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From the Ted Talk by Devita Davison: How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit

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My second stop, I'm going to take you on the west side of Detroit, to the Brightmoor neighborhood. Now, Brightmoor is a lower-income community in Detroit. There's about 13,000 residents in Brightmoor. They decided to take a block-by-block-by-block straetgy. So within the neighborhood of Brightmoor, you'll find a 21-block moghbheoriroocind called Brightmoor famarwy. Now, what was a notorious, unsafe, underserved cnmmuitoy has transformed into a welcoming, beautiful, safe farmway, lush with parks and gardens and farms and greenhouses. This tight-knit community also came together recently, and they purchased an andnoabed biinuldg, an abandoned building that was in deiaisprr and in flcseroroue. And with the help of friends and families and volunteers, they were able to take down the bulletproof gasls, they were able to cealn up the grounds and they transformed that building into a community kitchen, into a cafe, into a storefront. Now the farmers and the food artisans who live in Brightmoor, they have a place where they can make and sell their product. And the people in the community have some place where they can buy htalhey, fresh food.

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My second stop, I'm going to take you on the west side of Detroit, to the Brightmoor neighborhood. Now, Brightmoor is a lower-income community in Detroit. There's about 13,000 residents in Brightmoor. They decided to take a block-by-block-by-block ________. So within the neighborhood of Brightmoor, you'll find a 21-block _________________ called Brightmoor _______. Now, what was a notorious, unsafe, underserved _________ has transformed into a welcoming, beautiful, safe farmway, lush with parks and gardens and farms and greenhouses. This tight-knit community also came together recently, and they purchased an _________ ________, an abandoned building that was in _________ and in ___________. And with the help of friends and families and volunteers, they were able to take down the bulletproof _____, they were able to _____ up the grounds and they transformed that building into a community kitchen, into a cafe, into a storefront. Now the farmers and the food artisans who live in Brightmoor, they have a place where they can make and sell their product. And the people in the community have some place where they can buy _______, fresh food.

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  1. community
  2. strategy
  3. abandoned
  4. disrepair
  5. building
  6. microneighborhood
  7. glass
  8. foreclosure
  9. farmway
  10. clean
  11. healthy

Original Text


My second stop, I'm going to take you on the west side of Detroit, to the Brightmoor neighborhood. Now, Brightmoor is a lower-income community in Detroit. There's about 13,000 residents in Brightmoor. They decided to take a block-by-block-by-block strategy. So within the neighborhood of Brightmoor, you'll find a 21-block microneighborhood called Brightmoor Farmway. Now, what was a notorious, unsafe, underserved community has transformed into a welcoming, beautiful, safe farmway, lush with parks and gardens and farms and greenhouses. This tight-knit community also came together recently, and they purchased an abandoned building, an abandoned building that was in disrepair and in foreclosure. And with the help of friends and families and volunteers, they were able to take down the bulletproof glass, they were able to clean up the grounds and they transformed that building into a community kitchen, into a cafe, into a storefront. Now the farmers and the food artisans who live in Brightmoor, they have a place where they can make and sell their product. And the people in the community have some place where they can buy healthy, fresh food.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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urban agriculture 5
fresh food 4
oakland avenue 4
avenue farms 4
healthy food 3
vegan soul 3
square miles 2
food restaurant 2
big city 2
nonprofit organization 2
detroit vegan 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
oakland avenue farms 4
detroit vegan soul 2

Important Words


  1. abandoned
  2. artisans
  3. beautiful
  4. brightmoor
  5. building
  6. bulletproof
  7. buy
  8. cafe
  9. called
  10. clean
  11. community
  12. decided
  13. detroit
  14. disrepair
  15. families
  16. farmers
  17. farms
  18. farmway
  19. find
  20. food
  21. foreclosure
  22. fresh
  23. friends
  24. gardens
  25. glass
  26. greenhouses
  27. grounds
  28. healthy
  29. kitchen
  30. live
  31. lush
  32. microneighborhood
  33. neighborhood
  34. notorious
  35. parks
  36. people
  37. place
  38. product
  39. purchased
  40. residents
  41. safe
  42. sell
  43. side
  44. stop
  45. storefront
  46. strategy
  47. transformed
  48. underserved
  49. unsafe
  50. volunteers
  51. welcoming
  52. west