Program areas at Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation
Business development: in 2022 the drpf's business development program closed 33 new deals for the region. Those wins drove total Regional economic impact of $4.6b in investment and construction output, 17,278 jobs created or supported (over 4,900 of those being pathway jobs), and an increase of over $950m in Regional payroll.
Marketing: the drpf's marketing program shares the region's story across video, digital, and social media platforms throughout the year. It continues to promote the Detroit region as a world-class business location, generate awareness with economic development prospects and leverage partners, stakeholders and advocates to share key information and messaging about the region.
Special projects: the Detroit region is one of the nation's most innovative metro areas. It also possesses the greatest concentration of mobility assets and continues to be our nation's best bet to accelerate economic prosperity and growth for both Michigan and the united states. The drpf led a coalition of Regional partners and successfully made that case to the us economic development administration as part of its build back better Regional challenge (bbbrc). Together, the drpf-led coalition secured a phase 1 planning grant, as well as a significant phase 2 grant for the global epicenter of mobility (gem) initiative. This initiative will invest in creating a smart, secure, sustainable and inclusive advanced mobility industry in the Detroit region. Throughout 2022 phase 1 activities included execution of a mobility ecosystem baseline study, acceleration of vipby drp site readiness work and development of the program infrastructure necessary to launch phase 2 efforts.
"semi ecosystem: the southeast Michigan ecosystem is a convening of organizations to address concerns from prospective companies considering the region. These organizations work together to improve the economic Foundation of the 11-county southeast Michigan region and make our region a more attractive place to do business. We also partner with many ecosystem participants to attract new businesses to the region."