Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Black Economic Union of Greater Kansas City

Black Economic Union of Greater Kansas City is a non-profit founded in 1968 by Cleveland Browns football star Jim Brown and former Kansas City Chiefs' Curtis McClinton. As the oldest CDC in Kansas City, it has invested nearly $60 million, developing 635 affordable multi-family units, 320 elderly units, 85 single-family homes, and nearly 721,000 square feet of office, commercial and business development to date. Read more about Black Economic Union of Greater Kansas City...

WOMAN, Inc.

WOMAN, Inc. strives to be an affordable housing and supportive services resource for women leaving abusive situations and other at risk populations. Operating three housing sites, consisting of 47 apartments and 10 townhouses, women and their children can stay and start a new life at the cost of 30 percent of their income. Since its inception in 1993, WOMAN, Inc. has provided affordable housing opportunities for more than 1,300 women. Read more about WOMAN, Inc....

Row House CDC

Spun off from Project Row Houses in 2003, Row House CDC focuses exclusively on housing challenges and economic development initiatives in this collaborative effort to help revitalize the Northern Third Ward. Row House's Hannah Project, aided by funding from the Houston Endowment, will include the construction of sixteen new affordable housing units. In addition, the non-profit is working to acquire and rehabilitate 38 rental units for families who earn half of the Harris County median income. Read more about Row House CDC...

Pyramid CDC

Founded as a faith-based organization in 1992, the Pyramid CDC is focused on improving the standard of living in Southwest Houston. Its first project - The Power Center, a 104,000 square foot complex - currently provides employment for more than 270 people and generates $15.5 million in the community annually. Sixty-five percent of these jobs were targeted to low-income individuals. In addition, the Pyramid CDC developed the Corinthian Pointe subdivision - a 220-acre, 462 single-family home project that cost $173 million. Read more about Pyramid CDC...

MacGregor Area Community Development Corporation

The MacGregor Area Community Development Corporation is a not-for-profit founded in 1992 dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Riverside District. Focused on constructing single-family housing for low- to moderate-income families, the organization has constructed four communities and multiple other homes throughout the area. In addition, MacGregor Area CDC was partner to the construction of the Renaissance Center, a 93,000 square foot retail/office space that houses a medical clinic and helped create over a 100 jobs in the community. Read more about MacGregor Area Community Development Corporation...

Guiding Light CDC

Formed in 1998 by concerned residents, the Guiding Light CDC is dedicated to revitalizing the Third Ward by restoring investment to the neighborhood and by constructing single-family affordable housing and multi-family residential units. To date, Guiding Light has completed five homes, is constructing a sixth, and has acquired two acres tract of land to construct approximately seventeen homes in the South Park area. Read more about Guiding Light CDC...

Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation

The Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation strives to revitalize Fifth Ward neighborhood through a holistic approach, focusing on affordable housing construction and management, homebuyer and foreclosure prevention education, and social services. Since its inception in 1989, the organization has built more than 300 new homes, two multifamily complexes of 336 units, and two commercial developments (along with re-habilitating two more) with more than 40,000 square feet. Read more about Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation...

Avenue CDC

Originally founded as the Old Sixth Ward CDC in 1991, the Avenue CDC is committed to developing affordable housing and economic opportunities in the Near Northside and Washington Avenue communities, while preserving the area's cultural, economic and historic diversity. Striving to fight against the increasing home prices and gentrification of these neighborhoods, the Avenue CDC recently completed its 100th affordable home in June 2011. Read more about Avenue CDC...

Acres Home CDC

Formed in 1990 by community residents, business owners, educators and ministers, the Acres Home CDC is focused on revitalizing the Acres Homes community, serving more than 1,500 clients each year. In addition to providing an educational program on home ownership and foreclosure prevention, Acres Home has successfully completed 18 single-family affordable homes to date. Read more about Acres Home CDC...

United Durham Inc. Community Development Corporation

Founded in 1974, United Durham Inc. Community Development Corporation (UDI/CDC) aims to raise the economic welfare and education of low-income Durham residents.  UDI’s development projects include a 91-acre industrial park that employs 300 people, a retail shopping center anchored by a Food Lion in a neighborhood previously lacking a major grocer, a 3.5 acre urban farm, and 82 units of affordable housing.  The nonprofit also has a revolving loan fund credited with providing over $1 million in loans to small businesses.

