Detroit Future City is doubling down on its agenda to grow Detroit’s middle class, centralizing its research, programs, advocacy, and engagement to help increase the middle-class population that once defined the city and is vital to its future sustainability.

DFC’s new strategic plan is designed to address inequities and to promote a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient city between now and 2030. The plan is built around two broad goals, growing Detroit’s Black middle class and improving the quality of life in Detroit neighborhoods. Detroit must have high-quality neighborhoods that can attract middle-class households and retain Detroit households as their incomes rise.

This new, eight-year plan comes 10 years after the release of the Strategic Framework, DFC’s 50-year vision for Detroit, and will continue leading in areas of research, program and coalition initiatives, and engagement, and will enhance its work through a stronger focus on policy and advocacy.