A long-vacant plot of land in one of the most industry-heavy parts of Dearborn has been transformed into a pollinator-friendly greenspace as officials look to improve some of the more polluted portions of the city.

The new garden is located in what had been an empty lot at 10051 Welch St., near Dearborn's Dix-Vernor corridor in the far southeast end of the city. It's a short walk from Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery and not far from the Ford truck plant.

“We set out to make a garden bloom in what was once an empty lot near one of our most industrialized and polluted corridors," Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud said in a statement. "Repurposing this empty lot for a beautiful, scenic butterfly garden will have tangible environmental and public health benefits for the Southend.”

Officials say the ent

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