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Detroit

Next City covers solutions emerging in Detroit to advance equity in the city. Check out our archives to see how Detroit is working to develop economic justice, housing equity, transportation access, sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy, and racial justice through grassroots movements and urban policy.

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In Detroit, Students’ Advocacy Spurs Action On Drinking Water

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Housing In Brief: Detroit May Initiate a Land Value Tax

How Detroit Restaurants Are Tackling Climate Change In The Kitchen

In Detroit, Helping Small Businesses Log Online

Young Farmers Of Color Can Help the U.S. Meet Its Climate Goals. Is Washington Listening?

Nature-Based Education Is Super White. Not At Detroit’s Urban Forest School.

Composting In Detroit Gets A Boost From The Philippines

Building A Black Birding Community In Detroit

Detroit’s Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature

Detroit Nonprofit Is Turning Redlined Streets Green

Housing in Brief: Detroit Will Provide Free Legal Help to Renters Facing Eviction

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How This Detroit Innovator Is Reimagining Information as Civic Infrastructure

Camden, Newark & Baltimore Lead in Building Equitable Access to Urban Tree Canopy

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How Detroit Artists Are Shaping Their City and Being Shaped by It

Taste the Diaspora Is Building an Equitable Foodway in Black Detroit, One Shoebox Lunch at a Time

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Detroit’s Only Black-Owned Grocery Store Is Reimagining Food Access

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