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For companies, organizations, & groups of all sizes
Tour Stop at Clark Park in Southwest Detroit
Are you in search of creative ways to attract and retain talent? Is your goal to help your group or team build a deeper connection to Detroit and gain a greater sense of community? Are you bringing a group to Detroit for a conference or special event?
Our private tours are the answer! Customized for your group these tours are led by an expert guide who will provide context and local insight into Detroit's neighborhoods, small businesses and community projects. Whether someone has been here a day or a lifetime they’ll see Detroit in a whole new light.
Tour content can also be shared via speaking engagements & workshops.
Testimonials
“This was a great and easy process. I wish we had more time so that we could have explored more. It was AMAZING and I am Detroiter! It was wonderful walking around the City with my colleagues learning more and having them learn more and appreciate and have a different viewpoint of Detroit. I highly recommend this! ”
“After their City Institute Tour, our candidates have a new outlook on Detroit and an improved ability to see themselves living and working here”
“As a lifelong and intentional Detroiter, I know a lot about Detroit but City Institute’s Tour introduced me to people, places and programs around the city that were new to me. The way they put things in context by weaving history, policy, personal anecdotes & recent data together was extremely powerful. ”
Top 5 Tours
Below are our Top 5 Most Requested tours from our catalog:
Detroit In Context Bus Tour
On this tour, you’ll be taken around the city by an expert guide who will provide context and local insight into Detroit's neighborhoods, small businesses, and community projects.Downtown Detroit Walking Tour
Whether you’ve lived in Detroit your whole life or are visiting for the first time, this tour will show you a Detroit that defies your expectations.Attraction & Retention Tour
This tour will take your organization’s current, new or potential team members on an insider tour of greater downtown and beyond. By the end of this trip around the greater downtown, everyone will be excited about living, working, and engaging in Detroit.Redlining, Racism, and Segregation in Detroit Virtual Tour
This engaging and enlightening presentation will provide an overview of some of the most devastating policies and events in Detroit’s last 100 years, how they disproportionately impacted the Black community, and give context to how this past continues to impact our region today.Livernois/Avenue of Fashion Walking Tour
We will visit shops that are new to the Avenue within the last few years, as well as the older businesses that have been anchors in the community for decades. We will also learn about community efforts in place to make the area a better place to live, work, and shop.
Downtown Detroit
Scavenger Hunt
Teams of up to 3-4 will be given clues, and they will have 1.5 hours to scour Downtown Detroit to find the answers. Participants will not only have a great time, but they’ll learn about what Detroit has to offer too. Whether you have been here your whole life or just arrived, you will discover Detroit like never before.
Virtual Tours
“Time travel” through space and time with virtual tours!
Our tour team has developed virtual experiences to continue the mission of using immersive storytelling to educate locals and visitors about Detroit’s people, places, and projects. Utilizing a mixture of Google maps, historical photos, videos, and presentations via Zoom, tour guides will lead your group through the streets of Detroit’s past and present.
