From tiny acorns, mighty oaks can grow. And from the beginning, the people behind Detroit’s successful Build Institute knew the same would happen to its early graduates. Now celebrating its five-year anniversary and 1,000th graduate, Build has been able to provide access to Detroit’s small business owners, most of whom are women and minorities, with […]
There is no reason to just dream of opening or expanding a business in Detroit when there are proactive groups such as Motor City Match around. Motor City Match, a small-business support program – awards $500,000 every three months in grants to entrepreneurs in Detroit. Its other goal is to connect business owners with quality […]
Talk about an accomplishment – in less than five years, ProsperUS Detroit’s Micro-Loan Program has hit the $500,000 mark in low-interest loans to more than 25 small businesses in the city’s neighborhoods. The ProsperUS Detroit Micro-Loan Program, which focuses on aspiring minority and immigrant entrepreneurs, has helped these businesses get the resources they need to […]
Every day, City Year Detroit corps members show up when the school bell rings at many of Detroit’s most under-served educational facilities. Day in and day out, these young people provide tutoring, mentoring and after-school support. To honor that work and give back to City Year Detroit for all it does, Comcast recently hosted a […]
Young, talented and employed. That will be the credentials behind the names of 8,000 of Detroit’s 14-24-year-old population, who won’t have to wait around to be successful thanks to Mayor Duggan’s call to jump-start summer employment programs for area youth. The Mayor officially kick-started enrollment for Grow Detroit’s Young Talent (GDYT) this week. The program will […]
Much like its gardens, Detroit’s RecoveryPark has grown quickly as it pursues its mission of creating jobs and transforming its community. Although the Michigan winter may be chilly, Executive Manager Gary Wozniak says the farm’s progress has been at a rapid rate through the end of 2016 and into 2017. The Farm Team is the […]
DTE and Consumers has plans to brighten up some futures and some resumes and jumpstart young people’s interest in careers in energy. It’s asking on high school- and college-age kids to come work for the company after graduation and providing education avenues to encourage them. There’s a good reason. In Michigan approximately 50 percent of […]
Percy Redd, III was following in his father’s footsteps, but he wasn’t living his own dream. He grew up around electrical work and watched his father retire from a successful career in the field. But, unlike the man whose work path he followed, Redd drifted from job to job as a non-union electrician with two […]
More bus drivers are needed immediately, according to the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT), which is in the midst of the first part of a major service expansion. The second phase of expansion efforts will commence in January. At least 100 new Transportation Equipment Operators (bus drivers) are being sought. Interested job candidates are encouraged […]
Won’t you be my neighbor … and my business partner? That’s what the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) hopes to accomplish with its Detroit to Detroit, or D2D, buyers program. D2D helps small suppliers become “Buyer-Ready Businesses” and gives them a chance to make direct, face-to-face contact with buyers from big purchasing organizations and learn […]