Developing the Next Generation of Workers: Detroit Detroit Future City | October 20, 2022
Axios recently hosted an “Expert Voices” roundtable discussion in Detroit. The event included Anika Goss, DFC’s president and CEO, who shared with other attendees their motivations and strategies for improving […]
Detroit Reinvestment Index shows infrastructure, amenities as linchpin in city’s revival Detroit Future City | October 20, 2022
In this article, Matt Roush of TechCentury shares the recent finds of the newly released Detroit Reinvestment Index–a survey tracking national and local perceptions of Detroit since its historic 2013 […]
National views of Detroit business are improving. Closer to home, it's murkier. Detroit Future City | October 20, 2022
In this article, Sherri Welch of Crain’s Detroit Business discussed the fifth iteration of DFC’s Detroit Reinvestment Index, a survey tracking the sentiment about business and investment opportunities in Detroit, […]
Detroit has plenty of land. Do residents have equal access? Detroit Future City | September 27, 2022
In this article, Bryce Huffman of Bridge Detroit shares the amount of vacant, unused land in Detroit, and how, according to DFC, the public and private parcels are scattered throughout […]
Trying to build generational wealth? Start saving early. Detroit Future City | September 26, 2022
In this article, Rasha Almulaiki from Michigan Chronicle discusses a component from DFC’s “The State of Economic Equity in Detroit” report, that shares assessing income and wealth building capacity of […]
Four Detroit projects tap economic power of high ed, med facilities Detroit Future City | September 21, 2022
In this article, Louis Aguilar at The Detroit News mentions a statistic, regarding the percentage of Detroit middle-class jobs that come from local hospitals, from DFC’s recent report, Middle Wage […]
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.
