Photo: Justin Maconochie Detroit Future City The starting point for advancing the transformation of Detroit

In 2010, Detroiters came together to create In 2014, the DFC Implementation Ofce opened a a comprehensive framework to strategically brick-and-mortar hub to engage Detroiters interested coordinate, guide, and maximize the impact in contributing to Detroit’s transformation and of the powerful work we are all doing every cultivating innovative action. day. The result is the Detroit Future City (DFC) The DFC Implementation Ofce is a recognized center Strategic Framework. for thoughtful exchange about creative, impactful, Recognizing that a document alone cannot fulfll and innovative ways to fulfll the DFC Strategic Detroiters objectives, the DFC Implementation Framework. Here, participation and innovation Ofce was created in 2013 to ensure the hard are integrated to develop pilot initiatives, inform work of so many could be translated into impact. decision-making, and strategically coordinate actions.

2 Participation Just as hundreds of thousands of voices helped to develop a shared vision during DFC’s planning period, many people living, working, and investing in Detroit are needed to fulfll that vision: the DFC Strategic Framework.

Building Civic Capacity through Collaboration, Information and Resources.

Blight Bootcamp In June, the DFC Implementation Ofce brought nearly 300 members of the community and other experts together to share information, best practices, and resources on blight elimination. Blight Bootcamp, which took place at the Wayne County Community College District Downtown Detroit Campus, was a component of the DFC 2014 ‘Spring into Action’ campaign. The daylong event featured 12 workshops with 44 speakers, and outlined various blight elimination eforts and resources, and copies of the Blight Removal Task Force Report were distributed.

Charlie Beckham, City Of Detroit Department of Neighborhoods Director, addresses the Blight Bootcamp participants about the City’s blight elimination eforts.

3 District Meetings With the help of community partners from across the city, the DFC Implementation Ofce held a community meeting in each of the seven Detroit City Council districts in May and June. Each meeting included a district-specifc presentation of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s eforts, presentations from organizations in that district, community resource booths from organizations in the district, and community questions, feedback, and resource sharing. More than 500 people attended the meetings and 120 survey cards were collected. That DFC Implementation Ofce continues to utilize the community feedback to drive priorities and identify possible projects across the seven City Council districts.

DFC Implementation Ofce Executive Director Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and Director of Operations Heidi Alcock speaking with a community member at one of the seven DFC District Meetings.

Denby High School The DFC Implementation Ofce, with visionary support from DFC Steering Committee member Sandra Turner-Handy, partnered with Denby High School to incorporate the DFC Strategic Framework into senior math, science, and language arts classes, as well as into the senior portfolio defenses required for graduation. Learning about DFC in their classes inspired the students to take a hands-on approach to improving their neighborhood. The students recruited neighbors to join the Denby Neighborhood Alliance and cleaned up 16 blocks around the school, boarded up 11 vacant homes, and worked to transform Skinner Park.

Denby High School Principal Tracie McKissic with two seniors at the Skinner Park celebration.

4 ARISE Detroit! The DFC Implementation Ofce was the lead sponsor for the eighth annual ARISE Detroit!, which brought more than 100 neighborhoods and thousands of volunteers together to participate in hundreds of community service and improvement projects. Our sponsorship also supported a voucher program for communities to purchase supplies and materials to make their projects even more successful. Combined with AAA Hardware’s match, nearly $12,000 in Neighborhoods Day materials were purchased by 60 community groups as a result of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s support.

Community members participating in one of ARISE Detroit!’s Neighborhoods Day events.

Challenge Detroit The DFC Implementation Ofce joined Challenge Detroit as their fnal partner challenge for the 2013 – 2014 Cohort and developed the Blight & Neighborhood Quality of Life challenge. This provided the DFC Implementation Ofce an opportunity to work directly with fve neighborhoods in partnership with the Challenge Detroit fellows. The Challenge Detroit fellows provided a needs assessment and ofered creative blight solutions that were based on neighborhood needs and priorities. The DFC Implementation Ofce helped connect the neighborhood blight work to the DFC Strategic Framework and other city initiatives, such as the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force Report. Project deliverables were presented in a concluding event, shared with all the neighborhood partners and other stakeholders, and displayed at the DFC Implementation Ofce.

