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Motor City Match awards $1.1M to Detroit entrepreneurs, expands with new Community Violence Intervention track
Over $1 million in grants awarded to 16 new businesses at the Round 27 awards ceremony. New Community Violence Intervention (CVI) track introduced, awarding $70,000 to four businesses led by individuals committed to positive community change. CVI track, developed with...
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Motor City Match awards $1.1M to Detroit entrepreneurs, expands with new Community Violence Intervention track
Over $1 million in grants awarded to 16 new businesses at the Round 27 awards ceremony. New Community Violence Intervention (CVI) track introduced, awarding $70,000 to four businesses led by individuals committed to positive community change. CVI track, developed with...
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Motor City Match winner Medicina Scarlett opens in southwest Detroit, boosting local healthcare access for residents
Medicina Scarlett, a bilingual medical service provider, celebrates its grand opening as the 168th Motor City Match business Founded by Scarlett Idema, a native Spanish speaker, Medicina Scarlett was created to help Idema bridge the gap between language barriers and...
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City of Detroit and Detroit Economic Growth Corporation announce Request for Proposals for redevelopment of former Packard Plant site
DETROIT – May 30, 2024 - The City of Detroit, in partnership with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC), is seeking proposals from qualified developers for the redevelopment of several parcels that represent the majority of the former Packard Plant. The...
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Detroit Economic Growth Corporation’s Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges to depart for new role as Tampa Downtown Partnership CEO
The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) today announced that Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Economic Development and Investment Services for the DEGC, will be leaving the organization to become the new...
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Motor City Match’s Round 26 awards help launch new businesses in 17 Detroit neighborhoods
Nearly $1 million in grants awarded to 18 new businesses at Round 26 Awards ceremony. New Detroit ventures include a neighborhood grocery market, reflexology center, virtual reality center and Detroit’s first premier rage room. In Round 26, 83% are minority-owned...
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The Michigan Chronicle has named Pierre Batton, DEGC Vice President of Small Business Services, as one of its 2020 “40 Under 40” honorees. Batton joins a list of the area’s most influential young professionals, chosen from hundreds of nominations, that represent a variety of industries and professions, including business leaders, community activists, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and educators.
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Site Selection Magazine named DEGC a top economic development group for 2019 and 2020 and awarded DEGC with the prestigious Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development. The award recognizes the top local and regional economic development agencies in America. Significant projects noted were Fiat Chrysler, Arbe Robotics, and Flex-N-Gate. And, according to Site Selection Magazine, “DEGC’s Business Development team is leading Detroit’s first and only global commerce initiative.”
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Kevin Johnson, CEO was named one of the Top 50 Economic Developers of 2019 by Consultant Connect, a highly touted consulting agency known internationally for its strategies to advance economic growth and development. “The list recognizing North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers is designed to acknowledge the hard work of the top leaders in this field and elevate the conversation around economic development and job creation,” said Ron Kitchens, managing partner, Consultant Connect. “Each of the leaders represented on this year’s list is beyond deserving of this recognition for their efforts in building our communities.”
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For 2019, Business Facilities magazine selected the Fiat Chrysler expansion as its Deal of the Year. FCA’s $4.5 billion investment in Detroit and nearby Macomb County was selected from a group of 40 nationally recognized deals as the publication’s top economic development project in the U.S. It marked the second consecutive year a Detroit-based development won the highest honor. Ford Motor Company’s purchase of the Michigan Central Depot claimed the top spot in 2018. Ford continues to work with the City, DEGC and others to renovate the historic train station and redevelop the surrounding Corktown neighborhood.
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