Riverfront neighborhoods have faced challenges including contaminated former industrial sites, racialized urban-renewal scars, municipal financial upsets, and community mistrust.

The City of Detroit, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, local foundations, businesses, and community organizations created new models of strategic partnership in order to develop and implement a restorative riverfront vision. Its premier greenway and parks network addresses painful legacies through equitable development, and challenges assumptions about what is possible. The partnerships and greenway network have spurred connectivity, thriving community culture, and growing mixed-use development.

Bike along the greenways including the Riverfront, the Dequindre Cut, the Dennis Archer Greenway, and the Southwest Greenway. Gain insider insights from elected officials, city planners, nonprofit leaders, and community members into both challenges and strategies used to overcome them. Experience the transformation firsthand and learn concrete strategies for equitable growth.The Detroit Riverfront must serve downtown, low-income neighborhoods, and worldwide visitors while contending with a history of racial and environmental inequalities. Through community engagement and innovative partnerships, city leaders have developed the greenway network to deliver equitable development for diverse stakeholders.