Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS) is an architecture and real estate development non-profit working to end mass incarceration. We build the infrastructure that addresses the root causes of mass incarceration: poverty, racism, unequal access to resources, and the criminal justice system itself. Our projects include peacemaking centers, mobile resource centers, and housing for people coming out of incarceration.
Grand River @ 14th is a development owned and led by DJDS, located in Detroit at West Grand River Avenue and 14th Street. Our long-term vision is to build a social justice campus — an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable community center.
The concept for Grand River @ 14th emerged from four four years of engagement with justice-based organizations and neighborhood stakeholders, and our community engagement process continues to inform our “Pop-Up-to-Permanent” strategy as well as our real estate development.
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