Check our Public Tour page for the most up-to-date options, date changes, or cancellations.
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Stay at home orders and the need for social distancing in Michigan have led to the cancellation of all tours both public and private for local nonprofit, Detroit Experience Factory (DXF) which has taken more than 130,000 people on tours of Detroit since it was founded in 2006. Now, they are launching an innovative way to continue their tour program: virtual tours that participants can attend from the comfort of their couch in every corner of the world.
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Read MoreIn our previous post we shared some of the findings from our recently launched strategic plan. The Executive Summary gives a two-page, quick read overview on how we will move into the future; the full Strategic Plan shares more detailed insights on DXF’s path forward. I’d like to pivot from the topics of that first post - how we built the plan and what we learned about DXF’s assets - to think about the adaptations and changes we need to make. Detroit is evolving faster than most of us can keep up with - to stay true to our mission, DXF needs to grow with our city.
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In September, I had the privilege of stepping in as DXF’s new Executive Director - taking over for founder and ED of 13 years, Jeanette Pierce. It’s been a wonderfully overwhelming six months filled with on-boarding to DXF’s energy and activities, getting to know the diverse network DXF engages, transitioning into leading the day-to-day work, and digging into a strategic planning process to understand how to lead into the future.
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