We recruited stakeholders to analyze the problem, created a beginning set of system elements, and began considering a framework for a Detroit community development system.
We formed an Advisory Council, conducted extensive research resulting in a specific set of challenges and created Task Forces to respond to those challenges and develop test-projects for most of the elements.
Stakeholders will champion elements of the system, working closely with CDOs and GROs, by “test-piloting” project ideas:
Simultaneously we will:
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