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Quarterly Newsletter – Fall 2022

E-Newsletter | October 6, 2022

News and Resources Detroit Future City Sets Bold Agenda to Grow Detroit’s Middle Class by 2030 Detroit Future City (DFC) recently announced its 2030 plan, doubling down on its agenda […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – September 2022

E-Newsletter | September 13, 2022

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact September Newsletter September Agendas Rental Work Group: Tues. September 13th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates Presentation: Tenants’ Rights Guide | Amina Khalique, Policy & Research Analyst, We the People […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – August 2022

E-Newsletter | August 9, 2022

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact August Newsletter August Agendas Combined Work Group: Tues. August 16th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates New Tool: Resource Library Introduction & Walkthrough Presentation: Lessons from Detroit’s Make […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact Newsletter – July 2022

E-Newsletter | July 12, 2022

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact July Newsletter July Agendas Rental Work Group: Tues. July 19th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates Presentation: Carbon Monoxide as a Housing Quality Risk | Charon […]

Quarterly Newsletter – Summer 2022

E-Newsletter | June 16, 2022

News and Resources How You Can Learn More About Middle Wage Jobs Detroit Future City’s Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research, in partnership with Mass Economics, recently released a new […]

Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2022

E-Newsletter | March 18, 2022

News and Resources Efforts to Expand Open Space Take Root Detroit’s surplus of vacant land is an opportunity to transform the quality of life for Detroiters. Members of the Open […]

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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