District 3 Council Member Scott Benson is looking to Banglatown for lessons on what makes a stable neighborhood in Detroit.
Benson said the eastside neighborhood near Detroit’s border with Hamtramck has been growing in population after becoming safer, and property values are spiking upward as families stay in their homes. The broader Davison neighborhood that includes Banglatown experienced a 341% increase in home sale value from 2014 to 2022. Benson said it’s growth on a different level than anywhere else in his district.
“When I got this job, I made it very clear to my residents in Banglatown that I wanted to represent everybody,” Benson said. “Law enforcement was a big issue for them, and so we made the connections with the 11th precinct. We took now-Chief (Todd) Bettison over to Bangladesh back in 2019 just to learn more about the culture, and we’ve had great success.”…