12 Selling Tips for Small Business Saturday
Since its founding a decade ago, Small Business Saturday has been a great opportunity for local retailers to boost sales. It’s important to make the most of this special event by utilizing every available tool to reach new and existing customers. Here are just a few...
Detroit Manufacturing Systems continues to support Detroit’s business community
DEGC is dedicated to providing support to Detroit-based businesses. Through our Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) program – part of DEGC’s Economic Development and Investment Services Team – we promote expansion, workforce development and resources that...
Clearcover chooses Detroit for customer experience center
When Clearcover, a growing digital auto insurance carrier, was looking to establish its first customer experience center, it cast a wide net across a host of Midwest cities. The Chicago-based company was born and bred in the Midwest and knew it wanted its second...
Development of the former State Fairgrounds will bring jobs and opportunity to Detroiters
A goal of economic development in the city of Detroit is to provide jobs for Detroit residents. It is a goal that, under the direction of our Mayor, brings together many partners to facilitate complicated deals that require extensive due diligence on environmental,...
Detroit businesses adapt to support COVID-19 efforts
Those of us who remember the history of our City know the important role Detroit played in supporting U.S. troops during WWII. Today, the “Arsenal of Democracy” has become the “Arsenal of Health,” leading the fight against an invisible enemy threatening the safety and...
Accessible employment is important piece to reducing poverty
There are countless causes of poverty, such as a changing economy, poor education, destabilized families, illiteracy and social injustice, to name just a few. Poverty, especially among minorities, is a deeply entrenched and complex problem that no single policy,...
DEGC committed to growing employment opportunities for Detroiters throughout the economy
From Kevin Johnson President & CEO