A stop on the Challenge Detroit fellows tour with Osborn Neighborhood Alliance Director Quincy Jones to better understand the blight remediation initiatives that have taken place in the ‘Live Osborn’ target area. 5 Innovation To ensure the DFC Strategic Framework is fulflled, the DFC Implementation Ofce partners with a wide range of stakeholders to develop, defne, and execute innovative pilot initiatives to advance Detroit’s transformation, improve quality of life, and demonstrate how such initiatives may be executed by others to create change. The DFC Implementation Ofce works to foster these collaborative initiatives by providing the space, expertise, and commitment to integrating ideas, people, and the DFC Strategic Framework.

Pilot initiatives are coordinated with partners to Stabilize Neighborhoods realize one or more of the DFC Implementation Realize the DFC Strategic Framework’s Quality Ofce’s 2014–2015 Priorities. The Implementation of Life measures to provide an efective value Priorities, launched in February of 2014, proposition to existing residents and potential incorporate key recommendations within the future residents DFC Strategic Framework with important Transform Vacant Land into an early objectives for implementation that Innovative Open Space Network will enable greater impact over time. Current Integrate policy and projects to demonstrate Implementation Priorities include: how Detroit’s current vacant land liability can Employ More Detroiters be transformed into an asset that improves Maximize the impact of economic development quality of life, provides food and energy, cleans to provide employment opportunities to more our air and water, and provides employment Detroiters opportunities Fulfll Policy and Regulatory Reform Update and transform important policy The result is more than 50 pilot initiatives and regulation to better refect today’s developed so far to fulfll the DFC Strategic circumstances, and tomorrow’s opportunities Framework, and the DFC Implementation Ofce’s 2014 – 2015 Priorities. The following Renew Systems Strategically and Innovatively is a small sample of pilot initiatives that Improve system and service performance by demonstrate the breadth and depth of integrating operational and capital decisions with the DFC Implementation Ofce’s work: innovative solutions, land use, investment, and community need

6 Materials salvaged from vacant property deconstruction are Partial Deconstruction Initiative being prepared for retailing The Partial Deconstruction pilot, made possible by a grant from and reuse. the Kresge Foundation, is one of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s frst initiatives and it illustrates how thoughtful analyses, innovative solutions, and community collaboration can be integrated to defne a new course for blight elimination in Detroit that improves the quality of life for Detroiters. Detroit is contending with 40,000 vacant and blighted structures that require removal. Therefore, a high scale of action and innovative methods are necessary to ensure the following: – Health, safety, and welfare of neighbors – Reutilization of remaining land – New material salvage techniques – Resale opportunities for salvaged material that can yield employment for Detroiters The Partial Deconstruction pilot was designed and executed to engage all of these important issues to create short-term improvements and long-term opportunities.

7 The Partial Deconstruction pilot is a model for how the DFC Implementation Ofce can serve as a conduit and catalyst for innovation to turn into actions. Here’s how this initiative contributed to a comprehensive model for blight elimination in 2014: Measuring Impact Detailed study and measurements of how the partial deconstruction and demolition of 10 blighted structures can create jobs and to what extent these practices pollute the air and soil through the release of dust, lead, and other heavy metals. Contributing to Public Policy Partial deconstruction practices developed in the pilot, along with other recommendations from the DFC Strategic Framework, have been incorporated into policy recommendations being coordinated with the Detroit Building Authority. These include a strategic assessment tool, and material retailing. Empowering Detroiters with Resources Partial deconstruction practices were integrated into several sessions at the Blight Bootcamp that was held by the DFC Implementation Ofce in June. Careful salvaging of fooring, and other valuable materials, is part of the Informing Decision-makers deconstruction process. The potential resale Partial deconstruction practices, which included and reuse of these materials can make important health precautions, were referenced deconstruction a more environmentally in the Blight Removal Taskforce report. sustainable, employment-rich, and cost- efective method for building removal. Partnering for Success Close coordination between the DFC Implementation Ofce, Urban Neighborhoods Initiatives, Wayne State University, Loveland Technologies, and Ed Siegel yielded a comprehensive approach.

