Comcast has awarded $1 million in grants to 100 Black, Indigenous and People of Color- (BIPOC) owned small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. Awards also went to 84 additional businesses across Michigan. Detroit was one of five cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia, selected to award $10,000 grants to 100 local businesses […]
Stuck behind a school bus when running late is bad luck. Hitting a pothole is bad luck. Openings a store the week the COVID shutdowns hit is something else entirely. Frederick Paul had this kind of bad luck. After a year of work, he was finally ready to move his vintage shoe business, Fahrenheit 313, […]
From a cold beer or shot of whiskey at the end of a hard day’s work to Paczki Day vodka, Detroit knows its booze. Yet somehow tequila has never been an iconic Motown spirit. Don and Nayana Ferguson have set out to change that with their Anteel Tequila. It’s a tequila headquartered in metro Detroit, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion, one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhood business districts, hit a speed bump with scheduled construction along the shop’s busiest corridor. It’s a massive project, albeit temporary one, according to shopowners contendng with foot traffic drops created as a result of limited parking and impassable sidewalks. The $8 million streetscaping project […]
Chris Casteel became an amputee after a motorcycle accident in 1988. He then worked in manufacturing until he was let go in 2002. If that were the end of the story it would be pretty depressing. After that he went to Eastern Michigan University and earned his master’s degree. If that were the end of […]
Street food like hotdogs, lamb sliders, and fried cod sandwiches may sound good, but being serving them in concert with healthy juice bar seems odd. These two restaurants, Street Cuisine and Ocean’s Fresh Juice Bar, which opened next to each other on the same day, are owned by Ari Shah. The two restaurants are located […]
There are only so many specialty stores in the Detroit that sell goat meat, shea butter and aloe leaves. At African Market in the Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhood, those products are easier to find. Located at 21308 West McNichols, African Market has been serving the community for 10 years, offering a number of imported West African goods […]
Being in the business of marriage doesn’t mean one has to be married. That’s the case for Lori LeeAnne Conerly, 24, and her shop LeeAnne’s Luxury Bridal Boutique, 18724 Grand River Ave. in the Grandmont Rosedale area. Although it hasn’t yet completed a full year in business, the store has won praise for its customer […]