[ninenines]

First of all Thank you for thinking about y/our community,

Here are few thoughts,

Mornings/evenings. Have yoga camps it need not be physical yoga, there are quite an extensive range of breathing exercises which can be done just be sitting

Local ppl upgrading is important, (young ppl learn and leave) it's important to educate the existing community, Conduct bootcamps, there is incredible content online, get together, have learnathons around them and help each other finish you don't need any expert to get things kickstarted

Evenings, identify local talent and organise cultural programs

Someone suggested buddha, go one step further have nothing, have an empty space where only rule is no one talks(teach meditation if possible but make it a knowledge not religion based as it leads to groupism)

The no talking space and cultural performance space can share the same compound, you can come up with a cool name for that, something where a milleneal can say I performed at that.

There is happiness in giving, organize volunteer activities like cleaning, planting trees etc etc

[adrianN]

I think the people you're reaching through such activities are not the people you actually want to reach to improve your neighborhood, or the city as a whole.

[ninenines]

Do you mind elaborating pls,

From happiness to spending quality time socially feeling important is basic need for any human being, pls correct me. Never been to Detroit but seen streets of SF and India so I thought I have enough sample size.

[adrianN]

I think that people who voluntarily go to yoga or meditation lessons or participate in "Learnathons" are not the same people who you need to influence to make a neighborhood better. Young people don't join a gang because of a critical lack of yoga lessons in their neighborhood.