8 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) GLRI is a model of community collaboration and wise resource-sharing that advances the recommendations of the DFC Strategic Framework and the 2014 – 2015 Implementation Priorities for open space and city systems. Detroit is at the center of 84 percent of the United States’ fresh surface water supply, yet seven times the federally mandated limit of combined stormwater and sanitary waste is being discharged into the Detroit River each year. The GLRI goal is to deploy blue infrastructure to manage and retain storm water in areas outlined by the Lower Eastside Action Plan (LEAP) and RecoveryPark. The project was catalyzed in March of 2014, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, and Kresge Foundation Reutilizing available vacant land to committed a combined $2 million. The DFC mitigate impact on the Great Lakes, Implementation Ofce provides strategic reduce fxed infrastructure costs, and defne Detroit as a leader in leadership to the infrastructure project, works stormwater management. with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) to administer the Erb and Kresge Foundation portion of the grant, and teamed with the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), DEGC, and others to win the EPA grant.

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Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 14, 2014 OPINION Let’s help put our veterans to work ent Reyburn’s frustration in trying to enter the civilian workforce after four years in the U.S. Air Force — “Can’t Ktell you what I did … it’s classified” — is admittedly not ? the norm. (See story, Page 11.) But the reality is many veterans struggle to translate their experience, talent and can-do attitude into something a prospec- tive employer can relate to his or her needs. That’s where business needs to enlist some extra effort. Com- panies may wish to see this as their call to duty. 20140714-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_--.qxp 7/11/2014 6:28 PM Page 1 For the second consecutive year, Crain’s this week is devot- ing a special focus report to military veterans — from programs that support them (Page 20) to entrepreneurs among them. Hiring veterans has been an emphasis for many business leaders as well as Gov. Rick Snyder, who created the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency to help serve the state’s more than ® 600,000 vets. www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 30, No. 28 JULY 14 – 20, 2014 $2 a copy; $59 a year Over the next five years, 30,000 to 50,000 vets are expected to ©Entire contents copyright 2014 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved return to Michigan. Many of them have skills in IT, health care, CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS engineering, skilled trades, advanced manufacturing and public safety, among other fields. VETERANS IN THE $20M bet on love of chocolate Michigan companies such as Benton Harbor’s Whirlpool WORKPLACE White House OSTP Corp. and MGM Grand Detroit can attest to the wisdom of focus- VernDale’s new Detroit plant ing on the veterans’ talent pool. LETTERS to expand dried-milk output The efforts of these companies, and the reflections of veter- How companies BY DUSTIN WALSH “Detroit 2.0” Human ans who became entrepreneurs, are worth reading about. But are earning their CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the hope is that the stories will also inspire action on the part of stripes in amily-owned Detroit business VernDale Products Detroitseeking and fortunate to haveInc. has $20 millionNiblock riding on the American palate employers. hiring, Ffor premium chocolate. Page 11 VernDale uses a bygone process of making dried milk Capital Support Editors: — a criticaland ingredient civic in hackersthose colorfully eager wrapped to work Crain’s Detroit Business Detroit Future City would like with chocolatesthe future with CIOEuropean to namesrealize and a vi- Some ideas to boost riverfront Page 3 welcomes letters to the editor. creamier taste than the American milk to commend Crain’s June 30 arti- All letters will be considered for sion forchocolate “Detroit bars typically 2.0.” found in the cleFair Lane on prepares the work for some and priorities of Detroitgrocery Futurestore checkout City line. continues to The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy has a new top boss. publication, provided they are The roller-dried whole milk supplier The Detroit 2.0 initiative outlines how the newserious estate Detroit planning CIO Beth Niblock And this time, the CEO is a real estate property manager. signed and do not defame workwill with open a Ms. new 82,000-square-foot Niblock to imple-plant (“NewHazel Park’s CIO new plan: Beth Trot Niblock starts individuals or organizations. menton herWeaver vision Street in west of Detroit, harnessing near Faye Alexander Nelson led the conservancy for more than a the Southfield