Verizon gives back with the Small Business Digital Ready program
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Bre Teamer chats with Brianna Fritz, Senior Manager of State and Local Government Affairs at Verizon, about the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program. This program offers 50 small business owners the opportunity to receive a $10,000 grant to help grow and scale their businesses.

Evenstar’s Chalice announces closure of downtown Ypsilanti store

After seven years in downtown Ypsilanti, metaphysical store Evenstar’s Chalice is closing. However, business will continue online.

Small businesses compete for $100K prize in TechTown Detroit's Hatch competition

Although their business didn’t win last year’s $100,000 cash prize. The competition transformed Jay and Sarah’s lives - and they still managed to get their brick and motor location.

Michigan retirement plan would help 1.5 million workers access savings program, lawmaker says

About 1.5 million Michigan workers aren't offered a retirement plan through their job. A proposed law would create an avenue to do that - without any cost from to the business.

Berkley's Bombshell Treat Bar opens this week

The wait is almost over - Berkley's newest ice cream spot, Bombshell Treat Bar, opens this week.

Toxin-free candle business Blossom Bright booming around Michigan

From self-taught business 101 to selling off shelves at Meijer markets, it's been quite the journey for Raven Livingston and Jonnaé Bryant.

Detroit Fleat owners plan new cafe, bar in Oak Park's Berkley Coffee spot

Months after Berkley Coffee and Oak Park Dry closed, a new coffee shop and event space is moving in. Cafe and bar Mother Handsome, a sister location to Ferndale's Detroit Fleat, is currently prepping the space for a summer opening.

NFL Draft 2024: Detroit vendors excited for temporary spots on Woodward

The NFL Draft is less than two months away. As Detroit prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of fans to the downtown area beginning April 25, so are the vendors.

Detroit Means Business offers support hub locations to assist entrepreneurs

On Monday Detroit Means Business and Duggan announced plans for 25 small business support hubs. There will be at least one hub in every Detroit City Council district.

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum demolition moving forward after site plans approved

Redevelopment plans that include demolishing Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum will move forward after a vote from the Farmington Hills City Council on Monday night.

Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township permanently closes

The owners said its lease had expired and they made the decision to cease operations after “months of difficult deliberations." Among reasons for the theater's closure was the pandemic, which had a big impact on independent institutions like itself.

Coffee shop opening in Ypsilanti's Cultivate Coffee & Tap House space

Two years after Ypsilanti's Cultivate Coffee & Tap House's sudden closure, Ann Arbor's Vertex Coffee Roasters is planning to open a new location in the space.

Flamingo Vintage celebrates 5-year anniversary of Southwest Detroit business

Racks of classic couture, 30s-era Hollywood glamour, and a working cash register from 1926? They're all signs of a vintage store keeping up with the times. But customers will find more than just material goods inside Flamingo Vintage