A group of four have turned the practice of improving Detroit into a business that helps get that job done called New Solutions Group.
The Green Garage-based consultancy works with a number of nonprofits that advocate for the Motor City and Michigan, such as
Let's Save Michigan,
Michigan Future Schools,
Alliance for the Great Lakes,
Community Development Advocates of Detroit and
Global Detroit. New Solutions Group helps handle project management and membership expansion for those groups.
"Part of the reason we work together is we want to make Detroit a better place," says Francis Grunow, partner with
New Solutions Group.
Grunow is one of the four partners of the company.
Steve Tobocman started New Solutions Group a few years ago with his work with Global Detroit, an immigration initiative aiming at helping reinvigorate Detroit. Two years ago New Solutions Group expanded to four partners (Sloan Herrick and Sarah Szurpicki are the other two partners).
The company grew its workload to the point it can help pay its partners its full-time pay and benefits, signed a lease at Green Garage and has added three more people to its team.
"We're striving to be a business in Detroit that offers benefits and is a good place to work," Szurpicki says.
Source: Sloan Herrick, Sarah Szurpicki, Steve Tobocman and Francis Grunow, partners at New Solutions Group
Writer: Jon Zemke
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