Our community
Detroit LISC serves as a catalyst for community reinvestment in Detroit and throughout the region, transforming distressed neighborhoods into healthy ones.
When there is a need, Detroit LISC is there bringing non-traditional partners together, leveraging resources, and building new relationships to drive comprehensive, sustainable change in Detroit’s neighborhoods.
Detroit LISC’s investments implement the neighborhood comprehensive strategies that support the advancement of our Sustainable Communities agenda.
Learn about our support of and investment in community development in each of Detroit LISC’s five strategic investment areas, as well as our regional investment:
The Central Woodward investment area is bounded by I-75 on the east, Linwood Avenue on the west, Oakman Avenue/Webb Avenue on the north, and I-94 on the south.
The Central Woodward/North End Collaborative, made up of Central Detroit Christian CDC, Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs), Focus: HOPE, New Center Council, and Vanguard CDC, is the coordinating body accountable for facilitation and implementation of the Central Woodward comprehensive strategy. Working with limited resources, the Collaborative leverages each organization’s skills and expertise, achieving broader outcomes together than each could individually achieve.
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The East investment area is bounded by the city limits on the east, Mt. Elliott on the west, I-94 Ford Freeway on the north, and Jefferson Avenue on the south.
The community development corporations that initiated this work include: Jefferson East Business Association, Messiah Housing Corporation, U-SNAP-BAC, and Warren Conner Development Coalition.
Work here includes a regional component. The Detroit Grosse Pointe Collaborative, a coalition of local and regional non-profit groups, has been building ongoing partnerships and relationships between residents and businesses on the East side of Detroit and the bordering Grosse Pointe communities. These organizations are working with the shared goal of reducing the physical and social barriers between the two communities.
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The Northeast investment area is bounded by Hoover on the east, Mound on the west, 10 Mile on the north, and 6 Mile on the south.
Work here includes a regional component. The Van Dyke-8 Mile Gateway Collaborative (V8), composed of representatives from the cities of Center Line, Detroit, and Warren along with local community non-profit groups, development authorities, and agencies, have pledged to work together for the betterment of their community. Working strategically, geographically, and collaboratively, V8 is poised to propel this area into a regional investment district.
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The Northwest investment area is bounded by Greenfield on the east, Telegraph on the west, 8 Mile on the north, and I-96/Chicago on the south.
In Northwest Detroit, Detroit LISC has focused on Land Use and Physical Development and Economic Development. In an effort to preserve the viability of commercial corridors and neighborhoods in the area, Detroit LISC has invested in activity aimed at both protecting and building upon assets as well as strategically planning for growth and future investment.
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The Southwest investment area is bounded by the Lodge Freeway on the east, City limits on the west, I-94 Freeway on the north (running west from the Lodge Freeway to Grand River Avenue, continuing northwest along Grand River Avenue to Tireman Avenue and continuing west on Tireman Avenue to the City limits) , and the City limits/Detroit River on the south.
The Southwest Detroit Development Collaborative (SDDC) is the coordinating body accountable for facilitation and implementation of the Southwest comprehensive strategy. Acting as a collective voice for its approximately thirty members, the SDDC currently has a seventeen-member elected Board whose mission is to enhance the growth of Southwest Detroit as an ethnically and economically diverse community and promote its image as an exciting place to live, work, shop and play.
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In addition to support of and investment in our five strategic investment areas, Detroit LISC also supports advancement and collaboration across the Metropolitan Detroit region. Our regional work addresses areas such as vacant property and foreclosure, transportation, food systems, greening, and regional equity.
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