The Downtown Phoenix Community Development Corporation — making Downtown a community for all.

The Downtown Phoenix Community Development Corporation (DPCDC) is a 501 (c) 4 nonprofit organization formed in 2001 to attract housing development in the Downtown Phoenix area. The DPCDC is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors representing a cross-section of community leaders and is driven by the needs of the Downtown community.

With the current mission of advancing the development and redevelopment of housing and mixed-use projects that will contribute to a more equitable and inclusive Downtown, the DPCDC collaborates with the Social & Housing Advancement (SHA) Committee of Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA).

PCA is the advocacy and membership affiliate organization under the Downtown Phoenix Inc. umbrella is governed by a separate board of directors, and relies on separate funding sources. The SHA Committee, often attended by 50-60 nonprofit service providers and corporate business leaders, focuses its advocacy work on the following challenges:

While Downtown Phoenix is disproportionately impacted, homelessness is a regional issue and requires a regional response
How do we increase services and funding to prevent the impact of experiencing homelessness?
City of Phoenix, especially Downtown, needs more workforce and affordable housing, particularly permanent supportive housing
Improving housing equity, specifically in the Downtown Core

The DPCDC is focused on providing assistance to private and public developers, including but not limited to, facilitating the acquisition, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and construction of affordable and attainable residential products. In addition, the DPCDC works on community-based projects and planning processes to contribute to housing equity in our city’s urban core.

The DPCDC played a significant role in the establishment of the Phoenix Public Market and was also involved in:

Assembling land for Artisan Village residential development
Assembling land for a professional football stadium, which ultimately became the Phoenix Bioscience Core
Lofts at McKinley residential development
Conceptual planning process for the West Fillmore residential
Conceptual planning process for land acquisition of Knipe House and area