Detroit Adult Entertainment: Detroit Teens Plant Seeds of Change

July 7, 2010 at 6:49 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No Comments

The planting project isn’t quite as simple as laying down a few seeds, though. The plot resides on a piece of land that used to be a playground. Having been abandoned and neglected, it is now gang territory and also rampant with prostitution.
Given its dire situation, others in Detroit don’t understand why buildOn volunteers are trying to improve the space. ”We definitely encounter people, even with this project and other times with buildOn saying, ‘Oh that’s impossible! You can’t do that; you should just leave it alone. Why waste your time?’” said Price.

BuildOn founder Jim Ziolkowski believes the garden is the beginning of a bigger movement of change in the area. “The rest of the neighborhood sees what’s going on, it sees how the youth is stepping up and leading this change,” he said. “They take a stake in this garden and then the gangs move out, and then the prostitution moves out.”

See the full article from “Tonic”

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