>> Anchor: WE ARE TAKING YOU
INSIDE OF ABANDON BUILDINGS WITH
A DRUG DEALER.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
WORK OF ART.
>> Anchor: AND LOCAL ARTIST.
PLASTER MOLDING.
>> Anchor: FINDING VALUE NOT
ONLY IN WHAT WAS DISCARDED AND
WHO WAS DISCARDED AND TURNING
AROUND LIVES.
SOMETHING PRETTY AMAZING GOING
ON IN THIS DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD.
NORTH OF THE NEW CENTER AREA.
>> Anchor: THAT'S RIGHT.
A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN
UNEMPLOYMENT.
AND ABANDON HOMES.
AND HAS BECOME THE CANVAS FOR A
LOCAL ARTIST.
AND FORMER DRUG DEAL.
GO TO KAREN DREW AND SHE SHOWS
US WHAT THEY ARE UP TO.
PAIRING.
26-YEAR-OLD ARTIST.
WORKING WITH A 32-YEAR-OLD
FORMER DRUG DEALER.
>> MY LIFE WAS LIKE CHAOS
I WAS DRUG DEALER.
>> Reporter: WHAT CONNECTED
ANTHONY WITH NATE?
WELL, A NON-PROFIT CALLED
CENTRAL DETROIT KRISTIAN.
>> PART OF THE INITIATIVES ARE
NOT JUST EDUCATION OR HOUSING
RENOVATIONS BUT TO ACTUALLY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> Reporter: NATE DECIDED TO
OPEN UP A BUSINESS RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CRIME INFESTED
REMADE.
>> SHOWING THAT JUST BECAUSE
SOMETHING BROKEN.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS
FORGOTTEN OR LITTLE DIRTY DOES
NOT MEAN THAT IT IS WORTH LESS,
IT MEANS THAT THERE CAN BE VALUE
THERE.
>> Reporter: SO HOW DID
ANTHONY CONVICT THAT SERVED
THREE YEARS IN PRISON GET
INVOLVED IN WELL HE SAID HE WAS
SITTING IN THE PARK ONE DAY.
>> WE WERE ALL OUTSIDE.
GETTING DRUNK AND STUFF.
>> Reporter: LISA, FOUNDER OF
CDC WALKED UP TO HIM.
>> I SAID FIVE DAYS.
I APPROACH DRUG DEALERS.
YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS.
TWO JOBS OPEN.
>> SHE WAS LIKE WHY DON'T YOU AT
LEAST CLEAN UP THE PARK.
TEARING UP THE PARK.
>> Reporter: FATHER OF FIVE
SAID HE AND ANOTHER BID TOOK THE
GRASS CUTTING JOBS.
>> TIRED OF GOING TO JAIL.
THE TEAM NOW.
>> A LOT BETTER.
WHEN I WAS SELLING DRUGS I
DIDN'T HAVE MY OWN HOUSE.
SQUATTING EVERYWHERE.
AND NOW I OWN ME A HOUSE NOW.
ME.
>> Reporter: NATE AND ANTHONY
LET US FOLLOW ALONG ON A RECENT
EXPLORATION.
AND THIS ABANDON BUILDING IS
STORE.
>> WE ALWAYS GIVE PERMISSION
BUILDING.
>> Reporter: HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL WHEN YOU ENTER, NEVER
TO.
>> I WILL MAKE SURE.
FIRST MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
ALIVE.
AND WE WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT
WE ARE IN HERE.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING
THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE LEFT
BEHIND.
>> Reporter: DOES NOT TAKE
LONG FOR GUYS TO FIND SOMETHING
THEY CAN USE.
>> ANTHONY WHAT WOULD YOU DO
WITH THIS WOOD?
>> CLEAN NAILS OUT OF IT.
CLEAN AND SAND THE OLD STUFF.
BRING A NEW LOOK BACK TO WOOD.
PASS IT ON TO NATE.
>> Reporter: SOMETIMES NATE
AND ANTHONY COLLECT ITEMS ONLY.
NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY WILL
DO WITH THEM.
BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO COME UP
WITH SOMETHING.
BACK IN THE DETROIT REMADE WEAR
HOUR, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
ITEMS THEY HAVE CREATED
TOGETHER.
>> THE FRAME IS ACTUALLY AN OLD
ROOF ACCESS LADDER.
>> Reporter: FROM SHELVING TO
TABLES TO LIGHTING.
>> SO THIS IS AN OLD TENSION
SPRING.
>> Reporter: MAKE SOMETHING OF
EVERYTHING FROM SALVAGED ITEMS.
>> I GET JOY OUT OF SEEING THAT
TRANSFORMATION.
>> Reporter: TRANSFORMATION
NOT ONLY OF WHAT WAS ONCE
CONSIDERED JUNK BUT THE
TRANSFORMATION OF LIVES.
LIKE ANTHONY'S.
>> TRY TO LET THE GUYS KNOW IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE
THEY HAVE GOT.
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