Jobs and pay rise, but Black and Hispanic Detroiters are missing out Detroit Future City | February 14, 2023
In this article, Malachi Barrett of Bridge Detroit shares how Detroit Future City’s new report, Growth Occupations, and a five-year forecast conducted by University of Michigan predict Detroit’s economy will […]
Black And Latino Workers In Detroit Area Lag In Access To Quality Jobs, Says Report Detroit Future City | February 14, 2023
In this article, Rohan Parakkad of the Latin Times discusses how Detroit Future City’s new report, “Growth Occupations: Opportunities for more equitable participation in Detroit’s Growing Economy,” claims that institutional […]
Black Detroiters fall behind in access to quality jobs, report finds Detroit Future City | February 13, 2023
In this article, Steve Neavling from Detroit Metro Times discusses DFC’s new report, Growth Occupations, and how the inequity of access to quality jobs is perpetuating the region’s economic racial […]
Detroit area Black, Latino workers lag in access to quality jobs, report says Detroit Future City | February 13, 2023
In this article, Candice Williams from The Detroit News details DFC’s new report, Growth Occupations, that speaks to Black and Latino workers in southeast Michigan, particularly those living in Detroit, […]
Detroit area Black, Latino workers lag in access to quality jobs, report says Detroit Future City | February 13, 2023
In this article, Candice Williams of the Detroit News discusses how Detroit Future City’s new report, “Growth Occupations: Opportunities for more equitable participation in Detroit’s Growing Economy,” says the reasons […]
Are there two Detroits? A new report says yes, but... Detroit Future City | January 23, 2023
In this article, Joel Kurth from Bridge Michigan a new report from the Urban Institute, that speaks to so-called mission lending – non-traditional financing – played a little-noticed role in […]
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.
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.
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.
