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In the Media

2024 Equity Forum focuses on equitable employment for African Americans

November 21, 2024

“American Black Journal” with Stephen Henderson on Detroit PBS brings you a portion of the 5th annual Detroit Future City Equity Forum, which focuses on ensuring African Americans and other minorities in […]

All-hands effort needed to make Detroit a middle-class city again, report says

October 2, 2024
All-hands effort needed to make Detroit a middle-class city again, report says
Detroit Future City | September 25, 2024

In this Crain’s Detroit Business article, Nick Manes highlights that revitalizing Detroit’s middle class will require a collective, all-hands-on-deck approach. This includes coordinated efforts from government, businesses, and local organizations […]

More Black Detroiters got home loans since 2018, report shows

September 25, 2024
More Black Detroiters got home loans since 2018, report shows
Detroit Future City | September 25, 2024

In this Detroit Free Press article, Nushrat Rahman shares how DFC’s new report is focused on Detroit becoming a middle-class city to grow and thrive. Her three main takeaways from […]

Report: More Black Detroiters got home loans since 2018

September 25, 2024
Report: More Black Detroiters got home loans since 2018
Detroit Future City | September 25, 2024

In this Bridge Detroit article, Nushrat Rahman shares how DFC’s new report is focused on Detroit becoming a middle-class city to grow and thrive. Her three main takeaways from the […]

All-hands effort needed to make Detroit a middle-class city again, report says

September 25, 2024
All-hands effort needed to make Detroit a middle-class city again, report says
Detroit Future City | September 25, 2024

In this article, Nick Manes from Crain’s Detroit Business shares how to the new DFC report calls for a broad coalition of stakeholders — government, business, schools and residents — […]

Justin Onwenu hired to help entrepreneurs start Detroit businesses

September 17, 2024
Justin Onwenu hired to help entrepreneurs start Detroit businesses
Detroit Future City | September 17, 2024

In this Bridge Detroit article, Malachi Barrett discusses how fourth-generation Detroiter Justin Onwenu is taking on a newly-created role in Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to help entrepreneurs navigate city processes […]

Detroit Strategic Framework

The DFC Strategic Framework, a shared vision for Detroit’s future, is the result of a massive, citywide public-engagement effort. It recommends a series of ideas, strategies and approaches on how to best use the city’s abundance of land, create job growth and economic prosperity, ensure vibrant neighborhoods, build an infrastructure that serves citizens at a reasonable cost, and maintain the high level of community engagement integral to the long-term revitalization of Detroit.
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The Field Guide to Working with Lots

The Field Guide to Working with Lots is a user-friendly tool to connect Detroit residents, businesses, and institutions to resources to learn, collaborate, and better practice land stewardship in Detroit. This step-by-step guide provides readers with instructions on how to transform vacant land in their neighborhoods into 38 landscape designs ranging from installation by beginning gardeners to professional contractors. View the interactive guide now.
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The State of Economic Equity

Detroit Future City’s (DFC) report, “The State of Economic Equity in Detroit,” illustrates the deep disparities that persist in Detroit and provides recommendations that provide a path to an economically equitable Detroit in which all Detroiters are meeting their unique needs, prospering, and fully and fairly participating in all aspects of economic life within a thriving city and region.
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