From offering virtual "retreats" to creating videos that engage young students, a program called Renew Your Business is inspiring participants to reimagine their Ypsilanti-based businesses for success.
Since the pandemic began in March, the Ann Arbor-based fund has kept busy – and even made its biggest investment to date.
The workforce development agency received the most Going PRO funding it has to date. Executive Director Shamar Herron says the fund allocations reflect positive changes in employers' mentalities about employee qualifications.
Ypsilanti Community Schools will kick off a slate of Black History Month happenings with the Zoom event, called "Just a Kid from Ypsi."
Butters Hygienics Co. founder Jerome Stuart Nichols saw his revenue nearly quadruple, and his staff double, in 2020.
Facilitators will conduct activities and lead discussions on what makes a good leader and how to work with others to achieve success.
The pandemic has dealt devastating blows to many Washtenaw County business owners, but it's also led many to reshape their workplace culture in ways that seem likely to stick for the long term.
The program was created to offer more opportunities to students who are underrepresented in the tech sector, and for Ann Arbor tech startups to strengthen their DEI efforts and have access to new talent.
Despite being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic barely a month after it opened to the public, the new Gutman Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor is still going strong through both in-person and online sales.
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck live performance particularly hard, but many local music venues have embraced online performances as an economic and creative alternative to shutting their doors.
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