Detroit Homecoming
Detroit Homecoming is an invitation-only event sponsored by Crain Communications and designed to enlist the efforts of Detroit natives in improving the city.[1] It began in 2014 with a commitment to be an annual event for at least 3 years.[2]
The first Homecoming took place in September, 2014, with an invitation list focused on what the Detroit News described as, "the elite: billionaires, sports stars, company presidents, venture capitalists, journalists and entertainers."[3] Among the event's planned highlights was a conversation between DanGilbert and Warren Buffett entitled, “Why I’m Bullish on Detroit.”[3]
Interviewed during the Homecoming, Rachel Jacobs, a Detroit expat living in New York said, “Detroit doesn’t need ideas. It has phenomenal ideas. It needs doers,” referring to her own organization, Detroit Nation, a web-based group of former Detroiters working to help their hometown.[4]
References
- ^ Witsil, Frank (18 September 2014). "At Detroit Homecoming, leaders gather to boost the city". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Detroit Homecoming event aims to reconnect former residents with city". Detroit Free Press. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ a b Chambers, Jennifer (16 September 2014). "Homecoming a way to gather ex-Detroiters who could give city boost". The Detroit News. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Chambers, Jennifer (19 September 2014). "Detroit's expats say city has 'phenomenal ideas'". The Detroit News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.