THE DETROIT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP

SERVICES

The Detroit Regional Partnership offers confidential, no-cost assistance to domestic and international companies seeking to explore and invest in the 11-county Detroit region.

The DRP specializes in helping companies understand and access the competitive advantages of our ecosystem. Whether a company is looking to establish a single-person sales office, headquarters, manufacturing operation, or tech center, we stand ready to act as your single point-of-contact to the network of assets and partners that support a company’s facility location decision.

SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT

The Detroit Regional Partnership is your one-stop guide to the Detroit region of more than 5.4 million residents, 2.7 million workers, 348 communities, and 300,000 companies. Our team can quickly execute an NDA and begin working on your behalf to bring all the benefits of the Detroit region to your project.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Once our team is engaged by a client, we can help with single issues and requests, or act as a comprehensive, project manager helping to address a broad set of challenges and next steps through a project’s life cycle.

Our philosophy is to serve as a neutral broker for the region, who is available to help each client understand the different municipalities, assets, programs, and partners and to bring them all together into a comprehensive solution to expedite investment and ensure a successful project.

Executing an investment project requires more than just data, land, workforce, and incentives. It requires technical experts that can help companies address issues that arise through a project’s progression ranging from legal incorporation, tax environment, visas, government permitting to project financing. The Partnership has a vast partner network of such experts that can be engaged at a client’s request.

At the end of the day, all projects will require a physical location from which to operate. With today’s robust business climate, finding appropriate real estate requires an expert team that understands the dynamic, local real estate market. The Partnership can help you quickly survey the type and cost of real estate in our region or go the next step in conducting a comprehensive market assessment, arrange tours, and provide a guided site location experience.

The Detroit Region and State of Michigan are dedicated to ensuring companies the most competitive business climate from which to conduct business. At times, this requires the support of state and local incentives. Our team acts as a consultant for our clients, helping them understand the tool box of available incentives, mapping their project requirements to programs for which they qualify, then bringing the proper approving agencies to the table, and working as a team to negotiate a comprehensive incentive package to make the project successful in our community.

Board Members

• Gerry Anderson (Chairman) – Executive Chairman, DTE Energy

• Sandy Baruah – CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber

• Kofi Bonner – CEO, Bedrock

• Matt Cullen – Chairman of JACK Entertainment

• David Coulter – Oakland County Executive

• Mike Duggan – Mayor, City of Detroit

• Warren Evans – Wayne County Executive 

• Mark Hackel – Macomb County Executive

• Chris Ilitch – President and CEO, Ilitch Holding Companies

• Wright Lassiter – President and CEO, Henry Ford Health Systems

• Chip McClure – Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Advisors

• La June Montgomery Tabron – President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Cindy Pasky – President and CEO, Strategic Staffing Solutions

• Ray Scott – President and CEO, Lear Corporation

• Ray Telang – Michigan Managing Partner, PwC

• Gary Torgow – Executive Chairman, TCF Financial Corporation 

• Kylee Mitchell Wells – Executive Director, SE Michigan, Ballmer Group

• Ridgway White – President and CEO, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation