Empowering Minority Developers: A Lifecycle Approach to Increasing Market Share and Building a Strong Pipeline

Create, Cultivate, Connect and Support Qualified Minority Developers

Born out of the Capital Impact Partners Equitable Development Initiative, we have taken steps to create an organization to carry forward the spirit of the CIP EDI and empower minority developers in Detroit to ensure the developer base more accurately reflects the city's diversity and delivers projects that truly serve its diverse population.

Learn more about the different segments and entities within our organization.

Explore the links in the table below to learn more about specific subjects

  • Our mission is to cultivate, connect and advocate for experienced and aspiring black real estate developers.

    Our intent is to increase market share for developers of color, establish a legacy pipeline, and to leverage the power of our allies and the development community's collective resources to create a more coordinated and equitable development ecosystem for our community.

  • We aim to serve Detroit’s black development community through:

    Equity Advocacy
    Increased access to fair capital
    Networking & information sharing
    Technical Assistance

  • Comprised of Detroit based high level developers, READ’s Executive Committee is charged with exemplifying and forwarding our mission. Using their influence in the marketplace, they ensure black and brown developer voices are heard at all levels of government, from the Mayor’s office, to City Council, all the way to our legislature in Lansing.

  • READ’s Developer Leadership Council members are our mission in action. Skilled professionals in the development industry, they organize, manage, and emcee our monthly meetings, serve on subcommittees with our Executive Committee, as well as advocate for the mission and vision of READ.

  • We focus our mission objectives through the following subcommittees:

    Advocacy
    Finance
    Board Selection
    Programming

Detroit Development Tracker - Map of Detroit Development Projects

What Our Clients Have to Say About Working with Our Team

“READ brings together the entire community of African-American developers in Metro Detroit”

Jason A. Cole

JOIN US AT OUR NEXT EVENT:

Join us EVERY 2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH as we bring you resources, contacts, and information from the Detroit Metro property development market. Location & Speakers to be confirmed, stay tuned to READ emails and texts for specifics.
Registration for all events is available on EventBrite: Thank you!

Plan For The Year

Check the events we have for the year and mark them on your calendar.

READ IN THE MEDIA

BLAC announcing the newly minted READ partnership on FOX 2 Detrot

Featuring: Dexter Sullivan (BLAC) & Chase Cantrell (READ)

Announcement of the Ebiara Fund, created to empower black and brown developers get their projects off the ground

Featuring: Rod Hardamon (Urge Imprint) & Keona Cowen (Invest Detroit)