Big News! The Detroit Cultural Center Association Wins the 2024 Bay Urban Visioning Award for Partners in Progress!
Today, we are beyond thrilled to announce that the Detroit Cultural Center Association (DCCA) has received international recognition by winning the “Partners in Progress" Award at the 2024 Bay Urban Visioning Awards!
This honor was presented at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, during the WRLDCTY global forum, where some of the world’s most visionary urban projects were celebrated. We are incredibly proud to be among the innovators shaping the future of urban environments worldwide.
But this award isn’t just about us—it’s about you, Detroit. It’s about a community coming together through the Cultural Center Planning Initiative (CCPI) to reimagine our 83-acre cultural district. CCPI is more than a design—it’s a shared dream of sustainable spaces, public access to technology, and a future that welcomes everyone to be part of Detroit’s story.
Here’s what some of our project leaders and partners had to say:
Susan Mosey, Interim Executive Director, DCCA:
"Winning the inaugural Bay Award for our Cultural Center Guiding Plan is an incredible honor, recognizing the collaborative spirit driving Detroit’s revitalization. This award affirms that our partnership stands among global leaders, demonstrating how public and private entities can unite to shape a future centered on inclusivity, culture, and sustainability."
Anya Sirota, Principal, Agence Akoaki and Lead Architect of CCPI:
"This recognition highlights the CCPI as more than just a collection of designed spaces—it represents a governance framework that brought together diverse partners around a shared vision. Collaboration, though complex, was crucial in creating public spaces that reflect the values and aspirations of our community."
Christian Bason, Former CEO of the Danish Design Center
The CCPI was selected by the jury for being “an ambitious, holistic, and transformational project that represents an inspiring example of what can happen when different stakeholders come together around a shared vision. For fostering a deep collaboration between this broad range of actors to face green and social transitions in a city in dire need of reimagination and rebuilding. For a city to challenge the car-driven culture of main cities, essentially heralding a new era of more human, local and sustainable mobility—in essence, for being a city like Bilbao, that gets up again.”
Our journey doesn’t stop here. We are energized to continue transforming Detroit’s Cultural Center with initiatives like free public Wi-Fi in partnership with Wayne State University, new cultural programming, and infrastructure that reflects our community’s values.
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