Freeway, in mid-August. fromout a microbrewery scratch atto track overhaul Detroit’s Letters may be edited for length technologyThe plant isto an improve all-in bet on citythe hunch opera- DFC Implementation Ofce drives collaboration decade before she left in February to head the DTE Energy Foun- ‘fundamentally broken’ IT sys- Johnsontionsthat and the American service appreciation delivery, for qual- sup- RiverFront Conservancy boss and clarity. dation. Under Nelson’s stewardship, the conservancy made tem”). Detroit is lucky to have a ity chocolateporting will continue her to efforts grow. to recruit a brings development savvy Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit The new plant comes at the request of its largest cus- between local and federal partners to realize person of her caliber and vision tomer, one of Europe’s top makers of premium choco- great strides in creating and refreshing public spaces: the River- Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., tomer, onedeputy of Europe’s director top makers of for premium technology choco- working diligently to improve late, saidcommunity Dale Johnson, president engagement and owner ofand Vern- iden- Walk, Dequindre Cut, and other investments that connect public Second Stage Detroit, MI 48207-2997. Dale. Johnson declined to name the customer. technologySmall firms tell how they infrastructure and tify opportunities to open data to substantial long-term transformation. parks and public art. Now, the riverfront is ready for more of the From its new plant in Detroit, VernDaleEmail: [email protected] will pump the secret sauce open data in City Hall. See Chocolate, Page 36 conquered the world, Page 23 of high-quality chocolate — or, to be more precise, roller-dried whole milk. Detroit entrepreneurs, universi- private economic development that complements those features By leapfrogging to municipal ties and the general public. KENNY CORBIN — namely restaurants, shops, nightlife and residences. bestThis Just practices In in information tech- Technology to bring the all-star We look forward to connecting Mark Wallace (See story, Page 3), here are some items for nologyCrittenton andinvites takinghealth advantage of in- team of CIOs to Detroit, support-Homecomingthe CIO to additionalinvites ‘expats’ opportuni- Beginning in the fall of 2013, the DFC novationssystems to begin fromsale talks acrossOil the and coun- gasing explorationthe team in developing recom- ties for municipal innovation in your to-do list: We’d like to see riverfront pubs to grab a burger mendations for how to leverage in- try,Crittenton Detroit Hospital has Medical the opportunity to to comeline back with otherfor comeback transformative and beer after work and some new shops to buy Detroit-made becomeCenter in Rochester a national Hills is for leader in using formation technology to improve Implementation Ofce coordinated with the sale. In a statement, officials LeBron Jameschange did it in Cleve- taking place in Detroit gifts. How about an upscale ice cream parlor? We could even in- technologywith the 254-bed nonprofit to createhos- on a more rise re- in servicemetro delivery Detroit and support tech-land. through the DetroitPUBLISHER Future’S NOTEBOOK City’s pital confirmed they have in- BY CHAD HALCOM new wells have been moving over Brian Owens, Bill Martin and sponsive,vited several unnamed efficient health and connected nological innovation inside and vite the Nain Rouge to a series of grand openings instead of a CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the past two years toward South- Gwen Butlerstrategic are doing the frameworksame and other ini- systems to initiate discussions White House Ofce of Science Technology and outsideeast City Michigan. Hall. The DFC Detroit connected area in Detroit. municipalabout a potential sale.government. Lease deals for landowners’ banishment parade. has yielded modest oil deposits at They’re comingtiatives. home. CrittentonDetroit hasFuture formed aCity’smineral implemen- rights and permitsthe to drill Whiterelatively House shallow depths, team making to a net- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Kenneth Cockrel Jr. The riverfront, and much of Detroit, can be likened to a par- committee of board members new oil wells are both on the rise them cheap to drill and easier to work of public and private offi-was to announce Monday a new, tationand medical office staff to make workedin metro with Detroit. the spot with new seismic imaging Executive director Policy (OSTP) to convene a group of national multiyear initiative to re-engage tially painted canvas. It’s time to color in the details. recommendations to the full But as new pumps begin to dot technology. White House Office of Science and cials, technology entrepreneursex-Detroiters in the cityDetroit as it is Future City’s implementation office hospital board. the landscape in communities like Exploration companies have slated to emerge from