{"id":1029213,"date":"2026-06-16T01:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029213\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:41:15","slug":"detroit-mayor-sheffield-outlines-citys-top-priorities-after-historic-community-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029213\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Mayor Sheffield outlines city\u2019s top priorities after historic community survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>DETROIT<\/strong> \u2013 Mayor Mary Sheffield is building on her first 100 days in office, releasing details from Detroit\u2019s Rise Higher Community Survey \u2014 and some of what residents asked for is already in the works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More than 8,000 Detroiters participated in the survey, representing all 39 of the city\u2019s zip codes. The survey was conducted in five languages, and officials say the response shaped a clear agenda for the Sheffield administration.<\/p>\n<p><b>Six priorities driving Detroit\u2019s next chapter<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Residents identified six major priorities: thriving neighborhoods, safe and just communities, infrastructure and reliable transportation, open and accessible government, equitable pay and workforce development, and opportunities for youth outside of school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Teferi Brent, Director of the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety for the City of Detroit, said the overlap between safety and neighborhoods is intentional. \u201cSafety and neighborhood investments are not separate issues,\u201d Brent said. \u201cPeople stop feeling safe in their own neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The city says mental health and crisis response teams are now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bus reliability and driver pay on the city\u2019s radar<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Infrastructure and reliable transportation ranked among the top concerns. The city says it is working to reduce missed and late buses by adding staff and increasing driver pay by $6 per hour to $25 per hour. <\/p>\n<p><b>Youth and transparency also top of mind<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Detroiters also flagged equitable pay and after-school opportunities for young people as priorities. Brent called for expanded summer programming, saying the city should \u201coccupy the summer\u201d with $1.5 million and bring back initiatives like midnight basketball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Residents also pushed for greater transparency \u2014 something the Sheffield administration says goes beyond maintaining a balanced budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A new city role has also been created to help residents and businesses better navigate city services.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2013 Mayor Mary Sheffield is building on her first 100 days in office, releasing details from Detroit\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1029214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,6492,393,4884,1620,16,15,18423],"class_list":["post-1029213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sheffield","tag-britain","tag-detroit","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-sheffield","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wayne-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116757246033278684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1029214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}