Category: General News
Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color Fund triples investments, celebrates 2nd anniversary
Michael S. Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School, participated in a roundtable discussion at Detroit’s Gem Theater Read More
Fund for Detroit minority small business owners swells to $18 million
A fund aimed at helping minority owners of small businesses in Detroit strengthen their operations will triple in size thanks to new Read More
How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’s Revival
There are two kinds of storefronts on this stretch of Detroit’s West McNichols Road: Boarded-up and “Why isn’t this boarded up?” Most Read More
A $6.5 million loan fund threw FICO scores out the window, and the results show a way forward for America’s struggling cities
Adrienne Bennett needed a short-term loan so that her business could pursue a big project, but she wasn’t sure a brick-and-mortar bank Read More
How DDF Takes a Chance on Small Businesses When Banks Won’t
Four years ago, this block was dark. The streetlights were out and all of the storefronts sat empty. Residents living in apartments Read More
Inside The Coe at West Village, Detroit Strategic Neighborhood Initiative.
The Coe at West Village real estate project offered a look at what the interior of its housing units will look like Read More
Cooking Up a Food Revolution in Detroit with Detroit Vegan Soul
Detroit Vegan Soul owners Erika Boyd and Kirsten Ussery-Boyd first went vegan together around 2011. They were hoping to break the cycle Read More
Detroit Development Fund announces Entrepreneurs of Color Funding
The Detroit Development Fund, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently announced the first four Detroit-based minority-owned small businesses Read More
DDF supports Tech Town retail boot camp graduate – Breathe Beauty Bar
“I launched my all-natural line of products in 2011, and they were a hit,” said Breathe Beauty Bar founder and owner Monica Read More
Knight Foundation converts $2.5M loan to grant for Detroit Development Fund
Convincing a skeptical landlord that women like pedicures and new shoes, ideally in combination, was far more difficult for Ayanna Williams-Jones than Read More