bankruptcy. Over the past several years, Shelby Township and Scio obtained 20 permits for wells Crittenton has explored merg- Township, the out-state por- in the five-county region of Crain’s Detroit Business is a er, affiliation or acquisition tion of Michigan’s oil and convener of the initiative we are Mary Kramer public-sector technology and innovation leaders Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, with several health care com- gas exploration industry is Washtenaw and Liv- calling “The Detroit Homecom- panies. Sources have told largely lackluster. ingston so far in 2014, out ing.” The inaugural homecom- Detroit as “home.” Crain’s they include Flint- The shift is best docu- of 86 total drilling permits ing will be in iconic Detroit Butler is a perfect example. based McLaren Health Care Corp. mented by trends with statewide, according to venues Sept. 17-19 with an invita- She graduated from Mumford in Detroit to develop a platform to dramatically and Detroit Medical Center, state permits. data from the state Office tion-only audience primarily of High School and the University of which is owned by Dallas- Oil and gas exploration of Oil, Gas and Minerals, a “expats” — people who were Michigan and now is president of KEITH CRAIN: Abased letter Tenet Healthcare Corp. to thecompany executives editor and indivision Crain’s of the Michigan Detroitborn in metro Detroit, grew up Chicago-based Capri Capital Part- It is an amazing— Jay Greene accomplishmentstate regulatory officials here, went to school here or say permit requests to drill See Exploration, Page 34 worked here — and still think of See Homecoming, Page 33 improve the City’s technological capacity. ISTOCK PHOTO Every day, there are new re- The journey is nowhere Businessend game from and are doingDFC WhenImplementation Orr is finished, he will not house Of in orderce but end up with a ports of some sort of roadblock to near over, but I am in a fine job together. have any Your extra Mission. time to Your contem- Story.remarkably clean balance sheet. the eventual solution to the city of awe that it has gotten There are still plenty plate his next move. The clock is The challenge still remains, af- Detroit’s bankruptcy case. this far without a major Executiveof potholes Director and road- ticking Kenneth and there will Cockrel be not a ter Jr. Orr2014 leaves, Giving to build Guide economic As a result, the DFC Implementation Ofce Your Suc ce s s! Contact: Marla Wise at [email protected] or (313) 446-6032 And every day, there is a new explosion. blocks from all sorts of minute extraDon’t when miss yourit expires. chance to be partdevelopment. of Crain’s annual Without nonpro the t guide! growth revelation about another solution And we all have to con- praisingNEWSPAPER interested the parties City and ofThe Detroit mess in Detroit forwas not using cre- and jobs the for this city, it is frighten- to this complicated financial jigsaw gratulate the new mayor troublemakers. There ated overnight. It has been brew- ingly possible to spiral back into developed a 21-point set of recommendations, puzzle that is the city of Detroit. of Detroit, Mike Duggan, are plenty of folks with ing for decades, and the leadership the same abyss as before. That the city and the bankrupt- for understanding the fi- data fromIOUs who arethe hoping OSTP for of the initiative city can take credit forto com- supportIf anyone thought that Orr’s job a fve-member national chief information ofcer cy case have gone this far — and nancial crisis that he is a few more dollars. pounding the problems and “kick- was tough, they’re right. But May- accomplished so much — is noth- in the midst of and being placingOrr Beth has not falteredNiblocking the canas down the the road.” City’s CIO.or Duggan will have an equally ing short of miraculous. willing to work with the from his mission. He has Ever since the days of Mayor challenging and far more precari- peer group (from which Detroit’s current chief We, the residents of Southeast emergency manager. It not gotten into a public Coleman Young, this city has been ous job in the future. Michigan, have to tip our hats to the really doesn’t matter how it’s work- squabble with any of the debtors. mismanaged and full of corruption. It is truly amazing so much as accomplishments of Detroit Emer- ing inside. To the outside world, it is He understands what he has to do, We now have a great opportuni- been achieved. But it’s only the be- information ofcer, Beth Niblock, was selected,) gency Manager Kevyn Orr thus far. working well. They understand the and he is on track to get it done. ty to not only set our financial ginning of a long journey. and a work session that included a variety of stakeholders from Detroit’s digital community. The DFC Implementation Ofce also garnered funding from the Knight Foundation and Rock Ventures to fund staf and other support, including a set of tools that could help identify and institute important systems changes.

