Sherri Welch of Crain’s Detroit Business talks to our Executive Director, Anika Goss, about the beginning of the Center and the first Equity Forum. Click here to read the full […]
Detroit Future City (DFC) & Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) are looking for a full-time AmeriCorps member to serve as a Research and Engagement Coordinator. The ideal candidate must […]
Fox 2 Detroit shares the story of 2019 Working with Lots grantee, Rhonda Theus of Canfield Consortium, which showcases the beautification development of the East Canfield Community Flower Garden.
John Gallagher of the Detroit Free Press talks to our executive director, Anika Goss, on Detroit’s vacant land amount following Detroit blight removal demolitions. Click here to read the […]
Our executive director, Anika Goss, sits down with Chuck Stokes on Spotlight in the News to talk about the 2019 Detroit Reinvestment Index and the regional perception of Detroit five […]
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.