In legacy cities, deindustrialization, population loss, segregation, and poverty have hampered local governments' ability to provide basic services. To solve entrenched challenges, cities will have to utilize their greatest resource--their residents. Hear from resident innovators from Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan, who are transforming their neighborhoods through community-led projects promoting local ownership, energy independence, equitable internet access, and civic commons.

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