10 Green Corridor Initiative The Green Corridor Initiative demonstrates the power of partnerships, and works to fulfll important aspects of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s broader “carbon-bufering” program. Detroit’s childhood asthma rate is nearly three times the U.S. average. To improve the health of Detroiters, especially our children, DFC recognizes a critical step is to improve air quality by reutilizing vacant land near busy roadways and noxious industrial areas. The DFC Implementation Ofce, in partnership with the Greening of Detroit, kicked of the Green Corridor Initiative, in support of the DFC Strategic Framework’s recommendations to improve Detroit’s green infrastructure. In October, more than 500 volunteers planted nearly 400 trees along the Southfeld Freeway, near Joy Road, and in the surrounding neighborhoods. This carbon- Community volunteers, including the bufering efort provides multiple benefts to DFC Implementation Ofce staf, the community, including cleaner air, as well as Greening of Detroit staf, City of Detroit reduced noise from the freeway, potentially lower representatives, Wayne State University heating and cooling costs, reduced storm water students and Quicken Loans employees, runof, and beautifcation. working together to plant trees along Southfeld Freeway at Joy Road.

11 DETROIT’S Mt. Elliott Employment District

Employment Marketing CONRAIL District The Employment District Marketing initiative illustrates how the DFC Implementation CN RAIL A PLACE FOR Ofce partners to garner critical investment GLOBAL TRADE & in Detroit’s centers of employment, and drive COLEMAN A. YOUNG INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL greater awareness of employment districts AIRPORT throughout the City. With half of Detroit’s population not actively

MT. ELLIOTT MT. employed, it is essential for Detroit to have more employment opportunities in a wider array of districts that connect with residents’ skill sets. Presented by: The DFC Implementation Ofce is partnering with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) to create marketing materials for Detroit’s seven primary employment districts. The longstanding partnership yields powerful tools to inform and attract potential investors. The Mt. Elliott, Southwest, and Eastern Each employment district marketing piece Market / Dequindre employment district contains information on the assets and marketing materials outline previously undefned, and often overlooked, centers economic anchors within the district — outlining of economic activity in the city. DFC’s place-based strategy for economic growth — while highlighting how businesses in target industries would beneft from locating within each district.

12 Vacant Land Transformation Guide With considerable city wide residential land vacancy, and the Blight Removal Task Force recommendation for 40,000 blighted structures to be removed, the DFC Implementation Ofce, is developing a user-friendly Vacant Land Transformation Guide with support from the Erb Family Foundation. The Guide will provide an online resource, complemented by workshops and a small printed publication, that will specify the use of landscape materials, installation techniques and maintenance strategies for residential and commercial land in Detroit. It will also serve as a template through which new solutions and case studies, as well as existing demonstrated successes, can be catalogued and shared with others. The Vacant Land Transformation Guide The Guide is in the development phase, and the will give residents, community groups, DFC Implementation Ofce is currently working and contractors an important tool to stabilize their neighborhoods. with a local Stakeholder Advisory Group that is helping develop content and strategies for implementation. The Guide is set to launch in the spring of 2015.

