One D is collaborative initiative that supports regional progress in Southeast Michigan by connecting, convening and influencing change. One D focuses on five overarching priority areas: Economic Prosperity, Educational Preparedness, Race Relations, Regional Transit and Quality of life.

One D strives to connect the community of Southeast Michigan for the purpose of:

•Increasing awareness about the state of the region
•Providing a new and comprehensive way to understand regional Detroit
•Encouraging an informed public discourse about the region
•Communicating how the region is progressing against itself and against other large metropolitan areas in the country
•Increasing collaboration and reducing redundancies
•Increasing awareness of important programs and projects in the region
•Sharing best practices
•Encouraging local foundations, businesses, civic and other organizations to focus on regional priorities and a common path

One D's mission is to keep the focus of Southeast Michigan on regional challenges and progress and to encourage collaboration and action toward change.

One D upholds our mission in three ways:

"How are we doing as a region?"
One D publishes a regional scorecard of indicators with comparisons to other metropolitan areas.

"What’s being done in the region?"
One D collects information about programs, events and initiatives that are happening within the community that support progress against our priority areas and indicators.

"What do you think?"
One D hosts key learning groups, website discussion forums and regional update meetings to increase participation and awareness of important initiatives in Southeast Michigan.