BUILDING THE ENGINE

Broad and deep involvement. Over 200 local organizations are participating and that number is growing. We are involving virtually every organization with a stake in Detroit neighborhoods... Collaboration from the ground up. Organizations on the ground are just as critical as the government, foundation leaders and technical experts. Our aim is to build trust and collaboration among all stakeholders, combining the wisdom and experience of local community leaders with respected expertise and national research... In the first year (2016), 98 stakeholder organization participated with the goal of understanding the challenges to creating a community development system in Detroit. The following two years focused on gathering research and developing definitive strategies. Today, over 200 stakeholder organizations are engaged. Our next phase (2019-2020) involves testing these strategies as we continue to build the system.

Primary location: Detroit United States