View a full announcement below: Crain’s Detroit Business Apr. 28, 2022 Laurén Abdel-Razzaq Wright Lassiter III, one of metro Detroit’s most prominent health care CEOs, is leaving his role leading Henry Ford Health to take up the helm at one …
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Nonprofit establishes $10 million loan fund for Black-owned contractors, with $30 million more expected
Crain’s Detroit Business Apr. 26, 2022 Nick Manes Another fund has popped up aiming to support minority-owned contractors doing business in Detroit. The Detroit-based Black Caucus Foundation, along with three financial partners, said the new Capital and Cash Flow Program …
Continue ReadingDetroit Riverwalk named best riverwalk in America for 2nd straight year
The Detroit Riverwalk has been named the best riverwalk in America for the second straight year in the 2022 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards contest.
Continue ReadingChicago Fed CEO on half-point rate rise in May: ‘Perhaps it’s highly likely’
The president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago gave consumers and investors another reason to think the Fed will move more aggressively to rein in inflation at its next meeting in May.
Continue ReadingDetroit launches plan for its own high-speed internet infrastructure
A west side Detroit neighborhood has been selected as the area in which the city will start to roll out its plan to develop its own fiberoptic internet infrastructure.
Continue ReadingMackinac Policy Conference drops vaccine requirement, will allow PCR test
Crain’s Detroit Business Apr. 19, 2022 Nick Manes The Detroit Regional Chamber is dropping a requirement that attendees at its flagship business and political conference prove vaccination for COVID-19. The chamber on Tuesday announced that attendees at this year’s Mackinac …
Continue ReadingFour Reasons to Participate in Leadership Detroit
Few things are as essential to success in the business world as strong leadership skills. Whether you’re running your own company or working your way up the corporate ladder, the ability to motivate and inspire others is key. However, developing …
Continue Reading300 Macomb & Oakland County manufacturers make parts to save lives in Ukraine
WXYZ Detroit Apr. 18, 2022 Kim Russell It is called Project Diamond and right now it is bringing hundreds of businesses in Oakland and Macomb Counties together to save lives in Ukraine. The name is fitting because the goal is …
Continue ReadingDetroit City Council approves 2023 fiscal year budget
After several clerical delays and a lack of quorum, Detroit City Council approved the annual budget for the 2023 fiscal year about 11 p.m. Thursday.
Continue ReadingUS inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981
Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises that many people have received.
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