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Quarterly Newsletter | October 2023

E-Newsletter | October 24, 2024

Equity Forum and Reception Fast Approaching Registration is now open for the fourth annual Equity Forum and first Pre-Event Reception. The Forum, to take place at The Corner Ballpark on […]

Quarterly Newsletter | June 2024

E-Newsletter | June 17, 2024

Catch Up With Detroit Future City | June 2024 June is National Homeownership Month June is National Homeownership month and DFC has been busy celebrating, uplifting, and advancing access to homeownership […]

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 Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – December 2022

E-Newsletter | December 6, 2022

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact December Newsletter December Agenda December Workgroup Meeting: 2022 Wrap-Up Tuesday Dec. 13th | 10:30am – 12:00pm Please note we’re meeting one week early, the 2nd Tuesday […]

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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