Igniting Economic Growth for all Detroiters

Invest Detroit is strongly committed to doing its part to ensure equitable opportunity, voice, and partnership in every facet of our work and throughout Detroit. This means valuing and promoting diversity in our business practices and working with our partners and communities to combat systemic racism. Diversity and inclusion are core values of our organization—now and always.

WHAT IS INVEST DETROIT?

We are a mission-driven lender, investor, and partner that supports business and real estate projects that will ignite economic growth in Detroit and the region.

Our goal is a thriving city that works for all Detroiters with an improved quality of life–inclusive housing, resourced and walkable neighborhoods, and equal opportunities for jobs and business growth.

A STRONGER DETROIT THROUGH FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS

WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE FOUR PRIMARY GOALS

STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS

Our neighborhoods approach focuses our lending tools, relationships, and expertise on targeted neighborhood locations that will catalyze and inspire further growth in surrounding areas.  We work with residents to identify priorities and developers who are community-minded. Partnering with the City of Detroit, neighborhood leaders and associations, among others, we are working to bring proven tools into ten targeted neighborhoods through the Strategic Neighborhood Fund.

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INCREASING DENSITY

Increasing the population of Detroit by attracting and retaining residents means less vacant buildings, safer neighborhoods, and a stronger local economy. We prioritize mixed-use projects that provide affordable housing so that residents at all income levels have a place to call home.

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GROWING JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Supporting businesses over a range of sectors helps to create a wide range of opportunities for Detroit residents at all stages of their education or career paths.  Local businesses can provide jobs to residents without cars, cut down on commute times for busy parents, promote walkable neighborhoods, and improve the local economy.  Our programs work together to support local entrepreneurs who are creating new jobs or retaining existing jobs within the city.

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SUPPORTING INCLUSIVITY

Equitable access is a thread that runs through all of our programs and goals. Our vision is a Detroit for everyone with multi-ethnic and mixed-income neighborhoods where all residents feel safe and welcome and have access to resources and opportunities.  Through our real estate work we ensure that we maintain percentages of affordable units in multi-family housing, and we work to identify and support developers of color.  In our small business and venture investment work, we actively seek out entrepreneurs that are persons of color, immigrants, female, or Detroit residents.

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5,234
Housing Units created
12,848
Jobs created or retained
951
affordable units created
812
Projects supported
100+
entrepreneurs/developers of color supported
100+
Female entrepreneurs supported
$491 Million
dollars in funds deployed
$3.2 Billion
dollars in funds leveraged
Adapting the Strategic Neighborhood Fund to Meet Community Needs
November 29th, 2021
Vice President of Neighborhoods Mike Smith at Invest Detroit discusses some exciting new initiatives in the Warrendale C...
PEP Talks: Supporting Racial Equity for the Next Generation
August 31st, 2021
Ben Bernstein, Principal on our ID Ventures team, on a financial literacy speaker series created by a group of Invest De...
The Three Ps That Can Help Us Do More
August 31st, 2021
Jennifer Hayes, Senior Vice President of Operations and Policy, on our combined efforts to effect change in underserved ...
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In accordance with federal laws and U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, this organization is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to:

U.S. Department of the Treasury,Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,Washington, DC 20220;
call (202) 622-1160; or send an e-mail to: crcomplaints@treasury.gov