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CFLP Update

Leveling up to support local businesses

Apr 8, 2021
One year into the pandemic, small businesses need help more than ever. If you ask someone what they love about a neighborhood, it’s almost inevitable that they are going to mention a favorite local restaurant or shop, bookstore, or salon. Many...
Small Business of the Week

Small Business of the Week: Rock Your Month

Apr 2, 2021
Rock Your Month was founded in 2018 JaBett Glenn, a 15-year military service member and mother of four. With a product designed to both ease and inspire, RYM carries the focus to make period care easy and products accessible. With automated...
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Small Business of the Week: Cutz Lounge

Mar 26, 2021
Cutz Lounge is a modern barbershop with a vintage flair. Their goal is to provide a professional and safe environment for individuals and families while delivering excellent customer service in a timely fashion. They are a multifaceted business...
CFLP Update

Hiring U-M undergraduates for summer 2021

Mar 26, 2021
The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) is hiring U-M undergraduates for the DNEP +Impact Studio for Local Business (+ISLB) internship program. This program is open to sophomores and juniors from the Ross School of Business, Ford...
Small Business of the Week

Small Business of the Week: Royalty Gardens

Mar 19, 2021
Royalty Gardens' handmade soaps give your skin the moisture it needs while you stay protected and detoxed. No chemicals, no fragrances, no meat products. They use only organic and essential oils to make great soap and even better aromatherapy....
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Small Business of the Week: CommodiTeas

Mar 12, 2021
CommodiTeas Tea Company offers premium quality teas, tea infusions, and gifts for consumers, businesses, and retailers. Their tea menu includes teas from around the globe, and they strive to “supply great taste because you demand great taste.”...
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Small Business of the Week: The Wise Decision

Mar 5, 2021
The Wise Decision’s (TWD) skilled team of credentialed trainers, coaches and wellness experts are committed to providing clients with personalized programming, coaching and attention to achieve their individual health and fitness goals. TWD’s...
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Small Business of the Week: Mature

Feb 26, 2021
Mature is founded and managed by brothers Darryl and DeKoven Humes from Detroit, Michigan. Darryl and DeKoven are active mentors in the community and proud supporters of the City. Mature offers a collection of products from hand selected...
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Small Business of the Week: Three Lyons Creative

Feb 12, 2021
Mike Williams, Tony Eggert, and Daniel Wylie-Eggert founded Three Lyons Creative in January 2014. They are cousins who studied varied creative disciplines and decided to combine their talents to create stronger products for clients they believe...
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Small Business of the Week: Farmacy Food

Feb 4, 2021
Farmacy Food is your guide and partner to looking at health holistically. They strive to serve the whole you — Farmacy Food provides food to address your nutritional needs. As they learn more about your goals, they work to connect you with their...
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Small Business of the Week: Experience Relish

Jan 28, 2021
Experience Relish is a globally inspired, locally sourced pop-up dining experience and catering company founded by Brittiany Peeler and Le’Genevieve Squires. Experience Relish is centered around food that is locally sourced, seasonal, and treated...
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Small Business of the Week: Live Cycle Delight

Jan 21, 2021
Live Cycle Delight (LCD) was founded by Amina Daniels, a high energy fitness professional, who champions her Detroit based cycle studio. Equally as passionate about style as she is for fitness, she has enjoyed over 10 years of success in luxury...
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Small Business of the Week: Featherstone

Jan 14, 2021
Featherstone is a trilingual, immigrant-owned marketing agency seeking equity for people of color and LGBTQ communities, founded by Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez. Juan Carlos is also the founder of Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week, which highlights...
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Small Business of the Week: Fahrenheit 313

Dec 17, 2020
Frederick Paul II founded Fahrenheit 313 after living as a struggling college student who needed cash in order to survive away from home. An avid sneaker addict, Fred decided to sell some of his old vintage sneakers for extra cash. He...
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Small Business of the Week: AKOMA

Dec 11, 2020
AKOMA is a cooperative for Detroit’s women artists and makers, especially Women Artists and Makers of Color. AKOMA’s vision is to create a space where like-minded women can be in community with one another, learn from one another, support one...
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Small Business of the Week: Platters Chocolatier

Dec 3, 2020
Platters Chocolatier is a Detroit-based, full service chocolate confectionery company that specializes in designing, manufacturing and delivering custom luxury chocolates for events. Platters repertoire ranges from working with corporate clients...
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Small Business of the Week: PizzaPlex

Nov 19, 2020
The PizzaPlex founding team is passionate about pizza, equitable growth, and sustainable cities. Their love for these things led to the birth of PizzaPlex L3C, a community-centric pizzeria in Detroit. The PizzaPlex team is actively embarking on a...
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Small Business of the Week: AGI Construction

Nov 12, 2020
AGI Construction is a service-disabled veteran, native-american minority-owned general contractor construction company based in Southwest Detroit. AGI provides commercial and multi-housing interior remodeling, retrofitting, and building services...
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Small Business of the Week: The Lab Drawer

Nov 5, 2020
The Lab Drawer is an Ed-Tech monthly subscription box full of cross-functional learning experiences for children ages 10-14. Inspired by the look of a chemistry lab drawer, every box includes materials and instructions for a unique STEM...
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Small Business of the Week: The Congregation

Oct 22, 2020
The Congregation is a coffee shop, bar, and community event space located in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighborhood. Co-founded by Betsy Murdoch, The Congregation is located in a former 1920s-era church. Detroit restaurants, such as Pizza Plex,...
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Small Business of the Week: Olive Seed

Oct 15, 2020
Founded by Latricia Wright in 2008, Olive Seed was formed around the goal of educating people about the transformational power of nutrition. Olive Seed offers a range of integrative services, nutritional assessments and dietary support, workshops...
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Small Business of the Week: ForHerCosmetics

Oct 8, 2020
"Chemistry in Cosmetics" Alyssa Space is the founder and CEO of ForHerCosmetics. From an early age, Alyssa's involvement in dance, pageants, and science fairs inspired her love for beauty, fashion and science. Alyssa's passions are interwoven...
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Small Business of the Week: Cooking With Que

Oct 1, 2020
Our mission is to teach people to EAT TO LIVE, by introducing more plant based meals into everyday living. With hands on demonstrations and living recipes, Cooking with Que satisfies every appetite at the table. From meal preps to cooking...
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Small Business of the Week: Detroit Dough

Sep 23, 2020
Detroiters, dreamers and dough lovers – that’s us. Founded by three African American millennials, Detroit Dough offers quality ready-to-eat dough. With an assortment of flavors of dough, we promise three things – our dough is always safe,...
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Small Business of the Week: Gaddis Gaming

Sep 17, 2020
Gaddis Gaming is dedicated to bringing new and exciting products to the leisure and entertainment industry. They specialize in manufacturing tabletop game related products that will enhance the social game playing experience both at home or in...
News

Barr seeks financial inclusion for underserved communities

Aug 12, 2020
Throughout his career in academia and in government, Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr has sought ways to help low-income people get better access to the financial system, and to change the financial system to work better for low-income...