Life Remodeled

Life Remodeled is a Detroit-based nonprofit that invests approximately $5 million in cash, labor and materials into one Detroit neighborhood each year. Projects are determined by the community’s needs and vision. Life Remodeled partners assist in three areas: Remodeling a school or other community asset, repairing owner-occupied homes, and mobilizing 10,000 volunteers to clean up 300 city blocks in six days.

More important than the physical projects are the relationships that are formed in the process.  Every phase is about people-transformation, those served and those who are serving. Relationships born of this approach are a catalyst to create transformation and sustainable neighborhoods crucial to making Detroit’s revitalization permanent.

Life Remodeled’s approach to neighborhood sustainability consists of five things: 1) Focusing on the community’s vision, rather than importing a new vision from “outside” the community; 2) Engaging students and community residents in planning and implementation; 3) Increasing the influence of key community and school leaders; 4) Modeling a successful system of blight removal, volunteer management and partnership; 5) Recruiting new stakeholders who make long-term commitments to the school or community assets and neighborhood.

Our partners continue to work in these neighborhoods for years after the project to enhance the schools, revitalize housing, increase employment opportunities and cultivate long-term relationships, all of which enable the development of healthy and thriving communities.

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