A woman is turning her blighted Highland Park neighborhood into a sustainable eco-village




State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio show

Summary: Highland Park, Michigan was the birthplace of the automotive moving assembly line. The Highland Park Ford Plant produced the Model T, the world's first affordable car. But the small town embedded within Detroit has since fallen on hard times. Schools and the library have closed. Streetlights were removed to save money. And over the past decade, the population has decreased by almost 50%. Shamayim "Shu" Harris lives in a red brick house on the corner of Avalon street and Woodward in Highland