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Detroit resident Wendy Edwards shares her life story and how she and the rest of the Mohican Regent Resident Association are using their 2019 Working with Lots grant. Detroit Future City's Community Partnerships Manager, Shari Williams, also shares the benefits of transforming vacant lots in Detroit.
In an interview with Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Future City's "Growing Detroit's African-American Middle-Class" report is mentioned in a Crain's Detroit Business interview with author and filmmaker Bridgett Davis.
DFC Executive Director, Anika Goss, discusses Diversity & Economic Inclusion on Morning View: Mackinac Uncensored at the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference.
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Detroit Future City’s (DFC) report “Growing Detroit’s African American Middle Class” builds off of previous work in “139 Square Miles” Detroit Future City takes a deep dive look into the African American middle class in Detroit. In this report, we focus on the people, place and economy in Detroit and the region as well as the Growth, Attraction and Retention of the Middle Class and African American middle-class households in Detroit.