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Detroit by the Numbers: State of the City 2014 - 2025

by: Ted Tansley, Data Analyst Mike Duggan’s tenure as Mayor of Detroit has been focused on data. The number of residents in the city, number of demolitions, number of jobs brought to the city, number of affordable housing built or preserved. All data points get brought up in his yearly State of the City address where he makes his case to the public that he and his team have been doing a good job…

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Map: Little Village Detroit

This new arts focused effort claims to be attempting to bring the redevelopment of Detroit beyond Downtown. The effort is spearheaded by the Library Street Collective owners Anthony and JJ Curis, who are part of Curis Enterprises. Primarily a real estate operation, Curis Enterprises currently owns Mack Alter Square, Shops at Woodward Place in Highland Park, and Riverbend Plaza near the…

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Detroit By The Numbers: March 2025 Data Roundup

5% of Detroit bus stops have a bench (DETROITography/Ted Tansley) 12th State of the City address by Mayor Duggan (SOTC by the Numbers) $3.9 billion increase in Detroit home values of owner-occupied homes with a warranty deed (UM Poverty Solutions) 40% of home sales in Detroit are warranty deed sales, 53% are quitclaim deeds (Detroit Future City)

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Map: Walking to Detroit's Public Libraries

by: Kelsey Maas, Wayne State University (Intro to GIS, Fall 2024) Public libraries have long served the people of Detroit. The first public library opened in 1865 in the OldCapitol building. Due to extensive population growth, the City constructed its first library branches tomeet need. Eventually, eight more branches were created from funds from the American IndustrialistAndrew Carnegie with…

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Event: Detroit Data Forum: SOTC by the Numbers

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will explore themes from the Mayor’s State of the City address and the data points within them. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Detroit Next podcast team, Bryce Huffman and Malachi Barrett, both from Bridge Detroit and Data Analyst, Ted…

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Map: Healthcare Access in Detroit: a geospatial analysis

by: Andrew Chiles, Wayne State University (Intro to GIS, Fall 2024) Access to healthcare is a crucial aspect of public health outcomes, even more so in urban areas such as Detroit, where socioeconomic disparities can influence who receives adequate medical care. This project will focus on examining access to healthcare facilities across Detroit, through the use of geospatial data analysis.…

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Map: Highways Block Social Connection in Detroit

This map and research from Luca Aiello from IT University of Copenhagen utilizes Detroit as an example along with the 50 biggest cities in the US. This map shows where 8 Mile and I-94 meet towards the Eastside of Detroit and the Grosse Pointes. This might not be the best example of broken social connections based on the divided history of the area and the systematic barriers put in place to keep…

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Event: Special AAG Maptimes

In town for AAG 2025? WHAT: Come hang out with Detroit’s shadow geography department (that’s us) to talk Detroit, maps, and geography. Inside scoops, free snacks, and coffee! WHEN: March 24 and 26, 12-2pm WHERE: Prentis Building, 5201 Cass RSVP

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Event: Mapping Your Local Environment - Detroit

WHEN: Saturday, March 29th, 10am-2pm WHERE: TechTown WHAT: Mapping Your Local Environment (MYLE) is an introductory workshop that addresses inequitable data representation by training participants in GIS to map local environmental justice concerns. Local journalists, accompanied by environmental justice organizers and other interested community members, will learn to identify and challenge…

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Mapping Merged Sidewalk and Parcel Data in Detroit

by: Ted Tansley After mapping DDOT bus stop assets in Detroit, I revisited the sidewalk reporter data to see if there was a way to map it out too. I found that the web app had a parcel data layer that was separate from the reports itself. In looking at it closer, I found that the parcel layer was from 2018, but I figured that it would work for what I wanted to use it for. My Code Data…

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Event: Detroit Data Forum: Air Quality Tracking

Join our Data Forum where we will explore tair quality data and community efforts to address the impacts. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to foreclosure data. We’ll be joined by owner of Darren Riley from JustAir Co, Nina Ignaczak working with Planet Detroit, and Jeff Gearhart from the Ecology Center. Don’t miss out…

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Map: An Examination into Detroit Bus Stop Assets

by: Ted Tansley Few places to sit and limited near term improvement awaits As I’ve been a long-time public transportation advocate in the City of Detroit, myself and others have long advocated for service improvements like seating and shelters. Basic amenities that make using our transportation system more accessible for all of us. I remember sitting in monthly community input meetings with the…

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Event: Detroit Data Forum: Foreclosure and Tax Windfalls

Join our Data Forum where we will explore the Wayne County Tax Foreclosure Auction and community efforts to address the impacts. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to foreclosure data. We’ll be joined by owner of Alex Alsup, who has mapped out the windfall profit potential, Shiva Shahmir working with Outlier Media to…

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Map: Detroit Crypto Property Speculation

This map by Matt Daniels shows approximately 500 properties that Outlier Media was able to link to RealT. The company says its real estate arm controls about 1,000 Detroit properties. One of the most concerning discoveries that myself and the team of Property Praxis data volunteers uncovered while coding property speculator entities was that crypto and blockchain had entered the arena. The RealT…

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Event: Demystify Detroit - Mapping Detroit from the Bottom Up

WHEN: Monday, January 27th, 9am-1pm WHERE: UM Detroit Center, 3663 Woodward Ave. WHAT: The second annual “Demystify Detroit” seminar series begins. This half-day event offers an opportunity to explore the complex overlapping layers of the city’s history, culture, society and economy, guided by local content experts. RSVP: Link

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Mapping Property Speculation in Detroit 2015 - 2024

Property Praxis 2.0 launched in November 2024 with 10 years of data on speculative owners of property in Detroit. Land in Detroit has many different meanings whether you claim to be an “investor” looking to profit, a community leader working to preserve space for people, or local government hoping to generate more tax revenue. This project is for community members and no one else. The tool…

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Event: #Maptime Winter 2025 Series

WHEN: Mondays, starting January 27th, from 12-4PM WHERE: Prentis Building Fishbowl, Wayne State University, 5201 Cass Ave. WHAT: Come co-work on your mapping project, get support learning GIS, or just chat about maps!