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NEIdeas business challenge taking applications for cash awards

John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press12:03 a.m. EDT April 20, 2016   The NEIdeas competition kicks off its third and final year of small-business funding Wednesday by opening the application Read more...

SHOP LOCAL AT HOLIDAY BUILD BAZAARS

Build Institute, a strategic program of Downtown Detroit Partnership,is excited to announce a holiday shop local initiative highlighting local small businesses and entrepreneurs with five events.  Read more...

Next City – What a Small Business in Detroit Can Do With $10,000

Benkari, a Detroit plumbing and mechanical contracting business, recently won a $10,000 NEIdeas grant. (Credit: New Economy Initiative) Adrienne Bennett is America’s first Read more...

NEIdeas 2015 $10k Challenge Winners Announced in Detroit Free Press

NEIdeas rewards 30 small businesses with $10K grants By Tom Walsh and By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press10:59 p.m. EDT October 31, 2015 The New Economy Initiative (NEI) Read more...

NEIdeas challenge returns for second year of grants to Detroit businesses with ideas for growth

Last year, the New Economy Initiative and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation teamed up to award 32 existing small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park a combined total of over Read more...

Highland Park’s Shep’s Barber and Beauty Shop Celebrates 70 Years

The salon is celebrating its 70th year in business, with second generation owner Dorothy Harris Grigsby running the business her uncle started. Watch the video below to learn more. Read more...