Economic Development

Coverage of projects, big and small, and the people who create them, which promote the economic health of a community, including manufacturing, retail, office, and hospitality developments.

Celebrating Financial Literacy Month: Detroit’s Chase Community Manager Shares Tips for Strengthening Financial Health

Gail Taylor, Chase Community Manager in Detroit, shares ways to help strengthen your financial health.

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Women and wealth: Tips for navigating your lifelong financial journey

Are you saving up for a house, or retiring early? Where do you want to be in the next ten or twenty years? Everyone’s financial situation is unique, so it’s important to think about these questions.

How Detroit’s New Chase Community Manager Can Help Empower Your Financial Journey

Anthony Miller joins Gail Taylor and Annette Washington as Detroit’s newest Chase Community Manager. This dynamic trio— part of a national network of Community Managers in all lower 48 states—helps to build stronger financial futures in Detroit.

Rising optimism among small and middle market business leaders suggests growth for Michigan 

Both small and midsize business leaders are feeling more confident to pursue growth opportunities, embrace emerging technologies and, in some cases, forge new strategic partnerships.

Black women’s unemployment has skyrocketed. Here’s what happened.

By December 2025, Black women were spending an average of 29.7 weeks, or more than seven months, unemployed — the highest rate among every group of women and among all men except for Black men, who had a slightly higher average.

With a $20 million partnership, orsa Music Hall is set to continue leadership in Detroit’s creative future

Beyond naming the expansion orsa Music Hall, the partnership will support programming, education, and community engagement.

In the News: Weather reports and what weather has wrought

Bitter weather is expected to continue into tomorrow. Here's weather in the news.

Detroit Capital Hub connects entrepreneurs, small businesses with Detroit CFDI lenders

A new private-partnership between the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and the City of Detroit — Detroit Capital Hub — serves as a matching program introducing small businesses to the lender best able to serve them. 

The early childhood models in other states inspiring Michigan policy advocates

Michigan is making meaningful strides to advance early childhood education but could make even more by looking to other states' models.

News from Chalkbeat Detroit, Outlier Media, Planet Detroit, Bridge Detroit

Students talk with Mayor Sheffield, a crypto landlord's legal troubles, digital makeover for Belle Isle, and a Detroit sales tax explained.

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