Detroit Future City

Growth-Stage Businesses in the Detroit Region: Insights and Solutions to Fuel Economic Impact - Nov. 12, 2025

Growth-Stage Businesses in the Detroit Region: Insights and Solutions to Fuel Economic Impact is the latest collaboration between the New Economy Initiative (NEI) and Detroit Future City (DFC). Through a series of focus groups and interviews conducted during the Summer of 2025, the report underlines the importance these businesses have to the Detroit region and examines some of the key challenges that they face.

Detroit Future City releases new report, "Saving for the Future: Land Conservation in Detroit" - October 30, 2025

Detroit Future City (DFC) has released Saving for the Future: Land Conservation in Detroit as part of Detroit GreenSpace, a citywide effort to transform portions of Detroit’s 18 square miles of vacant land into protected natural areas that strengthen neighborhoods and improve environmental health. The report introduces both Detroit GreenSpace, a citywide strategy to convert underutilized land into a connected network of natural areas, and the Detroit GreenSpace Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that will provide long-term stewardship and ownership of conserved land.

DFC Future City Forum Now Available on Detroit PBS On Demand

Detroit Future City is in its sixth year of bringing together Detroit's most passionate changemakers, we're stepping into a bold new chapter. Don't miss the opportunity to watch the 2025 Future City Forum Keynote on PBS Books beginning on October 20, 2025.

Detroit Future City's New Brief to Inform the Detroit 2025 Mayoral Election - April 17, 2025

Detroit Future City has released the "Opportunities for the Next Mayoral Administration to Grow Detroit’s Middle Class" which focuses on key policy priorities for the next mayoral administration to grow Detroit’s middle class.

Detroit Future City Releases New Brief Addressing Community Health in Detroit - Oct. 24, 2024

Detroit Future City has released "Creating a Healthy Detroit: Understanding How the Systems We Live in Impact Our Health," a new publication that outlines social determinants of health that impact a thriving and resilient Detroit.

Detroit Future City Releases New Report on Building a Middle Class Detroit - Sept. 25, 2024

Detroit Future City has released "Making the Middle Class: Leveraging Detroit’s Neighborhoods to Build a Middle-Class City,” a new report that examines key factors related to becoming a middle-class city, including population change, income and education, housing, and neighborhood quality.

Detroit Future City Releases "Keeping Your Family Home," New Report on Heirs' Properties - Feb. 27, 2024

Detroit Future City has released the “Keeping Your Family Home: Addressing the Challenges of Inherited Properties in Detroit” report to detail the scale of family-owned properties in Detroit inherited through generations without formal legal proof of ownership.

Detroit Future City's CEO, Anika Goss, Discussed Detroit's Climate Crisis at TED Countdown Summit - July 11, 2023

How can cities become resilient to the shocks of climate change? As a leading force behind Detroit's ongoing revitalization, Anika Goss spends a lot of time thinking about this question. Connecting the city's industrial past to its sustainable future, she explores the link between climate vulnerability and economic inequity, offering a vision for responding to both challenges at once.