A CDO (Community Development Organization) working in Detroit is an

organization with these characteristics:

1. A place based non-profit, tax-exempt organization formed through local

leadership;

2. Dedicated to a specific target area that is publicly known and not citywide;

3. Governed primarily by the constituents served by the CDO;

4. Engaged in certain baseline activities (either directly or through

collaboration and facilitation with other local organizations):

A. Community Organizing and Engagement,

B. Land Use, Community or Economic Development Planning,

C. Partnering/Facilitating, and

D. Physical Development in some form, for example:

• Housing
• Commercial
• Demolition and deconstruction
• Public and/or recreation, such as streetscapes, community cleanups, park development and maintenance, green/open space development, greenway development, land management.