LOCAL STORIES

Since 2010, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Small Business Saturday. The idea was originally an initiative from American Express but in

Amidst the construction that stretches across the Avenue of Fashion, there is one startup that aims to help promote the small businesses located there by

Starting a business can be very a scary venture. Where do you start? What do you need? How much is it going to cost and where will it come from? Grand

Brittany Rhodes is good at math. She’s always been good at it – even graduating with a degree in the field from Spelman – so it’s no surprise that she

While working in the automotive industry, Raeshawn Bumphers would moonlight as a wedding planner and hospitality service specialist. After 20 years of doing

At Mr. Foods, a modest storefront in Eastern Market, there is big business in lamb chops.  The retail front is busy with people buying typical cuts of

Like many self-made Detroit business leaders, Clement “Fame” Brown Jr. started off trapping out the trunk. Brown had a vision: Selling original streetwear

Long before recycling was ever chic in Detroit, Arts & Scraps made it fashionable to reuse discarded materials into something better.Now, having grown from

The pink lights on the corner of East Jefferson Ave. and Chalmers are what caught my attention first.They glowed rosily in the evening darkness; a welcoming,

 Video Credit: Jeremy BrockmanErika "Rikk" Cross was always interested in art. At a very young age, Rikk was always found doodling on whatever she could