Entrepreneurship

Top 10 coolest rehabs in Metro Detroit

From hidden chocolate shops to eccentric restaurants, Metro Detroiters are rehabilitating former fire stations, garages, Coney Islands, and churches to make way for new business.

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Speak Easy Storyteller’s Edition comes to North End on July 21

The theme for the next Speak Easy event is “I’m OK!” and features storytellers Candice Fortman, Jamil Norwood, Jamel Randall, and Nikki Studstill. 

Officials from the city and Motor City Match celebrate at the grand opening of Diamond Smiles. Dentist Aisha Akpabio won a Motor City Match space award, which helped her secure the building, and a $65,000 cash grant from MCM.
Detroiter returns home to open dental practice on city’s east side

Detroit native Aisha Akpabio, D.D.S., opens the business in Jefferson Chalmers after practicing in Los Angeles and New York City.  

Ron Matten at Dexter-Linwood Cordon Community Gardens. Photo by Nick Hagen.
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Gary Ringer. Photo by Stephen Koss.
Detroit firefighter takes on blight with deconstruction business

The fire-ravaged and neglected buildings encountered by Detroit firefighter Gary Ringer have become an unlikely source of inspiration.

Eastern Market looks ahead to the future with initiatives that aim to foster equitable development

Establishment of development protocols, the Metro Accelerator Food Business Incubator, and New "Eastern Market Partnership" name aim to solidify Eastern Market’s commitment to expanding the market and enhancing its authenticity, the organization says. 

Corn from Ruhlig Farms
Local food businesses might want to pay attention to Eastern Market’s new credit union partnership

Eastern market is teaming up with a Michigan credit union to help local food entrepreneurs.

Andrew Sims and Kim Knight.
Michigan groups help women and minority-owned businesses take a seat at the corporate table

Two Michigan-based entrepreneurial support organizations seek to encourage growth and increase wealth creation, specifically for women and minority-owned businesses.

Laura Eagin. Photo by Anita Expert.
Q&A: Web expert Laura Eagin on growing up in Metro Detroit’s gig economy

This piece is the first of an occasional series on how Metro Detroit’s gig economy has evolved over the past decade, and where it’s going.

Destination1905 (indicated by the arrow) is bringing cocktails with a twist to West Village.
Neighborhood bar with international flair opens in West Village

A Slovak immigrant has opened a new cocktail establishment in West Village that gives a nod to the neighborhood's history.

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