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Janet Webster Jones in 2019. The founder of Source Booksellers will be a panelist at this year's Black Business Reunion at TechTown.

TechTown to host Black Business Reunion in recognition and celebration of city’s Black entrepreneurs

“Our Black Business Reunion is a celebration and recognition of Detroit’s Black business community, their everlasting legacy and the impact they make in our everyday lives,” says Christianne Malone, chief program officer at TechTown Detroit.

TechTown Detroit is located at 440 Burroughs St. in Detroit.
TechTown-affiliated startup accelerator takes home this $500K grand prize in national competition

“The EPIC Prize will really help the entrepreneurs in these incubators bring their technologies to market faster,” says Dr. Vanessa Z. Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer for the U.S. DOE's Office of Technology Transitions.

Lincoln Street Art Park via Patronicity.
Efforts underway to revitalize Lincoln Street Art Park, Activi-Tree Learning Center

“This project will create a community hub and gathering space for learning and connection,” says MEDC Regional Prosperity Managing Director Paula Holtz.

Award winners from the 2022 Retail Boot Camp cohort.
Application window opens for next cohort of TechTown’s Retail Boot Camp

“For years now, TechTown has helped Retail Boot Camp graduates open competitive retail businesses in a fast-changing environment,” says Jeremy Lewis, Director of Small Business Services for TechTown Detroit.

A rendering for New Milwaukee Plaza, currently under construction in New Center.
Construction underway for New Milwaukee Plaza, Henry Ford Health’s new pocket park in New Center

“We're trying to create more community through our spaces, whether that's in our facilities themselves or outside of them, and we just want to use whatever properties we have in support of that,” says Tom Habitz, urban planning specialist for Henry Ford Health.

City Kids Soup is a local business launched by the nonprofit Central Detroit Christian.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Lisa Johanon on finding success in business development

Lisa Johanon opens up about the Central Detroit Christian nonprofit's business efforts, which include City Soup and the Peaches & Greens market.

27th Letter Books, winner of the 2019 Comerica Hatch Detroit competition.
Now part of TechTown, this $100K small business competition plots its 2022 return

“Our transition into TechTown will allow Hatch Detroit to expand capacity, increase reach and improve communication with business owners and the public,” says Vittoria Katanski, executive director of Hatch. “Hatch now has the opportunity to grow and touch the lives of future business owners for many years to come. The network of alumni winners can now mentor the next generation.”

Garnette Archer of Jo's Gallery poses in her shop's frame room.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis is helping Detroit businesses grow with an innovative grant

This unique grant is aimed at elevating established local businesses to the next level. Here's what it's been doing in Detroit.

Khalid el-Hakim
Mobile museum sees Black history on the move in Michigan

Detroit-born Khalid el-Hakim’s mobile museum has evolved into one of the biggest collections of African American history and artifacts in the country. Now the pioneer in Black Museum Studies is touring Michigan, from Bloomfield Hills to Beaver Island. 

George Adams, Jr.
These 3 Black-led development efforts are putting community front and center in Detroit

Placemaking and communty-oriented development can take a lot of different forms. Here are three minority-led Detroit development efforts that are putting community up front in their work.

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