December 9th, 20180NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant bathrooms.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland sentenced Parimal "Perry" Mehta, 55, of Northville for paying Charles Dodd, the former director of Detroit’s Office of Departmental...
December 1st, 20180DEARBORN – For the eighth year in a row, the city of Dearborn has been given a high rating by University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Innovation Research, recognizing the city’s ability to foster entrepreneurial growth and economic development.
The recognition comes as part of an annual “eCities” study conducted by U...
October 7th, 20180DEARBORN — On Tuesday, October 16, the Henry Ford Centennial Library (HFCL) will hold a free workshop for all Dearborn business owners and those interested in starting their own business. The program will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The program is in the auditorium and will be run by Andra Roussel from Reference USA, the premier...
September 9th, 20180DEARBORN — Dearborn's economic development experts are happy to welcome business professionals hoping to establish, expand or relocate a business in Dearborn.
Tom Paison, assistant director of the Economic and Community Development Department, said the city has expanded its website in order to ensure prospective owners have...
June 24th, 20180DETROIT – Giving back pays off. The Hasan family, owners of the Detroit discount store Nice Price, has received the Southwest Detroit Business Association’s (SDBA) Bagley Award for Generational Investment.
Since its doors opened in 1998 by Khalid Hasan, an immigrant from Jordan, the family-owned business has thrived as a staple...
January 26th, 20180
DEARBORN — Major developments are underway that will change the face of the Dearborn/Dearborn Heights area for decades to come – plans that one city couldn't deliver on its own.
On January 16, the mayors of both cities met with investors, developers, small businesses and officials across the county to share the progress...
January 19th, 20181By Farah Harb
DEARBORN — In the wake of the #MeToo movement that has brought down powerful men in the political and entertainment worlds and encourages organizations to take initiative to guide women on how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace, the Arab American Women's Business Council hosted a discussion panel at the...
November 3rd, 20170
DEARBORN HEIGHTS—“It picks up something from the ocean around it, from the humidity, from the surrounding trees,” said Mohamad Zeitoun, manager of the Roasting Plant coffee shops in Dearborn Heights and Ann Arbor, about the flavor profile of the Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee bean.
The Dearborn Heights location opened in June;...
May 30th, 20170By Lester Graham | Michigan Radio
There are small business districts throughout Detroit that are barely hanging on. They were once thriving. But, population loss, and the loss of wealth in the neighborhoods have caused hard times for neighborhood businesses. The question is: what to do with them now?
In the MorningSide neighborhood...
April 4th, 20170DEARBORN – The opening of a hotel in the heart of downtown Dearborn brings the first stages of promising business developments expected to substantially revitalize the city.
A towering, seemingly new building on Michigan Avenue is among dozens of award-winning Hampton Inn Hotels owned by four Iraqi immigrants – the Bacall...
March 31st, 20170DEARBORN— THE AANEWS sat down with Mohamed Badaoui and Wael Gharbie, two Dearborn residents set to open their new arcade bar, Ready Player One, in the Globe Tobacco Building in Greektown in April. We asked about their idea, the process and their prospects for the arcade and restaurant that brings together all with a love for video...
January 29th, 20170
DEARBORN - On Thursday Feb. 2, the Arab American Women’s Business Council will teach community professionals the art of networking and give them the opportunity to catapult their businesses or careers at their annual Speed Networking Event.
“This is the 3rd Annual AAWBC Speed Networking Event and we normally get between 30-50...
