Buyers Council

15 companies have partnered with D2D to help them increase their local spend with quality companies to meet their demand.  With an already impressive collective aggregated baseline spend of over $550M with Detroit vendors, the D2D program will be supporting these companies a with a number of tools and strategies to help strengthen their Detroit vendor base.  According to the “Major Purchaser’s Survey” completed by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City in 2012, “Strengthening local B2B in Detroit has the potential to support an additional 7,700 jobs and over $2.5 billion in firm revenue.”

Maximizing opportunities through this economic development strategy is a critical piece in the re-vitalization of Detroit.  If your company is interested in joining this committed group, .