By: Ford Foundation Kevin Ryan referenced Detroit Future City’s 139 Square Miles report to give hard hitting statistics on Detroit’s poverty rate during an interview with the Ford Foundation. Click […]
By: Irene Garcia Adaptive reuse of vacant industrial buildings in Detroit could help the community socially, economically, and environmentally. Although it is a topic of interest at this years BUILD […]
By: Urban Neighborhood Initiative The Urban Neighborhood Initiative has taken Detroit Future City’s lead and created “Vacant 2 Vibrant – A Guide to Working with Lots”, which uses Detroit Future […]
By: Pete Saunders Toni Griffin, project director of Detroit Future City’s Framework, is recognized in this article as a black urbanist, working to create a better urban environment. Click here […]
By Jack Lessenberry Jack Lessenberry touches on Mayor Duggan’s successful time in the office, and calls to incorporate Detroit Future City’s Framework into a revised master plan for the city. Click […]
By: Keith A. Owens Keith A Owens references a report by Detroit Future City that declares there are only 30 jobs for every 100 residents in Detroit, which is why […]
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.
