TechTown Detroit? is Redefining the City | Small Business Revolution

by adminpublished on July 20, 2019

Detroit has one of the worst jobs-per-capita rates among big cities, a struggle since the large manufacturing plants that were spread across the city closed long ago. That fact is something that TechTown Detroit, a nonprofit created to help grow small businesses and jobs, is trying to change.




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