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12 Small Businesses In Detroit Score $500,000 Through Motor City Match

Small businesses are getting a boost up in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation announced the winners of the 11th round of the Motor City Match on Thursday. The awards ceremony was held at Michigan Farm to Freezer in Eastern Market. Motor City Match is a program that helps new businesses open in the neighborhoods around the city by providing grants and resources to get business owners started. The program is ran by the City of Detroit, the DEGC,...

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PODCAST: The Smell Of Detroit Success With Kevin And Jane Of Sfumato Fragrances

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroithappyhour/DD-11-Happy_hour_Sfumato_mixdown.mp3″ social_gplus=”false” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” ] Detroit’s a city where locally made products can do really well and become a thing. One of those products is Sfumato Fragrances, created by the Corktown-based husband and wife duo of Kevin Peterson and Jane Larson. They’re already at work on their new Midtown retail store, thanks to a $20,000 Motor City Match grant....

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11 Motor City Match Grant Winners Announced

Round four of Motor City Match, Mayor Mike Duggan’s business development program, saw 11 more winners emerge recently. These businesses will receive grant funding to help them grow or expand in Detroit’s neighborhood business corridors. The grants range in size from $15,000 to $75,000 and have been awarded to a variety of small businesses, including a cycling studio, a butcher shop, and a musical instrument retailer. Motor City Match connects new and expanding businesses with Detroit real es...

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Nine Detroit Small Businesses Receive $500,000 In Latest Motor City Match Round

The third round of Motor City Match has ended, with a combined $500,000 in grant funding given to a variety of Detroit businesses. Funding for the nine small business projects in Detroit neighborhoods ranged from $18,000 to $100,000. Motor City Match was launched last year by Mayor Mike Duggan in partnership with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. The goal of Motor City Match is to connect new and expanding businesses with Detroit real estate opportunities and provide them with the fundi...

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Motor City Match Grant Program Distributes $500,000 to First Round of Applicants

On Tuesday, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced the first round of winners who will share a $500,000 grant to help start or grow their businesses in Detroit. The Motor City Match Program connects connects new and expanding businesses with Detroit’s quality real estate opportunities, and provides them with the funding and technical assistance to help them open or grow. Funding for winning businesses ranged from $10,000 to $100,000 and is intended to fill gaps in capital needed for the build o...

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City Of Detroit To Hold #DetGovChat Thursday On Twitter

The city of Detroit has been working to embrace various technologies and channels of social media since the Duggan administration took over. Previously, we brought you the story of how Detroit’s using data to improve the city’s transparency with the public. But Thursday is a chance for you, the public, to weigh in and ask questions. From 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., there will be two leaders available to chat about Motor City Match and business development in Detroit. Michael Forsyth is the Busi...

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Motor City Match Picks Top Properties For New Businesses In Detroit

One of the challenges of locating your business in Detroit is finding a good building to put it in. Although Detroit has a lot of empty spaces, many (if not most) businesses need a space that’s close to being ready to use. The search for space that is the right fit can be daunting and also can discourage businesses from locating in the city. With that in mind, the Economic Development Corporation of Detroit has approved 27 high-ranking buildings from the first round of the Motor City Match pro...

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