Resources

Open City is a forum for aspiring and current business owners to exchange ideas and information about doing business in the city. Dreaming of starting a new business? Looking to grow your existing business? 

Detroit, MI

InsYght is a free service that helps you identify exactly what is available to support your business needs. No matter the stage of your idea or business, InsYght gives you access to critical resources that fit your unique profile. 

500 Griswold Ave., Ste. 3400
Detroit, MI 48226

SCORE®, a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is a national organization with approximately 400 chapters and 11,000 members nationwide. 
The purpose of SCORE remains the same:  professionals who volunteer to help new generations of aspiring business owners make their dreams come true when starting or growing a business.

477 Michigan Avenue, Suite 515
Detroti, MI 48226

Building the Detroit Technology Startup Ecosystem.
Founders, Freelancers, Students, and Moonlighters are all welcome! 
No Agenda. No Speakers. Just Community

Detroit, MI

Southeast Michigan Startup showcases the entrepreneurs who are constructing the narrative of what’s next in the new economy. 

333 West Fort Street � Suite 2010
Detroit, MI 482226

The Detroit Micro Enterprise Fund supports small businesses in the Detroit area by allowing them to obtain Microloan financing when traditional financing sources are not available. Imagine the possibilities for your business ... expand, add new product lines, purchase new equipment, and more!

440 Burroughs, Suite 140
Detroit, MI 48202

Invest Detroit is a leading source of private sector gap financing that utilizes a variety of funding tools through managed for-profit and non-profit targeted funds to support economic development opportunities in underserved communities primarily in the City of Detroit

600 Renaissance Center, Suite 1710
Detroit, MI 48243

Allied Media Projects cultivates media strategies for a more just and creative world. From the unique intersection of media and communications, art, technology, education and social justice, AMP shares and develop models for transforming ourselves and our communities.

4126 Third St.
Detroit, MI 48201

Vanguard Community Development Corporation has served over 40,000 families and invested more than $50,000,000 in Detroit through programs and development since 1994.

2785 E. Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI 48211

The mission of the Living Cities Woodward Corridor Initiative is to empower low to -moderate income North End and Midtown residents by creating innovative partnerships and systems change to break down barriers to success for them. 

3939 Woodward Avenue, Ste. 100
Detroit, MI 48201

The Association is a coalition of businesses and community interests committed to facilitating the continuation and enhancement of a stable, economically healthy Southwest Detroit.

7752 West Vernor Highway
Detroit, MI 48209

The Skillman Foundation is committed to providing resources to improve the lives of children in Metropolitan Detroit by improving their homes, schools and neighborhoods.

100 Talon Centre Dr. Suite 100
Detroit, MI 48207

Building community capital is at the heart of the Community Foundation's organizational mission. 

The Community Foundation works to encourage endowment-building as an effective means to address community challenges and opportunities. 

333 West Fort Street, Suite 2010
Detroit, MI 48226

The basic purpose of the Hudson-Webber Foundation is to improve the vitality and quality of life of the metropolitan Detroit community. The Foundation concentrates its giving primarily within the City of Detroit and has a particular interest in the revitalization of the urban core because this area is a focus for community activity and pride and is of critical importance to the vitality of the entire metropolitan community.

333 W. Fort Street, Suite 1310
Detroit, MI 48226

The Brightmoor Alliance is a coalition of nearly 50 organizations dedicated to enhance the capacity and the effectiveness of Brightmoor residents and stakeholders to transform our community into a community of choice.

17421 Telegraph Road
Detroit, MI 48219