Detroit is Under Construction: Rebuilding Detroit, Rebuilding Detroiters, A Construction Careers Pipeline that Works

This report represents the culmination of a over a year of research, interviews, and vetting by D4 board andstaff, and is intended to present a snapshot of some of the more pressing issues and opportunities currently at play for the construction careers pipeline in Detroit and surrounding communities. The report explores how to increase opportunities for Detroit residents within the construction industry, identifying ways to address the obstacles that prevent many Detroiters from gaining access to construction careers, proposing a new way to define and monitor "success", and suggesting public policy solutions that will rebuild the broken pipeline into the industry and employmore Detroiters. While we focus on solutions within construction, this report contains some useful parallels for other industries.

Marrying Community Benefits and Development Practice

After exhaustive study and evaluation, D4 has concluded that in order for community benefits to be effective in Michigan, they need to be embedded early in the development process. But how to effect these policies without driving away private investment remains a key question. Building from previous preliminary research, D4's project will describe recommendations for how to insert community benefit provisions into standard development processes, including RFPs, TIFs, and incentive overlay districts