Detroiters Karen Dumas and Anthony Adams join Detroit Next to talk about the honest thoughts they have on the mayor's race. 

Dumas worked communications for former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, but also works as a columnist for the Detroit News. She believes no candidate in the race has fully stood out from the pack thus far. Dumas also makes it clear that Detroiters don't need a miracle worker, they need a competent mayor who can address longstanding issues. 

Adams, who ran against Mike Duggan in the 2021 mayoral race, reflects on the time he spent working with Kwame Kilpatrick. Adams believes whoever becomes mayor next needs to unify the business community and neighborhood leaders to guide the city forward. 

Check out the full episode to hear their thoughts. Detroit Next is a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different. Head to BridgeDetroit's YouTube page to watch the full episode now. 

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield explains how a decade plus of experience serving the city's legislative branch has prepared her to become mayor. 

Sheffield is the frontrunner in the race, by all accounts. But historically speaking, the path from City Council to being elected mayor is a tough one in Detroit. She details her plans for what she'd like to do about affordable housing, raising wages for Detroiters, and attracting young people back to the city. 

This is a full interview from Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different. 

Mary Sheffield, current City Council President and mayoral frontrunner in Detroit, talks about years of experience and how that would shape her administration if she is elected with BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett.

Malachi and Stephen Henderson also talk about the sometimes complicated relationship between City Council and the mayor, and the difficult path from Council to being elected mayor. Head to BridgeDetroit's YouTube page to watch the full episode now. 

This is Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different.

Mayoral candidate and former Detroit City Council member Saunteel Jenkins talks to BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett about the different ways she is qualified to be the city's next mayor.

Jenkins spent a decade running The Heating and Warmth Fund (THAW) as its CEO, and she believes that executive experience has prepared her to deal with the various city departments and $3 billion dollar city budget she would be in charge of if elected.

This interview was done for the Detroit Next podcast, which is a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different.

Detroit developer Chase Cantrell, Executive Director of Building Community Value, discusses educating new developers in the city with BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett.

Cantrell focuses a lot of his attention on educating new and inexperienced developers, mostly on how to develop properties in their communities.  He wants people who are thinking about becoming developers, regardless of the scale of the projects, to understand the costs that go into it. 

This is a clip from the fourth episode of Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different.

Detroit developer Sonya Mays, President and CEO of Develop Detroit, discusses barriers and reasons for optimism regarding housing developments in the city with BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett.

Mays shares her experience working with Detroiters to talk about why there is some reason for optimism heading into the 2025 election. She also talks about the need to reframe conversations around "affordable housing" to instead focus on increasing the wages of regular Detroiters. 

This is a clip from the fourth episode of Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different.

Detroit developer Richard Hosey discusses barriers to development in the city with BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett.

Hosey is the founder of Hosey Development LLC and has worked on large scale development projects in Detroit such as Six55 Willis and the Fisher Body 21. His decades in the development space give him a unique perspective on how he sees the city heading into the 2025 election season. 

This is a clip from the fourth episode of Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different.

Detroit City Councilman and mayoral candidate Fred Durhal III talks to BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett about his plans to continue the momentum of development in the city if he's elected mayor, and more heading into the election.

Durhal is a former state legislator and he currently represents the city's 7th City Council district. He wants to make Detroit "a city for families again" while boosting investment in small business development that is centered in the neighborhoods. 

This interview was used, in part, on the Detroit Next podcast.

Detroit mayoral candidate Solomon Kinloch talks to BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett about growing up in poverty, how he plans to address the affordable housing crisis if he's elected mayor, and more heading into the election.

Pastor Kinloch is mostly known in the city as the leader of Triumph Church and its 40,000 member congregation, with branches that stretch from Detroit to Flint. Kinloch 

This interview was used, in part, on the Detroit Next podcast. 

Saunteel Jenkins, mayoral candidate and former Detroit City Council member, joins Detroit Next to share why she believes her time running The Heat and Warmth Fund (THAW) and more have prepared her to be the city's next mayor.

This is the fifth episode of Detroit Next, a collaboration between BridgeDetroit and Detroit is Different. Head to BridgeDetroit's YouTube page to watch the full episode now.