Detroit LISC Awards to Honor Community Heroes on Friday, September 18

Community judges have voted, the winners of the Ninth Annual Awards to receive
public recognition for their efforts

DETROIT, (September 16, 2009) - On Friday, September 18 from Noon until 2:00
p.m., the Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) will honor the
winners of the Detroit Community Development Awards - the premiere annual
event recognizing the leaders and unsung heroes of community development and
neighborhood revitalization in Detroit. Detroit LISC serves as metro
Detroit's only comprehensive housing and community development resource that
seeks to build Sustainable Communities, transforming distressed neighborhoods
into healthy ones.

What2009 Detroit Community Development Awards - hosted by Detroit LISC

The Awards Recognizing our community's unsung heroes and leaders hard at work
in neighborhoods across the City of Detroit. This year's Awards honor
Community Champions, five individuals, three organizations, and the
prestigious 2009 MASCO CDC of the Year Award.

When Friday, September 18 at Noon

Where Roostertail, 100 Marquette Drive, Detroit

2009 Sponsors Charter One Foundation, Chase, Comerica, Corporate F.A.C.T.S.,
FOX2 News, KeyBank, MASCO Corporation Foundation, Michigan Chronicle, Michigan
State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), State Farm, The Home Depot
Foundation, The Michigan FrontPage, Wayne State University

About Detroit LISC
Detroit LISC is a local organization within the national LISC network.
National LISC, founded in 1980, is the largest national community development
intermediary, combining corporate, government, and philanthropic resources to
help community-based organizations revitalize their neighborhoods. Since
1990, Detroit LISC has invested $135 million and leveraged an additional $888
million to implement initiatives that help our community-based partners
revitalize neighborhoods. For more information, please visit
www.detroit-lisc.org.

Contact: Gayle L. McGarvah, APR 248-646-6658
Attention city editors. Photo opportunity
with community unsung heroes, leaders.

/PRNewswire -- Sept. 16/

SOURCE Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation