Woodborn Partners

05/08/2024

I appreciate every single person showing up for work every day. I appreciate those who use their brains and those who primarily use their hands (not that they don’t also use their brains) and put their bodies on the line so we can have beautiful and functional stuff.

I spend part of my days walking my construction sites looking people in the eye and saying thank you. If you have ever coached or taught my child; I pray you’ve gotten the same from me.

I don’t take the work done for with and on my behalf lightly. Nothing happens alone. I use my time saying thank you to honor how Harry Brown Jr. and Wanda Brown raised me. I’m sure politics don’t matter; where you are from doesn’t matter. I want you to know you are appreciated.

01/05/2024

I’m so grateful for the amazing people in Southwest and for the graciousness with which we have been accepted. But Rob Dewaelsche did you have to put us on the same page as Michigan in the championship game . 😂

01/05/2024

Over 500 new housing units, including affordable options, are emerging in 2024. Explore the transformation driven by community engagement and major development projects

11/06/2022

These projects show how the development tools and resources the City of Detroit offers can help new business thrive and bring new vitality to local neighborhoods.

09/21/2022

Today, Mayor Mike Duggan joined Woodborn Partners, Invest Detroit and the community to break ground on The Brooke at Bagley, bringing 78 new units to Detroit with 20% of them being . The Brooke is funded through the Strategic Neighborhood Fund's work in Southwest Detroit.

07/23/2021

Honored to continue to do this work

11/19/2019

It’s back! ’s Equitable Development Initiative. Don’t miss out on an incredible opportunity for training, mentorship and capital support as you look to revitalize your communities.

Applications for the third round of ’s Equitable Development Initiative are now open until December 2nd! Apply now to receive training, mentorship and financing to reach your real estate development goals: http://bit.ly/2019DetroitEDI

07/12/2019

Excited to share this sponsored content on POLITICO.com abut how new investment is supporting the rebirth of Detroit neighborhoods.

http://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2019/07/the-comeback-city

06/27/2019

Lunch with Jaime Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, and a number of amazing Detroit based entrepreneurs who all happen to be Black and have all been funded by Chase. Thank you for your support and keep investing in us.

Who would have thought a kid from The Old West End.

06/06/2019

03/31/2019

“While the rich kids are driving Benz, I’m still trying to hold on to my surviving friends...” Pac

Thank you all for your kind words and posts this week. It’s been an exhausting and exciting time and yet I end one week and begin the next with 2Pac‘s words ringing in my brain.

We started this journey because we wanted to change peoples’ lives via real estate development. The premise being that if we could change lives, we could create amazing communities and if we were fundamentally sound we could create wealth in those communities and for our stakeholders..allowing us to develop a model for wealth building and community growth that was sustainable.

We aren’t done; and the challenges we have overcome remind us that it isn’t us doing this. We are just the vessels in which HIS will is done. There is more to do. We have to find a way to not just expand the work we are doing, but to reach those who are struggling and in need. The kids the world has forgotten. The kids who need a shot. No idea what that looks like yet. I will be obedient to His will regardless of how it scares me.

The images burned in my brain are of the struggles my folks have faced, the challenges they have persevered through, the limits placed on brilliant people who never had the opportunity I have had. I am not confused regarding how blessed I have been; the village that surrounded me or the friends and family who sacrificed so that the chubby, lazy eyed kid could explore and engage his weirdness. I am who I am because of you and I strive to create communities that let weird kids be them and remove barriers from brilliant kids like you who never got the same shots I did.

We have not forgotten why we are here, who helped us get here and who we represent.

I won’t call you by name, but if I ran with you in places we shouldn’t have been; if you stood with and up for me, you know who you are.

Different struggle, different walk of life, a lot heavier and much older, but the same kid. I’ve just grown. I love you and I ride for you.

We were born in the Woods of the Old West End and we will hold it down for the 313...BUILDING lives, communities and wealth