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Detroit's Guide to Retail Evolution Available for Download

Friday, April 11, 2014 Michael Forsyth

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The REVOLVE Guidebook is a collection of resources to support Detroit’s Retail Evolution. Whether you are starting a business, installing a public art project, restoring a building, or promoting a neighborhood, this is your one-stop shop for practical how-to information regarding the revitalization of Detroit’s neighborhood business districts.

The guidebook is designed for a broad audience of entrepreneurs, artists, community organizations, and building owners with the common goal of activating vacant space. It is oriented to help stakeholders work together and take action. Included are checklists, flow-charts, permits, and much more in easy-to-understand, ready-to-use formats.

Some of the information may not be applicable to you. However, we believe that good things happen faster when we work together and have a mutual understanding of the to-do list. The guidebook is developed specifically for Detroit. However, much of the information is transferable to other cities or applications of urban revitalization.

Finally, there is no “one way” to do this. Every neighborhood requires a unique approach. This guidebook tells you how we facilitate Retail Evolution at REVOLVE. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these resources and do things in your own way. We also realize that things evolve. Consider this a living document. We encourage you to share your feedback and lessons learned to improve this guide by emailing us at [email protected].

We ask just one thing of you: Be revolutionary.

Download the guidebook here.

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