By: Alan Stamm The Detroit Free Press conducted an online Q&A session with Bill McGraw to address questions relating to Detroit. When asked about vacancy, Bill encouraged everyone to visit […]
By: Bill McGraw Bill McGraw touches on some of accomplishments and areas of opportunity that plague Detroit by referencing Detroit Future City’s 139 square miles report, which shows that 24 […]
The Land + Water WORKS Coalition (LWWC) is a partnership between ten local non-profit organizations that aims to educate Detroiters about the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s (DWSD) recently recalculated […]
Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor; Stephen Sawicki, Managing Editor; and Will Schatz, Managing Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media Brett Myers, responsible for recruiting Anika […]
By: Dorothy Hernandez Creating Space Detroit applied for funding to pay for landscaping through Detroit Future City’s Mini Grant Lot program. Click here to read more on the Model D.
Robin Runyan showcases some of the best ways you can make a difference in Detroit, including revitalizing a vacant lot with Detroit Future City’s Field Guide to Working with Lots.
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.
