Transforming a formerly abandoned Ford Garage from the late 1920’s into a 3,200 square foot, open to the community workshop. In order to critically envision how to and create an equitable, sustainable and just maker community designed and built by and for its residents we strive to build creative confidence in young people and propose a radical rethinking of ownership, stewardship and sovereignty, value creation. Not ownership solely in Capitalism’s terms of property and exchange value, but in aspirations, in fulfillment and in owning choice and possessing agency. Our base is Brightmoor, in Northwest Detroit, where every stage of the process in this process is community driven. Emboldened and informed with these skills and critical framework, neighborhood youth in turn are equipped to design and choose their futures through access to tactile, kinesthetic and visual education portals . We have been working and working together in all ways since 2011.
