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# Moribund Corner Park To Get A New $250,000 Lease On Life
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/moribund-corner-park-get-new-250000-lease-life/
- Published: 2014-12-18T17:33:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:49:03.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Detroit, Development, Midtown, Midtown Inc, Redmond Plaza, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

The Midtown neighborhood of Detroit is changing rapidly. We’re hearing that Midtown Inc., the non-profit development engine behind much of the resurgence in the neighborhood, is dropping $250,000 into a park next to **[Selden Standard (you can catch our review here)](https://www.dailydetroit.com/2014/11/19/selden-standard-raises-the-standard-of-dining-in-midtown/ "Selden Standard Raises The Standard Of Dining In Midtown")**.

Redmond Plaza is at the corner of Selden and Second and steps away not just from Selden Standard but new housing and the well-known Honest?Johns. It’s also a neighborhood in transition. The plan is to add electricity, repair lights and fixtures, trim trees, remove graffiti, and clean up the park. It will be maintained by Midtown Inc.

[**The park has quite a story**](http://bridgemi.com/2014/12/postcard-from-detroit-a-forlorn-park-gets-a-fixup/?ref=dailydetroit.com) to it. [**According to CityLiterate.com**](http://cityliterate.com/go/?p=460&ref=dailydetroit.com) –

> The Plaza pays homage to Robert Rene Redmond, a social worker and director of the neighborhood Senior Center. Robert worked alongside his father, Reverend Lewis Redmond \[pastor of the Cass Methodist Episcopal Church\] to boost the lives of residents living in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with special focus on seniors and the developmentally disabled. Their work changed lives for the better; it also set the foundation for the future social work at [Cass Community Social Services](http://casscommunity.org/detroit-treads/?ref=dailydetroit.com).
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> On May 6, 1976 Robert Redmond was shot to death when trying to disarm a friend in a nearby apartment on 3rd Street. He was 24 and a doctoral student at Oakland University.

It’ll be great to see when it’s finished. We’ll be sure to check back in on it. 

**[A hat tip to Bridge](http://bridgemi.com/2014/12/postcard-from-detroit-a-forlorn-park-gets-a-fixup/?ref=dailydetroit.com)** for the heads up.