Detroit Future City has a report out to start to understand Detroit's rental housing landscape, and how to make it healthier. We talk with Detroit Future City's Ashley Clarke and Edward Lynch about it. Plus, four things to know around town. Report link: https://detroitfuturecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FINAL-Understanding-the-Rental-Landscape.pdf Feedback: https://forms.gle/MnwUf8uJEtpyG9m2A or dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com...
Nationally, Detroit Future City (DFC) has piqued the interest of many. The wide-sweeping framework that would re-imagine Detroit has caught the imaginations of many. After all, many want to know what the Detroit of the future will look like. But there’s a very nuts-and-bolts part to this framework for the future of Detroit, and that starts with an executive director. A new executive director is a major step for the organization as it continues to transition to an independent non-profit from a...
Remember the project called Community Push? They did an incredible thing by restoring the Wigle Recreation Center area into a skate park called “The Wig” for local kids. With a little bit of money, they made a big difference in the neighborhood. However, the land was sold by the city to a developer which is a bummer for the local community, because the skate park must go … at the very least, they will have to start over somewhere else. The Detroit Future City initiative is a plan that was cr...
