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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Article Summary Two members of the DFC Implementation Office team are finalists for the third annual Knight Cities Challenge! More than 4,500 applicants proposed a wide range of ideas to […]
The Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office has selected 10 Detroit-based community organizations that exemplify the ability to transform open space from vacant land into green infrastructure to receive a […]
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.
