Detroit small business owners filled Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on June 15 for the fifth annual Small Business Growth Summit, the event formerly known as the Detroit Means Business Summit. The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) rebuilt this year’s program around hands-on working sessions, trading the lecture format of years past for rooms where entrepreneurs rolled up their sleeves and built practical plans for their businesses.

The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and City leaders joined Detroiter Jacqueline Cook today, on her birthday, to celebrate the opening of Micah’s Market, the second Green Grocer Program ribbon cutting this year and the second since the program relaunched in 2024. Cook received a $25,000 grant to turn her longtime community food work into a full neighborhood grocery offering fresh produce, dairy, meat and pantry staples at prices families can afford.

Mayor Mary Sheffield and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) today celebrated the opening of Little Liberia, a full-service restaurant founded by Detroit entrepreneur Ameneh Marhaba. The establishment is supported by an $80,000 Motor City Match cash grant and marks the program’s 205th ribbon cutting.