DFC is a think tank, a policy advocate and an innovation engine founded on the principles of inclusion, community and the development of data-driven strategies.
Mose Primus, a DFC Field Guide Mini-Grantee, has transformed land in Yorkshire Woods into a beautiful community space including a rain garden, entitled "Yorkshire in Bloom"!
In this excerpt from “The Empty House Next Door,” author Alan Mallach credits Detroit Future City’s Field Guide to Working With Lots as an invaluable resource for community organizations and activists in any city in the United St
In this video, Chuck Stokes takes a look back inside this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference with Anika Goss-Foster as she discusses keeping Detroiters engaged and implementing the DFC Strategic Plan.
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Detroit Future City’s (DFC) 139 Square Miles report is the first comprehensive, citywide, data-driven report that our organization has produced for Detroit since 2012, when we released the DFC Strategic Framework, the 50-year shared vision for the city’s future. This report focuses on four key areas: population, people, economy and place. This report shows that for the first time in 60 years, Detroit is moving toward population growth, with the economy on the rise and neighborhoods beginning to stabilize.