Motor City Match

We're taking you inside the Small Business Growth Summit before June 15th gets here. Here's what the day looks like: 🔹Continental breakfast + registration starting at 8:30 AM 🔹Fireside chat honoring the blueprint of @DetroitMeansBusiness Four breakout sessions: 🔹Winning New Customers 🔹Business Health Check 🔹Tech Founders: Pitching + Portfolio 🔹Acquiring a Business This is a working session. Come ready to engage. 📍 Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church 📅 June 15, 2026 ⏰ 8:30 AM - 2 PM Register now: bit.ly/SmallBizSummit26

Running a business comes with enough moving parts already. Hunting down answers across multiple departments shouldn’t slow you down too. This session is designed to help business owners get clarity on the requirements, processes, and city resources tied to operating in Detroit. Bring your questions, hear directly from City partners, and leave with information you can actually use. 📍 The Matrix Center 🗓 June 9 ⏰ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM 🔗 Register: bit.ly/D3ComplianceJune9

Happening today ⏰ Join us tonight for a Motor City Match Round 32 virtual info session and learn how to access funding, resources and support for your business. If you’re planning to apply or just want to learn more, this is a great place to start. 📅 Tonight, 6–7:30 PM 🔗 bit.ly/MCMR32InfoMay21 We’ll see you there.

Detroit entrepreneurs, this is your room. The 2026 Small Business Growth Summit is built for the people putting real work behind their businesses every single day. Whether you’re launching, growing or scaling, this is your opportunity to connect with experts, resource partners, lenders and fellow entrepreneurs all in one place. Expect practical tools, real conversations and insights you can apply to your business right away. Come ready to learn, connect and leave with strategies you can actually use. 💻 📅 June 15, 2026 ⏰ 9 AM – 2 PM 📍 Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Register now: bit.ly/SmallBizSummit26

Don’t forget, applications for Round 32 of Motor City Match are OPEN 🚨 If you’ve been thinking about opening a storefront, expanding your business or taking the next step as an entrepreneur in Detroit, now’s the time to apply. Have you submitted your application yet?

The D2 Corridor Compliance session is happening tomorrow. Connect directly with City departments and get answers to the questions that can slow businesses down. Licensing, zoning, inspections, property requirements, and more will all be part of the conversation. 📍 Human IT 🗓 May 19th ⏰ 6–8 PM 🔗 Register: bit.ly/D2ComplianceMay19

Today, we celebrated culture, community and Detroit entrepreneurship with City of Detroit at the official ribbon cutting for Little Liberia, Detroit’s first full-service Liberian restaurant and the 205th Motor City Match ribbon cutting. Congratulations to Ameneh Marhaba and the entire Little Liberia team on bringing authentic Liberian cuisine and a powerful story of resilience to East Warren. Supported by an $80,000 Motor City Match grant, Little Liberia is located inside The Ribbon, a mixed-use development supported by the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation along the East Warren corridor. From traditional dance performances to live art, music and incredible food, today’s celebration reflected the vibrant community space Ameneh has created in Detroit. Congratulations again to everyone involved in bringing Little Liberia to life. ❤️

Registration for the 2026 Small Business Growth Summit is officially OPEN. Detroit small business owners from across the city are coming together for a day full of game-changing conversations, valuable resources, expert insights and opportunities to rise higher as entrepreneurs. And yes, bring your laptop because there will be fewer lectures and more working sessions. 💻 📍 Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church 📅 June 15, 2026 ⏰ 9 AM – 2 PM Register now: bit.ly/SmallBizSummit26 Special thanks to our event sponsors, Walker-Miller Energy Services and Bank of America, for supporting Detroit’s small business community and helping make this event possible.

Motor City Match just awarded $370,000 in grants to eight Detroit small businesses through Round 31. A third-generation jewelry store expanding downtown. A laundromat with a café built into it. Two primary care clinics bringing essential services to Southwest Detroit and the east side. A childcare center, a creative arts studio, a luxury event venue and a Greek apparel shop. One winner in every city council district. Since 2015, Motor City Match has supported more than 2,300 Detroit businesses, opened more than 200 brick-and-mortar locations and helped leverage $116 million in additional investment. Round 32 applications are open now and close June 1st. If you have questions or need help putting your application together, two info sessions are still on the calendar: May 18: bit.ly/MCMR32InfoMay18 May 21: bit.ly/MCMR32InfoMay21

Still thinking about applying to Motor City Match? There’s still time to join our virtual info session on Thursday, May 21 and learn how the program can support your business journey. Get your questions answered, understand the process and hear how you can move from idea to opening day. 📅 May 21, 6–7:30 PM 🔗 bit.ly/MCMR32InfoMay21 Don’t miss it.