DETROIT, MI -- Urban planners have been crafting maps and strategies for months, and the framework they've come up with in long-term component of the Detroit Works Project is set to be revealed on Jan. 9.

The city will reveal the plan in an 11 a.m. news conference at the project's Eastern Market home base, 2929 Russell Street.

The plan revolves around how to best use vacant land, create jobs, support neighborhoods, build infrastructure and engage the community.

"Detroit Future City

will outline recommendations to align assets with opportunity, mapping a framework that best coordinates investment of our resources people, time, money, brainpower, etc. — in ways that can move us forward collectively," officials announced in a news release.

An open house event to collect feedback will be held after the press conference from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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