Organizations Filed Purposes:
GROWING DETROIT'S EAST JEFFERSON CORRIDOR AND ITS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATIVE AND IMPACTFUL PROGRAMMING.
INVEST JEFFERSON: JEI SEEKS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW LONGTIME DETROITERS TO BENEFIT FROM THE CITY'S RESURGENCE. IN 2018, JEI COMPLETED THE RENOVATION OF ITS FORMER HQ INTO NORMA G'S CARRIBBEAN CUISINE, THE FIRST FULL SERVICE RESTURANT IN THE JEFFERSON CHALMERS NEIGHBORHOOD IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. THIS LOCATION NOW PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT FOR 25 AREA RESIDENTS. JEI CURRENTLY HAS TWO ADDITIONAL RETAIL BUILDINGS UNDER ACTIVE REDEVELOPMENT AND 23 MIXED INCOME APARTMENT UNITS IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ANOTHER $64 MILLION OF MIXED USE, MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN PREDEVELOPMENT. KEY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM COMES FROM THE KRESGE FOUNDATION AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SE MICHIGAN.
SAFE JEFFERSON: SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS SUPPORT THRIVING BUSINESSES, A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF JEI'S CORRIDOR INVESTMENT STRATEGY. JEI WORKS WITH WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR URBAN STUDIES TO MONITOR CRIME HOTSPOTS AND DEVELOP COMMUNITY DRIVEN RESPONSES TO CRIME IN THE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IT SERVES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, JEI RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT SECONDARY POLICE PATROLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SINCE 2013, JEI HAS DRIVEN A 34% REDUCTION IN CRIME RATES INCLUDING A 75% REDUCTION AT TARGETED HOTSPOTS. JEI ALSO FUNDED MORE THAN 17,000 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL POLICE PATROLS, PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 481 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. JEI ALSO OPERATES A CLEAN PROGRAM THAT REMOVES MORE THAN 42 TONS OF TRASH FROM EAST JEFFERSON ANNUALLY AND MAINTAINS OVER 100 PEDESTRIAN TRASH CANS. KEY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM COMES FROM THE HUDSON WEBBER FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF DETROIT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT NOF PROGRAM.
LIVE JEFFERSON: JEI'S HOUSING SERVICES HELP LONG-TERM DETROITERS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES. THROUGH FORECLOSURE PREVENTION COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND THE 0% HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, RESIDENTS RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BENEFIT FROM DETROIT'S REVITALIZATION AND BUILD WEALTH THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP. JEI IS THE 2ND LARGEST DETROIT 0% HOME REPAIR LOAN INTAKE CENTER, SUPPORTING 2579 HOMEOWNERS WITH RESOURCES TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND HELPED 317 LOAN APPLICANTS TO SECURE $958,010 IN LOAN FUNDS. KEY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM CAME FROM THE LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION, JP MORGAN CHASE, AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Joshua Elling | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $84,799 |
| Karen Slaughter-Duperry | ASSISTANT SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Terese Ireland-Salisbury | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Alexis Dishman | ASSISTANT TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| David Blaszkiewicz | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jacqueline C Young | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| John W Stroh Iii | CHAIRMAN | 5 | $0 |
| Charles Burke | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gina Cavaliere | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Richard T Wolney | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alexis Wiley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| James M Nicholson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sherry E Mcrill | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ike Mckinnon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tamika S Mayes | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Mahone | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert P Jones | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michele Hodges | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marty Siersma | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Carnaghi | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Donald E Fitzsimmons | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| T Van Fox | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Graig Donnelly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Curis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chip Rohde | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nicole Debeaufort | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Moussa Bazzi | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ladonna Anter | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Heidi A Alcock | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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