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This spring, we shared a New York Times article about Quicken Loans Chairman and Founder Dan Gilbert and his quest to remake Detroit, with the goal to “turn downtown into a high-tech hub, where young entrepreneurs both live and work.”
Last week, he took another step toward achieving his goal by announcing a $1.5 Million pledge to Venture for America to continue sending our talented and enterprising Fellows to Detroit and Cleveland over the next five years. Already, he’s pumped about $1 billion into the city to acquire almost three million square feet of real estate.
Venture for America made the announcement at the VFA Summer Celebration last Thursday (check out photos here!), where our friends and supporters from around the country, including Detroit, joined us in New York. We are thrilled to work with Dan and Quicken Loans to keep moving forward, and can’t wait send over a dozens more Fellows to Detroit and Cleveland over the next 5 years to join our first class!