In the Media

In the Media

Study: Empty southwest Detroit industrial sites target for new life

February 14, 2022

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 lauds plan to prevent residents’ displacement, but critics say it’s insufficient

January 27, 2022

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 […]

2022 Hour Detroiters: Mayor Mike Duggan Has a Grip on the Motor City

January 4, 2022

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 […]

Bank Of America Grants $6 Million In ‘Day Of Giving’

November 30, 2021

Detroit Future City amongst other organizations who received a grant from Bank of America and its foundations. The grants was awarded to organizations that create pathways to employment and job […]

‘Risk it all’: Advice, inspiration on a night celebrating Crain’s Most Influential Women

November 19, 2021

During Crain’s 100 Most Influential Women event, CEO Anika Goss, gave some straightforward and inspiring advice to young women and addressed the need for women to push through self-doubt to […]

Crain’s celebrates 2021 Most Influential Women at The Fillmore Detroit

November 18, 2021

CEO Anika Goss amongst hundreds of celebrants gathered at The Fillmore Detroit to toast Crain’s 2021 Most Influential Women. Goss participated in vibrant panel discussion where they explored topics such […]

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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