The Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office was one of several Detroit-based partners that participated in a recent German Marshall Fund (GMF) research trip through the Ruhr Valley, Germany and […]
DFC Implementation Office Welcomes Shari Williams to the Shari Williams is a Detroit Revitalization Fellow serving as the Neighborhoods and Operations Program Manager at DFC. Shari comes to DFC with […]
DFC’s “New Urban Places” Collaboration in its 11th Month The DFC Implementation Office, community+public arts: Detroit (CPAD), The Greening of Detroit, and community residents are 11 months into their two […]
The DFC Implementation Office’s Ideas for Innovation is a six part series to accelerate thinking around DFC’s five strategic planning elements and advance collaboration around the implementation of the DFC Strategic […]
2014 was a pivotal year for the Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office. Through the support of our funders and community partners, we announced our two-year priorities, opened our bricks-and-mortar […]
December is an interesting time of reflection as I prepare to conclude my first year as Executive Director of the DFC Implementation Office. I joined the DFC Implementation Office in […]
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.
