Promise Development Corporation

Under the leadership of our Executive Director, Cornelius Sanders, we have a presence in three counties in the state of Tennessee. The team at Promise Development Corporation is twenty strong, enabling us to fulfill our mission of enhancing the quality of life for citizens who live in the communities we serve through: promoting economic development opportunities, creating and preserving affordable housing; and encouraging a greater sense of community life, commitment and involvement.

Promise Development Corporation's strategies to achieving further as an organization includes promoting economic development opportunities; creating and preserving affordable housing; and encouraging a greater sense of community life, commitment and involvement.

Promise Development Corporation currently employs twenty two professionals to implement services geared towards a participants success. Community resources that our organization are linked with are able to provide additional help and services to achieve personal, financial, and employment goals for participants of the programs.

Promise Development Corporation has been able to house formerly homeless individuals and families by providing rent and utilities assistance. Our organization has been able to build, reconstruct, and maintain units throughout the city and counties to continue our efforts to end homelessness. Through our housing advocates and housing coordinator, we will continue to build relations with the community in order to decrease violence and homelessness in the community of Memphis. Promise Development Corporation has been able to obtain city and federal grants to continue to develop and grow the community together. Promise Development Corporation will continue to work on building new businesses such as a cleaning company in order to give back to the community. In addition, Promise Development Corporation will continue to build and grow communities to reach the end of homelessness in the city of Memphis.