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Just a few years ago, Detroiters Kelli Coleman and Anika Jackson were dreaming of owning their own business as roommates at Spelman College in Atlanta. Today, they’re doubling down on that dream – literally. Detroit's first modern nail bar, The TEN Nail Bar, founded by Coleman and Jackson will...
  UA and Quicken Loans recently announced the program, making Quicken Loans and its family of companies the program’s anchor employer in Detroit. This unique High School Internship Program aims to expand students’ opportunities and develop meaningful work experiences during their senior year of high school. Beginning with a pilot group...
In its effort to boost its tourism, honor its artists and distinguish itself from other cities, Detroit has been investing in murals and the people who create them. The murals projects tend to be projects between individuals and companies – including a special partnership between Quicken Loans and...
  With its mix of businesses, beautiful glass storefronts and an amazing backdrop of the ever-changing city, the Downtown Detroit Markets are back for another year in Detroit’s city center. This spring and summer, Bedrock and the Quicken Loans Community Investment Fund are welcoming two phases of market vendors with support...
  Recruiting employees from Michigan’s population of U.S. veterans is a daily task, finding the right hires and getting them on the job. That daily grind and the rewards that come with it is worth honoring, and that is exactly what the Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency recently did. A record 157...
What happens when a group of creative students is challenged to research, design and, in some cases, redesign football-safety equipment? You get an amazing partnership that changes people’s lives at all levels. Xenith, an innovative Detroit-based football helmet and equipment manufacturer, and the College for Creative Studies (CCS), a private,...
Summer typically is a time for students, teachers and mentors to slow down, take a break and recharge during the warmer months. But at the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, summer also means cleaning up, thinking ahead and prepping for another big year. Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program proves its...
For most newly graduated millennials, college is still fresh in their minds and hearts. They likely enjoyed that environment, mixing their hard work with open spaces, working in open areas and completing projects independently. However, when this same group of young people enter the typical workplace, they find those habits...
Here’s something you don’t expect to hear out of a CEO’s mouth: That without Detroit’s neighborhoods taking part in the city’s overall revitalization, the whole downtown will tumble. It’s one of those things that when you attend a conference like Wednesday’s Venture for America “City as a Startup” that makes...
What can 6,000 employees from some of Metro Detroit’s most powerful companies do in just five days? A ton of work that can change lives – both for the volunteers and for the people of Detroit. Together through the direction of Life Remodeled, Quicken Loans along with General Motors and...
Many employers puzzle over what the millennial generation wants at work – but few people actually thing to ask them directly. That is where the “Great Places to Work” survey comes in. Together with Fortune magazine, Great Places to Work asked the employees themselves, creating the 2015 list of the...
If you’ve seen the words “Opportunity Detroit” splashed around the city, then you’re familiar with the program sponsored by Quicken Loans and Bedrock Real Estate that hopes to make Detroit one of the most creative hot spots  in the Midwest and beyond. That is why projects like The Z garage...
Education, it could be argued, must be the backbone of Detroit’s recovery. Without an educated workforce, there will be no one here to take the new jobs that the city’s businesses – large and small – are creating. That is why the work this week of Quicken Loans and Life...
An eight-month effort to figure out the monetary, emotional and practical aspects of Detroit’s blight problem has resulted in a 330-page book and a comprehensive action plan that the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force hopes will set a path to remove all of the dilapidated houses, commercial buildings and...
Detroit’s real-estate outlook for retail got even brighter Thursday with Bedrock Real Estate Service’s announcement that three new stores will lease 5,200 square feet of space at “The Z,” the company’s first ground-up development. The three tenants coming to downtown Detroit will create fitness, clothing and dining experiences on the...

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