Dancing in the Street Park, a new outdoor space at the Motown Museum, officially opened yesterday.

In 2018, the William Davidson Foundation provided funding to Project for Public Spaces (PPS) to administer a capacity-building program for its grantees focused on placemaking. Through this effort, PPS provided a grant to the museum for the new space. It’s one part of the major expansion and renovation project taking place at the museum.

Dancing in the Street Park now occupies the space that was once occupied by one of the eight houses that made up Gordy's Motown compound on West Grand Boulevard — the building was destroyed by fire in 1971.

It was unveiled yesterday as part of the museum’s annual Founder’s Day event.

The outdoor gathering that will be activated from May to October with public events and programs.

Other William Davidson Foundation grantees supported through the placemaking initiative are Pewabic Society, Repair the World, and University of Michigan Hillel.