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Event: Detroit Day of Civic Hacking 2026

DETROITography, Outlier Collective, DetroitData, and the GO DATA Advisory Commission invite you to explore the city s open data and dig into the layers beneath the data! We ll be sharing information about public data tools and [ ]

Detroit Election Map – Primary 2026

Voters across the state turned out in significant numbers for primary elections, and Detroit saw increased participation in several closely watched races on the ballot. The unofficial results made public by the city list the [ ]

Map: University and College Land Holdings in Detroit 2026

Universities flocked to Detroit after the Great Recession with every major Michigan university setting up a Detroit center of sorts. Today some of those universities are rapidly expanding and others are selling off their assets. [ ]

A Picture Map of Detroit’s Buried Waterways

by: Joanne Coutts In May 2025, I shared the almost complete Mapping Detroit’s Buried Waterways project map from my GAIA account. In Fall 2025 I finally finished the project, having ridden my bike 312.8 miles (call [ ]

Map: Lead in Drinking Water Across Metro Detroit

Aging infrastructure has become a persistent problem. The concern with lead water service lines has been highlighted after the Flint Water Crisis where the water source switch and proper treatment and corrosion controls were ignored. [ ]

Map: Milwaukee Junction: The Cradle of Detroit’s Auto Industry

by: Rod Arroyo Milwaukee Junction was the heart of early automotive manufacturing in the United States, and many consider it the cradle of Detroit s auto industry. The area takes its name from the railroad junction formed [ ]

Event: Detroit Data Forum: Startups and APIs

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss the opportunity for startups with data APIs, specifically Detroit s Open Data Portal. We’ll be joined by the Diop Shumake, Endo World and 98Forward, Jimmy McBroom, data [ ]

Maps: Hearing Echoes of the Urban Planners of the 1950s

by: Janet Anderson I’ve spent my entire career, and my six decades of life, living with the results of unplanned land use. I watched Detroit’s legendary decline from my front porch and in my city [ ]

Map: Detroit on the National School Garden Map

This mapping effort is a broad coalition of organizations working together to map school gardens led by the School Garden Support Organization (SGSO) Network, including GenThrive, The Edible Schoolyard Project, USDA, and others. I found [ ]

Map: Let’s talk about Detroit ZIP Codes

This post will be both a soapbox and a rant. Recently, Mayor Mary Sheffield s transition team led by HR A Advisors published the results of their large-scale survey of residents and the priorities they would like [ ]