Invest Detroit/LISC

The Brief Invest Detroit and LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) work together to support equitable development in Detroit’s neighborhoods, financing housing, commercial revitalization and small-business corridors. Yet public understanding of Detroit’s “comeback” remained focused primarily on downtown. This misconception minimized the impact of neighborhood investment and risked reinforcing a narrative of unequal or incomplete progress. […]
Detroit Future City

The Brief Detroit’s recovery has often been measured by visible development and investment. Yet beneath those indicators lies a more consequential question: how does growth translate into lasting economic opportunity for Detroit residents—particularly Detroit’s African American middle class? Detroit Future City (DFC) was created to tackle that question through research, strategy and action. As the […]