Developers will convert 42 acres of Van Dyke/Lynch neighborhood into solar farms.

Solar arrays will help offset electricity needs for Detroit's 127 municipal buildings.

Construction preparation for remaining neighborhoods is underway.

City officials, developers and community members on Oct. 27 celebrated the groundbreaking of the first neighborhood to be redeveloped into a solar farm, which will be used to offset electricity in Detroit's municipal buildings.

Mayor Mike Duggan, alongside DTE Energy president and CEO Joi Harris and dozens of community members, kicked off construction for the Van Dyke/Lynch neighborhood project, which will convert about 42 acres of vacant and blighted land into a landscaped solar field. Preparation for construction is underway in other neighborhoods — Gra

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