13 CPAD ‘New Urban Places’ Community+public arts: DETROIT (CPAD), Greening of Detroit, the DFC Implementation Ofce, artists, and community residents are collaborating to transform vacant and underutilized spaces in four Detroit neighborhoods into spaces where the arts and green infrastructure combine to express unique community visions. With the remarkably creative spirit of Detroiters and the signifcant need to improve physical conditions, the New Urban Places initiative provides a model for integrating community aspiration with imperative action. The DFC Implementation Ofce supports overall project planning, links CPAD to broader revitalization initiatives, provides technical assistance, shares the participatory process and outcomes via its robust communications platform, and situates CPAD in a citywide context of collaborative and strategic improvement. Jeferson-Chalmers residents gather at Cofee and (______) to brainstorm their This is a meaningful opportunity for the DFC neighborhood’s strengths, weaknesses, Implementation Ofce to help build civic opportunities, and threats and begin to capacity to align community projects with the imagine how art could address these. DFC Strategic Framework. Residents have the ability to apply data, transformative ideas, implementation strategies, and actions specifc to their neighborhood typology to the visioning and site selection process of an on-the-ground project.

14 2014 Big Picture

Below are a few measures of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s work in 2014:

DFC IN THE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY IN DFC In 2014, members of the DFC Implementation In 2014, nearly 5,000 people from Detroit Ofce gave nearly 120 presentations in and around the world visited the DFC Detroit and internationally, communicating Implementation Ofce to work with the team the vision for Detroit’s transformation and to bring the DFC Strategic Framework out inspiring collective action to achieve it. of the 349-page document and into life.

45,000 People 52 Initiatives $74 Million Engaged nearly 45,000 Developed and activated Leveraged over $74 million people locally, nationally, over 52 pilot initiatives in investment to fulfll the and internationally through DFC Strategic Framework online and social media

BREADTH OF PARTNERS WHO How DFC is funded? WORKED WITH THE DFC IN 2014 TO EXECUTE INITIATIVES The DFC Implementation Ofce is a program of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. Its operations and programs are funded by the 11 Federal Government Kresge Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, and the 10 State Government Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

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15 As we all continue contributing to our city’s transformation, What’s the DFC Implementation Ofce will leverage the hard work and relationships fostered in our frst full year to create additional collaborative, impactful, and dynamic initiatives to fulfll Detroit’s to come long-term transformation, and improve quality of life today. At the center of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s work will be a focus on continued capacity building, strategic coordination with partners, in 2015 and innovative place-based initiatives. Each of these focus areas will intersect with DFC’s Implementation Priorities, translating into piloting initiatives that capitalize on the DFC Implementation Ofce’s strengths, while opening doors to more substantial results.

A few important aspects of the DFC Implementation Ofce’s 2015 agenda will include: Expanding Partnerships We will continue to grow critical local partnerships with residents, advocates, nonprofts, and private and public sector leaders, while expanding our rapidly growing coordination with important federal and state partners. Driving Impactful, Collaborative, and Enterprising Initiatives We will continue to focus our eforts to generate initiatives that demonstrate what is possible when shared action fulflls the DFC Strategic Framework and defnes an innovative and shared vision for our city’s future. Defning an Innovative Agenda for Decision-Making We will advance research, recommendations, and cases linking important strategies in the DFC Strategic Framework with critical decisions being made every day by all Detroiters. We will incorporate robust dialogue around this work. Thought Leadership We will leverage our position and networks to celebrate and raise awareness of innovative, thoughtful, and emerging concepts that can shape new opportunities. Ensure Equity and Opportunity We will continue to champion an equitable stake in our city’s future for all Detroiters, ensuring opportunity comes to all rather than a few.

