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In the Media

TED teams with Detroit Public TV to explore responses to climate change

August 30, 2023
TED teams with Detroit Public TV to explore responses to climate change
Detroit Future City | August 30, 2023

In this Current article, Tatiana Walker-Morris discussed how Detroit Public Television and TED are collaborating on a documentary that explores ideas for mitigating the effects of climate change on the […]

This is Detroit’s moment to get I-375 replacement right. Let’s not lose it. | Opinion

August 19, 2023
This is Detroit’s moment to get I-375 replacement right. Let’s not lose it. | Opinion
Detroit Future City | August 19, 2023

In this Detroit Free Press Op-Ed, Anika Goss, CEO of Detroit Future City, discusses the Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods, which were majority Black neighborhoods that held cultural significance […]

‘Coldwater Kitchen’ gets 2 free screenings in Detroit

August 9, 2023
'Coldwater Kitchen' gets 2 free screenings in Detroit
Detroit Future City | August 9, 2023

In this article, Detroit Free Press discussed the opportunity for local audiences to see the film “Coldwater Kitchen,” a documentary produced by the Free Press, with two free screenings in […]

Buyers and sellers alike weigh interest rates in home sales market

July 30, 2023
Buyers and sellers alike weigh interest rates in home sales market
Detroit Future City | July 30, 2023

In this Oakland Press article, Peg McNichol discusses how agile local prospective homebuyers must be to get an affordable home. The article mentions Detroit Future City’s report, Understanding the Rental […]

Dangers of Misdiagnosis, Backpacks for Children, Equitable Cities and Entrepreneurship

July 20, 2023
Dangers of Misdiagnosis, Backpacks for Children, Equitable Cities and Entrepreneurship
Detroit Future City | July 20, 2023

In this interview, Angela T. Moore connects with Detroit Future City’s Director of Community Engagement, Shari Williams, about how foundations can create a more equitable cities through investments in community […]

Rising costs and gentrification force locals out of Detroit’s downtown and Midtown

July 19, 2023
Rising costs and gentrification force locals out of Detroit’s downtown and Midtown
Detroit Future City | July 19, 2023

In this Detroit Metro Times article, Steve Neavling discusses how as real estate prices soar, Detroiters struggle to maintain their homes and communities. Neavline also shares data from Detroit Future […]

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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