The Detroit Future City Implementation Office is excited to have two of our community transforming ideas selected by the Knight Foundation as finalists in the Knight Cities Challenge. The Knight […]
Create a kayak-sharing program to explore Miami’s waterways. Train kids to monitor environmental conditions in Detroit. Ignite entrepreneurship in Philadelphia through the power of hip-hop. Encourage St. Paul residents to […]
The Detroit Land Bank Authority Board has named Carrie Lewand-Monroe as executive director. Lewand-Monroe previously served as director of policy at Detroit Future City. She also served as director of the Michigan […]
The DFC Implementation Office is partnering with the Center for Community Progress for the RemakeBreak Webinar on December 17, 2015 at noon. The RemakeBreak is a free, monthly, Michigan-focused, lunchtime […]
Debbie Schutt has seen plenty of missed opportunities in her 40-plus years as a community planner in metro Detroit. “Being a planner during my era was, for a lot of […]
The Detroit Future City (DFC) Field Guide to Working with Lots is a tool that provides step-by-step instruction to support Detroiters in transforming vacant land in order to create cleaner, […]
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.