FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE Media contact: Lynn Norwood

February 27,2004 (313) 927-1493

lnorwood@marygrove.edu

Program at Marygrove College Addresses Urban Sprawl in Detroit

Detroit, Michigan—Urban Sprawl-the unplanned and wasteful expansion of urban terrain-is a critical problem in Detroit and throughout the United States. Why does sprawl happen? How does it affect the economic and political fortunes of Detroit? What impact does sprawl have on the quality of life? Are there realistic alternatives to urban sprawl? Answers to these questions and others will be addressed at the Institute for Detroit Studies’ “Defining Detroit” program entitled, “Urban Sprawl and Regional Justice.” The program will take place on Thursday, March 18, 7:30 p.m., Marygrove College, Alumnae Hall.

Panelists include:

Jim Dulzo, Michigan Land Use Institute

"One Michigan: The Countryside, the City, and the Wages of Sprawl"

Rev. Kevin Turman, pastor, Second Baptist Church of Detroit and president,
Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)

"Finding Community: We Can't Get There From Here"

Douglas Kelbaugh, dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
University of Michigan
"Repairing the American Metropolis, Repairing Detroit"

Marygrove’s Institute for Detroit Studies sponsors events that draw attention to the city’s history, literature, art, and music and illuminate issues of social and economic justice. Authors, scholars and poets address provocative issues that have helped to shape the city’s image. The Institute arose out of the Marygrove College faculty’s well-established record of academic attention to the city and the metropolitan region.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 313-927-1291,or visit our Website at www.marygrove.edu. ###