In the Media

In the Media

Detroit Future City discusses its Housing Report on Detroit Public Television

March 31, 2017

Article Summary Anika Goss-Foster, Detroit Future City’s (DFC) executive director, sat down with the MiWeek team at Detroit Public Television for a closer look at DFC’s newly-released housing report.  Detroit […]

Detroit Future City sponsors Detroit Policy Conference focusing on city’s resurgence, collaboration

February 16, 2017

Article Summary Toni Griffin, a nationally renowned urban planner who led the collaboration between Detroit residents and civic leaders that created Detroit Future City’s (DFC) Strategic Framework, will be speaking […]

DFC Implementation Office is Seeking a Sustainable Landscapes Manager

February 9, 2017

The Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office, via Wayne State University’s Detroit Revitalization Fellows program, is seeking a Sustainable Landscapes Manager to help spur vacant land transformation across the city. […]

DFC Executive Director sees a need for more minority-owned businesses in Detroit

January 31, 2017

Article Summary Anika Goss-Foster, Detroit Future City’s (DFC) executive director, shares her insight on the challenges facing minority business owners in Detroit and how the DFC Implementation Office is working […]

Neighborhoods Rising: The Growth, Development Within The City Of Detroit

January 31, 2017

Article Summary Dr. George Swan, Detroit Future City’s (DFC) board chairman, speaks with WWJ’s Stephanie Davis about Detroit’s growth, and the positive impact the DFC Implementation Office is having in […]

Q&A: Victoria Byrd Olivier on Detroit Future City and green infrastructure

January 27, 2017

Article Summary Victoria Byrd Olivier, Detroit Future City’s (DFC) director of land use and sustainability, shares the DFC Implementation Office’s strategy on how to deploy green infrastructure across the City […]

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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