Employers. Participating employers work on large scale projects that have direct benefits for low-income people and distressed communities, such as affordable and mixed-income housing, and other types of community development projects. They play direct roles in important sectors of the redevelopment industry, including:

• Developers planning, designing, financing and producing real estate projects
• Financial institutions making loans and equity investments
• Public agencies setting the parameters for development, and making investments of public funds and land
• Organizations connecting neighborhood and human services to specific large-scale redevelopment projects