The Detroit Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report on excessive spending in Motor City Match, a small business grant program championed by Mayor Mike Duggan. The Duggan administration disputes some of the OIG s findings, says Detroit Free Press reporter Joe Guillen, who s been covering the story.
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Motor City Match, a program championed by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, was launched in 2015 to support small and emerging businesses in the city with federal funding. But after investigating the program, the Detroit Office of Inspector General released a report January 4 that revealed concerns about Motor City Match’s spending and administration.
Mom of Six Children Reopens Black-Owned Nail Salon in Detroit
(Image Credit: Facebook/Pedicures & Shoes 2 Go Day Spa)
Ayanna Williams-Jones is a serial entrepreneur who is making moves in Detroit despite the global pandemic.
The mother of six children is the owner of a nail salon, podcast host, and business consultant. Soon, she’ll be releasing her new book,
Detroit Madam, under her own publishing company
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“My children are the reason I do everything that I do,” Williams-Jones told serial podcaster Tracy Hazzard during an interview. “It’s all for them to have generational wealth.”
Opening a Nail Salon in Detroit
When Ayanna Williams-Jones sees a problem, she solves it.
With the help of two assistants, Williams-Jones, who also is a mother of six, manages a nail salon, entrepreneurship consulting firm, popular podcast, rental homes and, soon, a publishing company that will release her new book.
She recently moved her nail salon, Pedicure & Shoes 2 Go, out of downtown Detroit to a new space east of downtown on Jefferson Avenue. I know that community is really big on supporting their own and we wanted to be part of the community, Williams-Jones said.
Customers walk up the stairs to find chairs with pedicure stations lined up, a few stations for nails, a massage room in the back and an empty space for designer shoes a unique offering at her former locations that will come soon.