Comcast awards $1 million to 100 BIPOC small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park

Comcast awards $1 million to 100 BIPOC small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park

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 […]

The BIG Series offers small business owners tools for recovery

The BIG Series offers small business owners tools for recovery

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 […]

Livernois Soup and Light Up Livernois events help buoy cash-strapped Avenue of Fashion businesses

Livernois Soup and Light Up Livernois events help buoy cash-strapped Avenue of Fashion businesses

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 […]

African Market brings international goods to Detroit’s west side

African Market brings international goods to Detroit’s west side

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 […]