Eastside Community Network

The Eastside Community Network (formerly the Warren/Conner Development Coalition) aims to foster sustainable, positive change in the Lower Eastside of Detroit.  Since its establishment in 1984, the Eastside Community Network’s work has helped catalyze new community resources including four locally-owned restaurants, a community development bank, a credit union, two health clinics, and new green infrastructure.  Its commercial development efforts are now focused on the Mack Corridor, where it is working with a range of partners to: create a design plan for streetscape improvements and beautification; develop standards for signage and façade improvements; rehab and demolish abandoned properties; and support area businesses.

Vanguard Community Development Corporation

Founded in 1994, Vanguard CDC aims to cultivate a vibrant and healthy Historic North End where people live, work, and play.  To date, the CDC has developed nearly 100 affordable housing units and renovated a vacant 10,000 square foot commercial space into the North End Career Center (where Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit now operates).  Through all of its work, Vanguard involves diverse community stakeholders in the planning processes to help ensure economic equity and racial justice.

United Streets Networking and Planning: Building a Community (U-SNAP-BAC)

Founded in 1985 by a consortium of seven neighborhood organizations and four business associations, U-SNAP-BAC works to revitalize Detroit's east side. U-SNAP-BAC also owns a housing subsidiary, which operates a neighborhood home repair program. To date, U-SNAP-BAC has counseled over 900 families; aided in the development of over 100 block clubs; mentored numerous small businesses; facilitated dozens of workshops, meetings, community forums, and neighborhood cleanup efforts; planted more than100 trees; rehabilitated over 500 homes; and constructed over 130 new affordable homes. Read more about United Streets Networking and Planning: Building a Community (U-SNAP-BAC)...

Southwest Detroit Business Association

Founded in 1957, the Southwest Detroit Business Association pursues economic development to stimulate investment and grow community wealth in the Mexicantown and nearby areas of southwest Deroit. The group disburses grants for commercial real estate development, provides technical assistance (such as architectural assistance for historic renovation work), and assists with community planning and organizing. Read more about Southwest Detroit Business Association...

Northwest Detroit Neighborhood Development

Northwest Detroit Neighborhood Development is a community-based neighborhood organization committed to building affordable housing for low and moderate-income residents in the city's Brightmoor community. To date, it has constructed roughly 300 affordable homes, about a third of which include supportive services for families with special needs, and has renovated 40 others. The CDC is now raising funds to build 90 affordable homes, renovate a building into community and nonprofit office space, and develop a mixed-use project with 200 units of housing and retail space.

Greater Corktown Development Corporation

Greater Corktown Development Corporation is the result of a merger between Corktown Consumer Housing Cooperative, founded in the 1960s, and Greater Corktown Economic Development Corporation, founded in 1976. The group is currently working on three residential infill projects with a total of roughly 50 units. Now that private investor capital is returning to the neighborhood, plans to shift its focus to supporting commercial and retail activity along Michigan Avenue, which straddles both historic Corktown and North Corktown. Read more about Greater Corktown Development Corporation...

Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation

The Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation (GRDC) works to preserve and revitalize the Grandmont Rosedale communities of northwest Detroit. Through its Housing Development Program, the CDC purchases and renovates vacant homes, assists low-income homeowners with home repairs, and builds new housing on vacant lots.  To foster commercial development, GRDC has a pop-up retail space in which local entrepreneurs can test their business concepts.  In 2016, the space supported 3 enterprises, one of which has opened a permanent storefront.  The CDC also runs a co-working space, which currently houses 15 small businesses employing 24 people.  To encourage residents to support local businesses, GRDC coordinates several events throughout the year including a Shop Small Saturday, which brings more than 50 local entrepreneurs together as a grassroots alternative for holiday gift shopping.

Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation

The Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation (CCNDC) was established in 1982. The group rehabilitates and builds decent, safe and affordable housing and manages eight multi-unit properties. The group also maintains a 3,000-square-foot community center which is rented out for a fee for private functions and at no cost for local nonprofit groups. Read more about Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation...

Bagley Housing Association

Bagley Housing Association (BHA), a not-for-profit organization that provides resources for community development in the Hubbard Richard and Hubbard Farms districts (and other designated areas) of Detroit. BHA seeks to complement other efforts in the area to build a thriving, economically, ethnically and culturally diverse residential/business urban environment. Read more about Bagley Housing Association...

Abayomi Community Development Corporation

Founded in 1997, Abayomi is a faith-based nonprofit organization serving Northwest Detroit with origins in New St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church.  Aiming to improve socioeconomic conditions, strengthen families, and increase dignity and personal achievement, Abayomi—meaning a pleasant meeting place in the West African Yoruba tribe language—focuses on community and economic development, education, and recreation programs to area youth and families.  In 2015, its Center for Financial Advancement provided foreclosure counseling, homebuyer education, and financial counseling to over 400 residents, 55 of whom were able to purchase their first home.