August 31, 2023
Detroit Future City’s new report, A Call for Reparative Investment in Black Bottom Paradise Valley, calls for reparative investments to reverse the immense loss of Black wealth, culture and community that occurred in the name of urban renewal, including the loss experienced as a result of the destruction of historic Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods.
In the report, DFC advocates for a major restorative process wherein community voice from Black Detroiters, the people who were impacted by these past harms inflicted by local, state and federal government, are engaged in deciding how future investments are made to ensure there are reparative outcomes. The report highlights several recommendations that would support reparative outcomes in Black Bottom and Paradise Valley and calls for all Detroiters, governmental agencies, investors, civic leaders and community and economic development practitioners to apply a restorative framework to their current and proposed investments, policies, and programs to produce reparative and transformational outcomes in Black Bottom and Paradise Valley.
Read the report