Forging a Future: Recommendations for Strengthening Detroit’s Mt. Elliott Employment District

The Detroit Future City Strategic Framework Plan (DFC), published in 2012, articulates a long-range vision for the City of Detroit and addresses six key planning elements: economic growth, land use, City services, neighborhoods, land and building assets, and civic capacity. Forging a Future addresses the cross-section of DFC’s six key planning elements in the context of the Mt. Elliott employment district. Our recommendations provide a strategy for enabling a comprehensive approach to weighing the intricate connections among real estate, business, and workforce issues.