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Committee advances rezoning for Merritt Park youth facility after extensive outreach
Summary
Give Merritt and Straight Gate Church sought rezoning of parcels at West Grand River and Burnett to build Merritt Park, a youth‑focused indoor/outdoor recreation and workforce training center. Planning staff recommended approval; the committee voted to send the rezoning to formal session with a recommendation to approve.
The Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole on Feb. 13 voted to forward a rezoning request for the Merritt Park development to formal session with a recommendation to approve.
Give Merritt (Friends of Merritt, LLC) petitioned to rezone parcels at 9715 Burnett Street and 10141 West Grand River Avenue from R2 (single‑family residential) and B2 (local business and residential) to B4 (general business). The rezoning would allow development of Merritt Park, an indoor and outdoor youth facility proposed by Give Merritt in partnership with Straight Gate International Church.
David Merritt, founder of Give Merritt and pastor at Straight Gate, described the project as a holistic youth development hub that will include a…
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