Toni Griffin
Urban Design Strategist | Redefining Cities for Equity & Sustainability
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Toni Griffin is a celebrated urban design strategist who has led pioneering initiatives to reimagine cities for greater equity and environmental resilience. As the Founder of Urban Planning for the American City, she has guided visionary redevelopment projects in Detroit, Newark, and other urban centers.
Griffin's work has been featured in the Venice Biennale and recognized with a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. Her keynotes offer city leaders and community stakeholders actionable frameworks for designing more inclusive, sustainable built environments.
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A new vision for rebuilding Detroit
Once the powerhouse of America's industrial might, Detroit is more recently known in the popular imagination as a fabulous ruin, crumbling and bankrupt. But city planner Toni Griffin asks us to look again -- and to imagine an entrepreneurial future for the city's 700,000 residents.
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