In the Media

In the Media

Mini-Grant Program Taking on Detroit’s Vacant Lots, One by One

January 25, 2018

Inside Philanthropy recognizes Detroit Future City as a philanthropic organization that is striving to improve quality of life and sustainability in Detroit. DFC’s Kresge-funded Working With Lots Mini-Grant Program focuses on small development and moving funds into neighborhoods to allow Detroiters to reimagine their own land use, using the Field Guide to Working With Lots.

Detroit groups get nearly $100,000 in grants for vacant lot rehab projects

January 17, 2018

Crain’s Detroit Business featured Detroit Future City’s Working With Lots Mini-Grant Program and the 10 recipients that will implement lot designs from the Field Guide to Working with Lots.

10 Detroit Community Groups Get Help Managing Stormwater

January 17, 2018

Next City highlights Detroit Future City’s Working With Lots Mini-Grant Program which awarded 10 Detroit organizations grants to implement lot designs from the Field Guide to Working with Lots.

Kresge Foundation commits $6 million to Detroit neighborhood projects

January 17, 2018

By: Sherri Welch Crain’s Detroit Business highlights the many programs Kresge funds through grants, including DFC’s Working With Lots Mini-Grant Program. Click here to read the full article.    

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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