Information Known To Date:
- Gesu issued a letter to its parish on September 8, 2023 describing its plans to explore rezoning and redevelopment and announcing its partnership with MHT.
- Public hearing took place before the city planning commission at 5:15 pm on Thursday, September 21, 2023 on the 13th floor of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
- This report is on public record for the meeting
- A recording of the meeting can be found here:
- https://reflect-detroit-vod.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/gallery/7?site=5
- *Note: The recording is the video labeled “CPC Meeting 9-21-23“
- https://reflect-detroit-vod.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/gallery/7?site=5
- The result of this meeting was to move the vote to the November 9 Detroit City Council meeting.
- University District Community Association is holding a separate meeting for all residents and interested parties to attend on Tuesday October 3. Representatives from Gesu and MHT WILL NOT be at this meeting. The agenda will include:
- How we got here
- The current development proposal and where the process is
- Where residents can direct their specific questions
- What avenues residents have to voice their position
- Gesu and MHT will be holding a separate public meeting on October 10 and October 18 to explain the project and hear public comment.
- Gesu has also said they will be creating a flyer explaining the project and distributing it to all University District Households
- City Council is to hold another public comment meeting sometime between now and November 9.
- City Council will vote on the rezoning proposal on November 9, before they go on recess for the new year.
Documentation Received

GESU-RZG-CPC-Report
Emmett-Moten-Parish-Center-Redevelopment-Summary
Gesu-flyer-2023-1
Questions-from-UD-Community-Meeting-Re-Gesu-Development
Answers-to-UDCA-Questions-from-Oct-3-2023-distributed-10-18-23
R2-and-R3-Zoning
Documents that were provided to the City Planning Commission ahead of their September 2023 meeting:
September-21-2023-CPC-AgendaApplication-for-a-Zoning-Change-Gesu
GESU-RZG-CPC-Report-1
Letter-to-the-City-of-Detroit-Planning-Commission-from-Roger-Short
September-21-2023-CPC-Agenda-1
Analysis of Proposed Population Served by Gesu Church from UDCA Board
Analysis-of-Proposed-Population-Served-by-Gesu-Church-Proposed-Building-Project