Wilmington, Delaware: Historic Challenges, Innovative Solutions

Visit three development projects that have each become focal points of Wilmington's efforts to revitalize Delaware's only city over 50,000 in population. First we will visit REACH Riverside, a “purpose-built" community intended to revitalize the northeast side of Wilmington by rebuilding the area with direct community involvement. Then after a short tour through the downtown, we will visit the Riverfront Development Corporation which represents a 30 year effort primarily driven by the current mayor to rebuild a vacant former industrial area into an active mixed-use Riverfront. And finally we will visit the historic Little Italy neighborhood where West Side Grows Together has taken on their own community-driven public health focused effort toward revitalizing their neighborhood with a variety of efforts including the redevelopment of affordable housing.
This tour is intended to highlight how different approaches can all be successful when it comes to neighborhood revitalization.

This workshop includes some light walking