Opinion: Mackinac Policy Conference Panel was Fascinating Insight Into Changes in Michigan Detroit Future City | May 31, 2023
In this article, Nancy Kaffer from the Detroit Free Press shares the first panel at the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference aimed to discuss “How Employers Can Help Solve Michigan’s Housing Affordability […]
Detroit’s population slide challenges vision of revitalization Detroit Future City | May 30, 2023
In this Bridge Detroit article, Malachi Barrett discusses how the new U.S. Census Bureau data is calling attention to challenges holding back Detroit’s growth. Edward Lynch, director of research for […]
Gathering Detroiters’ Authentic Voice: Gallup Survey to Drive Collective Action to Improve Resident Well-Being Detroit Future City | May 24, 2023
In this article, Trevor W. Coleman shard via Detroit Regional Chamber that the Gallup Center on Black Voices engaged in a first-of-its-kind survey that specifically seeks to understand and accurately […]
Detroit's 40-year reign as nation's largest majority-Black city may be over Detroit Future City | May 23, 2023
In this Detroit Free Press article, Clara Hendrickson, Kristi Tanner, and Dana Afana share that Detroit appears to no longer stand as the nation’s largest majority-Black city. The U.S. Census […]
Understanding redlining and how it kept communities of color from homeownership Detroit Future City | May 18, 2023
In this article, Molly Grace from Business Insider breakdown redlining and discusses how homeownership has long helped middle class Americans build wealth. Grace shares the impact of redlining, and speaks […]
Detroit’s unemployment rate drops below 6% for first time in 23 years Detroit Future City | May 3, 2023
In this Detroit Metro Times article, Steve Neavling shares that despite the job growth in Detroit, Detroit’s unemployment rate has dropped, and the job opportunities haven’t been equal. Neavling references […]
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.