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Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – February 2023

E-Newsletter | February 14, 2023

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact February Newsletter February Work Group Agenda Tuesday Feb. 21 | 10:30a-12:00p We’ll hear a presentation from the Housing Michigan Coalition: Introduction to the coalition and the recently […]

Quarterly Newsletter – Winter 2023

E-Newsletter | February 14, 2023

Happy Black History Month New Study Finds Good Jobs Unevenly Distributed Yesterday, Detroit Future City published its latest research report, known as the Growth Occupations report. This new study, developed […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – January 2023

E-Newsletter | January 18, 2023

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact January Newsletter January Agenda January 24, 2023 10:30a-12p Discussion: 2023 Workgroup Focus Happy New Year! We’ll kick off 2023 with an interactive session about what we’re […]

Detroit Future City’s Nicole Brown Selected For Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership Detroit 44

September 21, 2023

DETROIT – Nicole Brown of Detroit Future City has been selected as a member of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership Detroit program, a nine-month transformational leadership program designed to challenge […]

Detroit Future City Calls for Reparative Investment to Restore Black Wealth, Community in Historic Black Bottom Paradise Valley Neighborhoods

August 31, 2023

DETROIT – Detroit Future City (DFC), whose mission is to focus on economic equity and growing Detroit’s Black middle class, released a report today that calls for a reparative investment […]

Detroit Future City’s New Reports Track Detroit’s Black Homebuyer Demand and Homes Sales Market

June 20, 2023

“Home Sales in Detroit” shows that market sales have returned to almost every part of the city, but sales cost remain low “Black Homebuyer Demand” shows Detroit making progress in […]

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TED teams with Detroit Public TV to explore responses to climate change

August 30, 2023

In this Current article, Tatiana Walker-Morris discussed how Detroit Public Television and TED are collaborating on a documentary that explores ideas for mitigating the effects of climate change on the […]

This is Detroit’s moment to get I-375 replacement right. Let’s not lose it. | Opinion

August 19, 2023

In this Detroit Free Press Op-Ed, Anika Goss, CEO of Detroit Future City, discusses the Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods, which were majority Black neighborhoods that held cultural significance […]

‘Coldwater Kitchen’ gets 2 free screenings in Detroit

August 9, 2023

In this article, Detroit Free Press discussed the opportunity for local audiences to see the film “Coldwater Kitchen,” a documentary produced by the Free Press, with two free screenings in […]

2023 Equity Forum

November 2, 2023 @ 09:30 am - 01:00 pm

We are excited to host this year’s equity forum in person at the Corner Ballpark (located at 1680 Michigan Ave)! Register today to join us for an engaging and provoking […]

2023 Equity Forum Pre-Reception

November 1, 2023 @ 05:30 pm - 08:00 pm

Detroit Future City will host an intimate, ticketed pre-event reception the night before the Economic Equity Forum at Petty Cash (located at 20050 Livernois Ave), a Black owned restaurant on […]

DFC Strategic Framework

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Growing Detroit's African-American Middle Class

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The Field Guide to Working with Lots

View the full, interactive Field Guide online now.
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Detroit Property Owner's Guide to Bioretention

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