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The
Detroit
mayor
joined
community
leaders
and
Penske
Corporation
to
celebrate
the
beginning
of
construction
on a new
community
center
at A.B.
Ford
Park in
Jefferson
Chalmers
along
the east
Detroit
riverfront.
This
unique,
state-of-the-art
solar-powered
facility
is
slated
to open
in 2023. |
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Detroit
breaks
ground
on new
$6.68M
waterfront
community
center
at A.B.
Ford
Park
• New
center
possible
thanks
to
Strategic
Neighborhood
Fund
donation
from
Penske.
•
Facility
will be
part of
$9M in
total
investment
coming
to A.B.
Ford
Park.
•
Building
will be
solar-powered,
Detroit’s
first
climate
resiliency
center.
DETROIT
- Mayor
Mike
Duggan
joined
community
leaders
and
Penske
Corporation
today to
celebrate
the
beginning
of
construction
on a new
community
center
at A.B.
Ford
Park in
Jefferson
Chalmers
along
the east
Detroit
riverfront.
This
new,
state-of-the-art
solar-powered
facility
will
replace
the
Lenox
Center,
which
has sat
vacant
for
nearly a
decade.
The
Lenox
Center
was
unusable
and
located
within
the FEMA
flood
plain.
The new
building
will be
an
8,116-square-foot
state-of-the
art
facility
built
outside
the
flood
plain
and will
serve as
a new
community
space as
well as
a
sustainable
resilience
hub
during
emergencies.
The new
center
will
include
a
community
hub
space,
flexible
space
for
indoor
youth
sports
and
community
events,
classrooms,
and a
quiet
learning
space.
"For
nearly a
decade,
the
residents
of
Jefferson
Chalmers
have
wanted a
new
community
center.
Now,
thanks
to Roger
Penske
and his
commitment
to this
neighborhood
through
the
Strategic
Neighborhood
Fund,
they
soon
will
have one
that
will be
available
to them
even
through
power
outages,”
said
Mayor
Mike
Duggan.
“Neighborhood
revitalization,
guided
by
residents
and
supported
by the
city and
our
business
partners,
has been
the key
to the
success
we are
having
through
the SNF.
We
believe
this new
center
will be
a
template
for
future
ones
like
it."
Construction
has
already
begun
with
land
clearing
and will
continue
next
week
work on
the
foundation
of the
new
building.
The new
center
is
slated
to open
in 2023.
The
$6.68
million
building
is
funded
using
$2.73
million
of
Penske
Corp.’s
$5
million
Strategic
Neighborhood
Fund
(SNF)
donation
and
$3.95
million
in City
of
Detroit
funding.
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