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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... -
Why the Redford Theatre was the perfect venue for Duggan’s State of the City address
Supporting what's possible By Larry Gabriel As political theater, Mayor Mike Duggan made all the right moves for his State of the City address last week. For starters, he held it at Read more... -
Hardy survivors win $100K grants in Detroit, Highland Park
By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Columnist In 21 years of making wooden pallets on Detroit’s east side, the Givhan family’s J & G Pallets and Trucking business has survived two fires and Read more... -
Detroit restaurants and farmers are working together to expand options for locavores
While sitting in a restaurant, ever ask yourself, "Where did all of this food actually come from?" It's a seemingly simple question with an often complex answer. (The complexity of the contemporary Read more... -
Above and Beyond Orthopedics leverages NEIdeas grant to grow business
Above and Beyond Orthopedics plans to use a grant it won from the recent NEIdeas competition to add a key piece of equipment and create more jobs. The 3-year-old prosthetics company won the $2,000 Read more...
