In the Media

In the Media

Detroit Future City Reaches 50-Grantee Milestone for Vacant Land Revitalization

June 22, 2020

This year, Detroit Future City (DFC) will award over $50,000 in grants to eight Detroit-based organizations to support transforming vacant Detroit land into well-maintained landscapes. Since beginning its Working with […]

Partners see life after pandemic for Detroit Means Business effort

June 19, 2020

Annalise Frank of Crain’s Detroit Business details DetroitMeansBusiness.org, which serves as a tool for Detroit small businesses who are seeking information on grants, safety equipment suppliers, webinars, guidelines for reopening […]

A Message from Anika Goss

June 4, 2020

Here, in the United States, we have chosen to systematically perpetuate slavery 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. We have created an entire population of second class citizens who legally […]

Coronavirus crisis exposes ‘many of the fissures we knew existed’

April 16, 2020

DFC Executive Director, Anika Goss, joins the City of Detroit’s Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity department on their latest town hall related to COVID-19 and race. Read the full article […]

WATCH: Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and the City of Detroit host panel on race and COVID-19

April 16, 2020

DFC Executive Director, Anika Goss, joins the City of Detroit’s Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity department on their latest town hall related to COVID-19 and race. Read the full article […]

Detroit’s winning spirit helps it fight back against COVID-19

April 13, 2020

National Geographic Magazine mentions our “Growing Detroit’s African American Middle Class” report in their article about Detroit’s fighting spirit for combating COVID-19.   Read the full article here.

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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