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A special thanks to those listed who worked closely with the DFC Implementation Ofce in 2014. DFC Implementation Ofce Team Sharnita Johnson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Heidi Alcock Luther Keith, ARISE Detroit Allandra Bulger Tom Lewand, City of Detroit Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr. Katy Locker, John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Carrie Da Via Kathleen Lomako, SEMCOG Chris Dorle George McCarthy, Ford Foundation Matthew Earley Pamela Moore, Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Leslie Grifn Sue Mosey, Midtown, Inc. Dan Kinkead Faye Nelson, DTE Foundation Carrie Lewand-Monroe Rip Rapson, The Kresge Foundation Edward Lynch Angela Reyes, Detroit Hispanic Kellee Miller Development Corporation Dara O’Byrne James Ribbron, City of Detroit - Resident Victoria Olivier Pastor Aaron Richardson, Evangel Ministries Kyle Polk Dr. George Swan III, Wayne County CCD Erika Sellke Alice Thompson, Black Family Development Allie Shipper Sandra Turner-Handy, Michigan Environmental Council Robin Wachen Dan Varner, Excellent Schools Detroit Ingrid White Heaster Wheeler, Wayne County Donnell White, NAACP Interns Guy Williams, GO Williams & Associates LLC Dave Maroti Tahirih Ziegler, Detroit LISC Alissa Graf

Civic Capacity Working Group DFC Implementation Ofce Erik Anderson Steering Committee Letty Azar David Blaszkiewicz, Downtown Detroit Partnership Derek Blackmon Gary Brown, City of Detroit Paul Bridgewater Matt Cullen, Rock Ventures Jacob Corvidae James Michael Curenton M. DIV., Mayfower Raul Echevarria Congregational United Church of Christ Jill Ferrari Lisa Davis, Ford Foundation Diana Flora David Egner, Hudson-Webber Foundation Khalilah Gaston Louis Green, Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council Aaron Goodman Ricardo Guzman, CHASS Luther Keith Ponsella Hardaway, MOSES Mike Madej Paul Hillegonds, Regional Transit Authority Shamyle Nesfeld Dobbs George Jackson, Chairman Dan Pitera Saunteel Jenkins, The Heat and Warmth Fund (THAW) Erminia Ramirez

18 James Ribbron For Environmental Justice Angie Reyes Rebecca Willis, Bleeding Heart Design Maria Salinas Rebecca Salimen-Witt, The Greening of Detroit Sarida Scott Christianne Sims Funders Sandra Stahl Kresge Foundation Charles Stokes Detroit Economic Growth Corporation Sandra Turner-Handy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation Process Leaders Erb Foundation Eric Anderson, Michigan State Housing Development Authority Excellent Schools Detroit Letty Azar, Detroit Area Agency on Aging Vendors Derek Blackmon, Black Family Development Berg Muirhead and Associates Jacob Cordivae, Ecoworks Gyro Creative Shamyle Dobbs, Michigan Community Resources The Masterson Group Raul Echeveria, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation James Canning Diana Flora, Data Driven Detroit Grassroots Solutions Khalilah Gaston, Vanguard CDC Hamilton Anderson Associates Aaron Goodman, CDAD Happold Consulting Ponsella Hardaway, MOSES Michigan Community Resources Rae Harris, SHAR Inc. Luther Keith, ARISE Detroit! Mike Madej, The Greening of Detroit Kellee Miller Dan Pitera, Detroit Collaborative Design Center Erminia Ramirez, CHASS Angie Reyes, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation James Ribbron, Citizen Chuck Rivers, MSU Maria Salinas, Congress of Communities Sarida Scott-Montgomery, CDAD Christianne Sims, Urbanize (D) Sandra Stahl, Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice Charles Stokes, Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice Sandra Turner-Handy, Michigan Environmental Council Renee Wallace, Food Plus/Doers Consulting Guy Williams, Detroiters Working

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