In the Media

In the Media

A history that still surrounds Detroit

June 10, 2019

In an interview with Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Future City's "Growing Detroit's African-American Middle-Class" report is mentioned in a Crain's Detroit Business interview with author and filmmaker Bridgett Davis.

Foundation Looks to Redevelop Neighborhoods Experiencing Population Loss

June 7, 2019

During a WDET interview, Rachel Smith-Alternative references Detroit Future City's Working with Lots program as part of the Alternative Foundation's timeline for redeveloping the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood.

Inside Detroit’s First Rain Garden

June 5, 2019

Paula Tutman of WDIV (Local 4) takes a look at Southwest Detroit Business Association's updated rain garden and talks to Detroit Future City's Community Engagement Coordinator, Tomicka Robinson.

Diversity and Economic Inclusion: A Business Imperative | Mackinac Uncensored

June 3, 2019

DFC Executive Director, Anika Goss, discusses Diversity & Economic Inclusion on Morning View: Mackinac Uncensored at the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference. 

She’s All About Class: Anika Goss Fights for Socioeconomic Status for African Americans

June 3, 2019

Greater Lansing Business Monthly discusses Detroit Future City's "Growing Detroit's African-American Middle-Class" report with executive director, Anika Goss.

Detroit veteran works to help his neighborhood see itself differently

May 20, 2019

Model D visits past Working with Lots grantee Ron Matten during the 2019 Motor City Makeover. Click to read the full article.

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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