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As CEO of ChemicoMays L.L.C., Leon Richardson has worked with more than 20 different minority businesses from a mentoring perspective over the last 10 years.“I work with 250 minority suppliers as co-chair of the General Motors Minority Supplier Council. I a...

With the recent renewal of business growth in Detroit, the focus has been primarily on the downtown area, however, the business boom spans beyond downtown. There are business owners who see the beauty in other neighborhoods and capitalize on growing businesses and creating jobs.Ron Bartell, a retired NFL player who now owns Kuzzo’s Chicken and W...

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Detroiters and urban developers around the country have been marveling at sensational Detroit comeback stories for well over a year now. With the…...

Deadlines are coming quickly for two very successful small business programs managed by Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC); chances for new contracts, new locations, or…...

Four Detroit-based minority-owned small businesses receiving $325,000 in loans and lines of credit will provide lighting, construction, and retail services to aid Detroit’s recovery from the neighborhoods to downtown. The lending is from the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, made available through a $6.5 million commitment from the Detroit Development...

Small businesses that lack access to credit and primarily serve Detroit’s neighborhoods can now take advantage of a new loan program.JPMorgan Chase & Co. along with W.K. Kellogg Foundationhas announced a new $6.5 million lending program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color, and businesses that primarily hire people of color.Th...

Entrepreneur Darlene Alston, owner of Just a Bit Electric Tea Shop, took a gamble when she opted to set up her quaint vintage-style business on Detroit’s West Side instead of near shops downtown, but Alston says she did it for the children in her community who are in desperate need of entrepreneurial guidance and job skills.Alston, now...

Marcus Jones (Image: File)Georgia native and current Detroit resident Marcus Jones, 27, found an opportunity to help get Detroiters back to work as co-founder and director of Detroit Training Center.  Jones, originally from Atlanta, moved to Detroit, Michigan after attending graduate school at Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. He fell in...