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RECENT HEADLINES
- Mar 21, 2023
- 3 min
A halal-culinary adventure: Motor City Match winner, with deep community ties, celebrates restaurant opening ahead of Ramadan
- Mar 13, 2023
- 4 min
More than just a place to wash clothes: Motor City Match winner opens laundromat that doubles as a community resource center
- Feb 26, 2023
- 4 min
Motor City Match winner transforms abandoned property into top-tier entertainment venue in Detroit
- Jan 31, 2023
- 5 min
Motor City Match awards more than $1.3 million in cash grants to support 32 new & existing Detroit businesses
- Dec 13, 2022
- 4 min
Putting local first: Motor City Match winner is a farm-to-table soul food restaurant that sources locally and hires from the community
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
Motor City Match now accepting Round 22 applications
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Motor City Match winner aims to revive the lost art of quilting
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Motor City Match winner creates inclusive space for underrepresented communities to practice yoga and healthy living
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
Newest Motor City Match business, Lab Drawer, opens in Detroit to provide children STEAM educational kits
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
Motor City Match awards first-ever $1 million round of grants
- Jul 21, 2022
- 4 min
Round 18 Motor City Match awardee Detroit Dance Center, LLC celebrates ribbon cutting event with Mayor Duggan
- Jun 16, 2022
- 3 min
Mayor Duggan Joined City Leaders for Long-Awaited Grand Opening of Motor City Match Winner Textures By Nefertiti, Black, Woman-Owned Salon
- Jun 8, 2022
- 3 min
Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison announces the grand opening of Motor City Match winner Soul 2 Go, carry out style soul food restaurant on Detroit's Eastside
- May 11, 2022
- 3 min
Motor City Match winner Joyola Mei celebrates grand opening, brings eco-friendly hair care to Detroit's Corktown
- May 4, 2022
- 4 min
Motor City Match, Mayor announce $500K in cash grants to 12 new businesses
- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
Motor City Match awardee Be:HER opens Detroit's newest women's fashion boutique in city's Morningside neighborhood
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Black-owned sandwich spot Breadless opens with healthy offerings - minus the bread, with help from Motor City Match
- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
Woman veteran-owned DawanaFit fitness studio opens in Obama Building with help from Motor City Match
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
Motor City Match, Mayor announce $500k in cash grants to 13 new businesses in first round of funding since beginning of pandemic
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
Eats All Good celebrates grand opening in Detroit's Rivertown District, receives $50,000 from Motor City Match
MAKING NEWS
In episode 14, Kevin Johnson, DEGC President and CEO, talks with host Ed Clemente about DEGC’s efforts to stimulate small business growth, attract new investment and create jobs for Detroiters.
Join a conversation with Kevin Johnson and Pierre Batton of the DEGC in an interview with the Michigan Chronicle’s Andre Ash.</