For almost a decade, Hatch Detroit and Comerica Bank have helped start-ups grow strong. Now that the predator COVID has shown up, it is time the protect their hatchlings in the nest. This year, instead of funding new business, they will give aid to alumni of the program who need a little help in these hard times. The […]
When she was a young girl, Tasha Danielle’s grandmother would lay out her bills and explain both the importance and how she paid each one off. Danielle listened. It was these formative lessons that allowed her to become a CPA for DTE Energy … and payoff $80,000 in debt she’d accumulated before age 30. That […]
Jeanette Pierce’s passion is showing people what Detroit has to offer by providing tours that paint a picture of the city today and yesterday. Since founding the Detroit Experience Factory in 2006, 130,000 people have taken her tours that emphasize small business and the history of the city. This year, however, things were different. As she […]
No one is sure what the next school year is going to look like. What is less of a variable is kids will need supplies, and many young Detroiters can’t get them. Samaritas is working to fix that with its annual backpack drive. The organization is asking people to donate 1,400 backpacks and the school […]
“Send these, your homeless, and tempest-tost to me.” This verse written on the Statue of Liberty are words the Samaritas Refugee Foster Care lives by. As the largest refugee resettlement agency in Michigan and fourth largest in the nation, it has resettled thousands of people from dozens of countries, many of them children without parents. […]
Over the last decade, small businesses have risen to become the face of Detroit’s comeback. Then in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the region, their very foundation and futures collectively became uncertain. The Inter-Faith Small Business Alliance (IFSBA), which works to foster a culture of small business, is working to help them get back […]
The Chinese symbol for crisis is the same as opportunity has become a cliché in recent years. Overused or not, there is truth in the saying. To realize the resources you have and shine a light on some perennial problems can change the status quo. Councilman James Tate of Detroit’s First District is working to […]
Now is usually about the time that we all start lining up for ice cream cones at our local shop to beat the heat. However, COVID-19 has made that impossible, at least for the time being. Annoying as that may be, there are many people far more impacted by the disease than not getting ice […]
Thanks to COVID-19 a walk down the streets of Detroit is almost like a scene out of Omega Man, a city seemingly devoid of people. However, just because you don’t see the people doesn’t mean the heart of the city has stopped. A video called Love Detroit was the vision of Billy Strawter Jr., founder […]
The world under COVID-19 is almost like the second act of a horror movie, where everyone is nervous the monster might be around every corner. Farmington Hills-based tech solutions company, Kyyba Innovations, has developed an app called weTrace, which may shine a light on where the monster disease is lurking. The app, now in beta […]