Growing Stronger - Detroit - Community Development Advocates of

133 Pages·2009·21.07 MB·English

Growing Stronger
A Plan for the Future of Detroit’s
Community Development Corporation System
Christopher Ash, Patrick Dieter, Andy Fang, Deirdre Groves, Xueying Li, Elizabeth Luther, Michal Pinto
Urban & Regional Planning Program | Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning | University of Michigan
Photo credit: Margaret Dewar, 2008
Growing Stronger
A Plan for the Future of Detroit’s
Community Development Corporation System
May 2009
Christopher Ash, Patrick Dieter, Andy Fang, Deirdre Groves, Xueying Li, Elizabeth Luther, Michal Pinto
Urban & Regional Planning Program | Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning | University of Michigan

We would like to thank Professor Margaret Dewar and Eric Dueweke for their guidance
and encouragement throughout this project, and for their dedication to the City of
Acknowledgements
Detroit.
We also extend our thanks to our community partner, the Community Development
Advocates of Detroit, its project manager Anita Lane, and the Futures Task Force for
their input.
Interviews with Professors Avis Vidal and June Thomas, 24 individuals from Detroit
organizations, and 15 individuals from case-study city organizations were crucial to
creating an informed plan. We spoke with or received information from representatives
from the following Detroit CDC industry sectors and case-study cities, listed by the
number of interviews per sector and city:
• CDCs: seven
• City of Detroit Planning and Development Department: one
• Detroit LISC: two
• Support Organizations (CEDAM, NDNI): two
• MSHDA: three
• Detroit Foundations: four
• Banks: four
• Cleveland: six
• Memphis: two
• Philadelphia: five
• Pittsburgh: two
Funding to cover the expenses of this project came from our community partner, the
Community Development Advocates of Detroit. i

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Detroit’s Community Development System..................................................5
Chapter 3 CDC Systems in Other Cities.........................................................................35
Chapter 4 Recommendations for Growing Stronger.....................................................71
Glossary of Abbreviations.............................................................................................91
Appendix A Pittsburgh Neighborhood Change Indicators Guide..................................93
Appendix B Sample Capacity Assessment Tool.............................................................99
Appendix C Neighborhood Progress, Inc.
Strategic Investment Initiative Area Characteristics.................................113
Appendix D Pittsburgh Community Development Collaborative................................115 iii

List of Figures
1.1 Basic Structure of a CDC Industry...............................................................................2
2.1 The Detroit CDC System.............................................................................................7
2.2 Common Services Detroit CDCs Provide....................................................................8
2.3 CDAD Member Boundaries 2005-2007...................................................................10
2.4 CDAD Members that Cover Most or All of Detroit 2005-2007................................12
2.5 Percent of in Poverty, Detroit, 1999........................................................................15
2.6 Surveyed Detroit CDCs by Number of Employees...................................................16
2.7 Detroit CDCs’ Budgets, 2008...................................................................................16
2.8 Detroit LISC Neighborhoods NOW Strategic Investment Areas, 2007.....................17
2.9 City of Detroit CDBG Funding Decision Process......................................................22
2.10 Major Detroit Neighborhood Targeting Initiatives, as of April 2008.....................28
3.1 Cleveland CDC Boundaries......................................................................................40
3.2 Poverty in Cleveland...............................................................................................41
3.3 Memphis CDC Boundaries.......................................................................................48
3.4 Poverty in Memphis................................................................................................49
3.5 Philadelphia CDC Boundaries...................................................................................56
3.6 Poverty in Philadelphia...........................................................................................57
3.7 Neighborhoods With Organizations funded by PPND in 2007................................62
3.8 Poverty in Pittsburgh...............................................................................................63
4.1 Goals for Creating a Stronger Detroit CDC System..................................................72 v