Detroit Homecoming is an invitation-only event sponsored by

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and designed to enlist the efforts of Detroit natives in improving the city. It began in 2014 with a commitment to be an annual event for at least 3 years. and has continued for a decade. Over its 10 years of existence, more than 950 expats have attended. Putting a dollar figure on investments inspired by Homecoming is tricky, because every large investment has many inspirations and partners. But just the top 10 completed investments and donations having strong Homecoming ties top $1 billion. 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." Among the event's planned highlights was a conversation between DanGilbert and

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entitled, "Why I’m Bullish on Detroit." 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.

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