Holiday markets, Monroe Midway to return to downtown Detroit
Downtown Detroit has an activity-packed winter on the horizon.
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Michigan retailers see big sales increase in September, confident heading into holiday season
Michigan retailers have good news heading into the holiday shopping season, according to a new report.
Facebook data finds Michigan leads U.S. in small business closings
Data from Facebook showed 28 percent of Michigan small businesses who responded to a survey reporting they were closed as of July.
New online learning and grant opportunity aims to lift local BIPOC- and women-owned small businesses
Verizon, Next Street, and LISC have partnered to present Verizon Small Business Digital Ready.
Motor City Match winner creates inclusive space for underrepresented communities to practice yoga
Welcome Home Yoga & Wellness is a woman-owned and LGTBQ+ studio that offers yoga and meditation classes.
Newest Motor City Match business, Lab Drawer, opens in Detroit to provide children STEAM educational
The Lab Drawer offers STEAM experiences and learning to aspiring young children.
Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week is back after a two year hiatus
The 10-day food event that celebrates “Latin roots” returns this week for its third year.
Tiny Detroit bakery outgrows Livernois storefront, plans big move
Good Cakes and Bakes plans to expand to a 5,600 sq. ft. space to serve as its new headquarters.
TechTown and partners launch Venture 313 fund
TechTown has joined forces with the Gilbert Family Foundation, Invest Detroit, and Detroit Development Fund to launch a new fund.
Detroit Means Business event fosters connections for Detroit small businesses to grow and thrive
Seeds for Growth event aims to restore trust in the lending process and empower Detroit small businesses to access capital.
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation hires Sean Gray as leader of small business department
Meet Sean Gray. He is DEGC's new Vice President of Small Business Services.
Meet District 6 Business Liaison Perla Hernandez
Do you own a business in Southwest Detroit, Corktown, Midtown or Downtown? Perla is your best business resource.
Forbes reports "Urban recovery needs small business"
Small businesses are "the connective tissue that holds the community together."
Motor City Match awards first-ever $1 million round of grants
Motor City Match is expanding! Round 21 applications are now open!
Dozens of Detroit entrepreneurs honored at Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit entrepreneurs are the highlight of a new exhibit!
Womxn-centered coworking space launches its own foundation
BasBlue, a safe space for womxn and non-binary people, is taking its mission to the next level.
Detroit wants to pay you to renovate the apartment above your storefront
Got an empty apartment above your shop? Detroit wants to pay for the renovations.
Detroit Means Business awarded $9 million to aid pandemic-impacted small businesses
DMB received a huge funding boost to help small businesses in Detroit!
Venmo grants $10,000 to small businesses
Businesses have until August 11 to apply.
Southwest family runs city’s first ‘zero waste’ store
Meet the power duo reducing their store's carbon footprint.
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