I just got a call from someone who is working on the Green Garage Project in Detroit.

The basic idea behind Green Garage is creating a sustainable space in Detroit to provide a space to create the green collar jobs of the future.

From their website:

A new spin-off project of Great Lakes Green Initiative has emerged and we are tentatively calling it the Green Garage. Think “silicon valley garage” focused on building world class skills for the “green collar” jobs and sustainability-based service and product businesses of the future. It will link the next generation of this region to what will likely be the most important work of their generation…that is, making our way of life more sustainable.

We have purchased a great old building in the Midtown area of Detroit, Michigan. This building had most recently been used as a warehouse, but in the 1920′s it was a showroom for Model T-based automobiles, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Over the next year, we are planning on doing an green renovation of it, while keeping true to its historic origins. The Green Garage Project launched in September 2008.

They are calling me because they are looking to integrate sustainable transportation options for their tenants into this design.  I am defintely looking to take a field trip there at some point.