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Source: Next City
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Terryn Hall
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Source: Live6
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Nina Ignaczak
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Source: BizGrid
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Detroit's mother entrepreneurs: these women started businesses and ended up with happy families
Melinda Clynes
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Development News
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Monday, October 17, 2016
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This series tells the stories of Detroit
changemakers using business acumen to empower and build communities. With this year's stories supported by Build Institute, we report on entrepreneurs and innovators shaping the city's business ecosystems.
Across Our Network
Arc of Appalachia has acquired 14,000 acres to protect the region’s temperate forest biome forever
Source: Soapbox
Community Impact Day expands, mobilizes volunteers across Michigan
Source: The Lakeshore
How Fort Wayne food entrepreneur Johnny Perez built and scaled a restaurant empire
Source: Input Fort Wayne
Shared humanity that crosses language, religious and cultural barriers
Source: Second Wave Michigan