Detroit finds its way back - from ruins to tiny houses and the Rev Faith Fowler.

Readers may recall seeing photos of urban decay like the one below of The Ruins of Detroit - what was left after the car industry collapsed and people were ripped off in the subprime mortgage crisis.

And now comes this story of Tiny Homes - quality tiny homes - being built in Detroit.

and energising this project is the Rev Faith Fowler.

Read more about what one faith community and its leadership

are doing.

Please note the rolled up sleeves of the Rev Faith Fowler.

Clearly, she means business.

Read more here.

More interesting reading here:

John McKnight is co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute (link is external)and professor emeritus of communications studies and education and social policy at Northwestern University.

He and his longtime colleague John Kretzmann created the asset-based community development (ABCD) strategy for community building. Together they wrote a basic guide to the approach called “Building Communities From the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets.”