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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) joined community activists at a Tuesday press conference in Highland Park where they called for the passage of the Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) Act. | Ken Coleman photo (Michigan Advance)
Juan Shannon believes that the federal government can help communities of color grow just like his green peppers are doing each day in Highland Park.
His Parker Village project is a community-based, solar-powered center where vegetables are grown. At one time, the site was an abandoned elementary school and a source of blight in the city. Now it represents an opportunity to help a city that was once more than twice its size with a strong middle class rise again.
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