Thousands of Vacant Detroit houses reoccupied over past 2 years Detroit Future City | February 22, 2022
Senior Program Manager, Edward Lynch, was quoted in this article addressing the increase of rehabbed and reoccupied homes in the City of Detroit. In the article, Lynch explains that “any […]
Cities de-paving, replacing concrete with green space Detroit Future City | February 18, 2022
YouTube platform, Solutionaries explores the urban heat island effect impacting the City of Detroit, the cause of this, too much impervious ground cover and not enough green space. Detroit Future […]
Detroit ramps up plan to spend $95 million of pandemic aid on commercial demolition, site prep Detroit Future City | February 18, 2022
Detroit Future City’s (DFC) 2019 report, “Industrial Districts: Rethinking Strategies for Adaptive Reuse,” is referenced in this article that addresses the City of Detroit’s focus on blight-removal and ARPA spending. […]
Journalist Annalise Frank covers DFC’s collaborative report with the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) and the Detroit Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), “Exploring Opportunities for Equitable Development in a Southwest […]
Detroit Future City’s (DFC) 2021 State of Economic Equity in Detroit report was referenced to address gentrification and the rise of property values in the City of Detroit. Click here […]
CEO Anika Goss express her excitement to work with Mayor Duggan for another term and details that there will be higher expectations placed on him now that he may enter […]
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.