Social entrepreneur turns old houses into new furniture business, Owen & Abbey
Owen & Abbey makes tables and an assortment of home furnishings from wood reclaimed from deconstructed homes in Detroit and Pontiac.
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Venture capital competition will offer $120k in prizes to local minority-owned businesses
Occurring April 13-15, PowerMoves@Detroit will offer $120,000 in direct prizes in addition to exposure and networking opportunities for local minority-owned businesses.
NPR host Michel Martin to visit Detroit for national radio series
?Longtime National Public Radio personality Michel Martin is coming to Detroit on May 21, when she will lead a panel discussion at the Carr Center about the role of creatives in redefining the city.
Detroit Tigers to become one of five Major League franchises to host LGBT pride night
Four other major league franchises are scheduled to host LGBT pride nights this year: the Oakland A's, the LA Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants, and the Chicago Cubs.
Attorneys chase literary dreams with Publishing313
The venture aims to publish the work local authors across Detroit and will begin accepting submissions this spring. The founders hope to print those works and make them available in local bookstores by the summer.
March Development News round-up
It's been another busy month for development news in the city. Let's catch up on some of the biggest stories from the past four weeks.
$500K Skillman grant will help connect 5,000 Detroit kids with summer jobs
Grow Young Detroit Talent is a collaboration between local employers and the city of Detroit, led by Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration. It aims to connect 5,000 14-to-24-year-olds with jobs this summer.
This week in Detroit pop-up restaurants
Puerto Rican, Italian, and pies are all on the menu this week in Detroit pop-up dining.
BUILD partners with Etsy to offer craft entrepreneurship classes in Detroit
Etsy is coming to Detroit thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, BUILD Institute.
