Our Business Village is Now Open!
Meet Harriette Brown. A wife, a mother, a lover of food and Chef Bee of Sisters on a Roll Mobile Café & Catering.
“The past 27 years have been a flavor filled journey, as I see food as both an art form & a universal gift to be shared by all,” Said Harriette Brown. “It is my privilege to share with you food prepared from the heart with the soul in mind, bringing you the flavor of love one bite at a time.”Harriette Brown has a background in outreach ministry and has always lived her life helping others. Harriette Brown has a passion for helping people in her community, and entrepreneurship.
“I never thought that I’d have my own business,” said Harriette Brown. “Helping others is my life long dream, having this business allows me to give more back.”
Before successfully launching Sister’s on a Roll, Mobile Cafe & Catering, Harriette Brown was wondering how she could turn her passion into a reality. How did she go from, I wish I could, to I am? Prosperous classes at Focus: HOPE.Harriette Brown has a background in outreach ministry and has always lived her life helping others. Harriette Brown has a passion for helping people in her community, and entrepreneurship.
“I never thought that I’d have my own business,” said Harriette Brown. “Helping others is my life long dream, having this business allows me to give more back.”
Before successfully launching Sister’s on a Roll, Mobile Cafe & Catering, Harriette Brown was wondering how she could turn her passion into a reality. How did she go from, I wish I could, to I am? Prosperous classes at Focus: HOPE.“I never thought that I’d have my own business,” said Harriette Brown. “Helping others is my life long dream, having this business allows me to give more back.”Before successfully launching Sister’s on a Roll, Mobile Cafe & Catering, Harriette Brown was wondering how she could turn her passion into a reality. How did she go from, I wish I could, to I am? Prosperous classes at Focus: HOPE.So how did Harriette Brown make her dreams a reality with the help of Focus: HOPE & ProsperUs Detroit? A few years ago, she agreed to pick up a friend from Focus: HOPE’s ProsperUs class. As she was waiting for the class to end, Focus: HOPE mentor and Manager of Neighborhood and Economic Revitalization, HOPE Village Initiative, Judith Williams, urged her to stay for the last hour to see if she would be interested in attending an upcoming session. Harriet Brown liked what she took away from the last hour of the workshop and signed up for the next session that involved entrepreneurship training programs and support services with the thought, “maybe this could really work” and the drive to make her dream a reality.
Fast forward a few years to October 20th, 2016, the Grand Opening of our Business Village, and Harriette Brown, from Sisters on a Roll Mobile Catering & Services, was our caterer; and a delicious one at that.“Judith Williams has been encouraging, supportive and inspirational to me by helping me pursue my dreams,” said Harriette Brown. “I’m forever grateful to
Focus: HOPE and ProsperUS for propelling me forward in making my dreams a reality.”Our Business Village is officially open! The Business Village is an office space that allows entrepreneurs, bloggers, small businesses, start-ups and more, to rent out office space at an affordable price in collaboration with ProsperUs Detroit. Our Business Village offers local, neighborhood residents affordable space that is nearby, and the resources and help that are essential in successfully launching small businesses, start-ups, websites and more. We want to make sure that we are helping the people who grew up in Detroit, have lived in Detroit and are not leaving Detroit and help them reach their full potential.
Jason Lee, CEO, Focus: HOPE; Judith Williams, Manager, Neighborhood and Economic Revitalization, HOPE Village Initiative; Elaine Gardner, Assistant, Focus: HOPE; Juanita Maxwell, Assistant, Focus: HOPE
When members purchase a plan, they get office space, a conference room available for meetings and brainstorm sessions, laptop rentals, flash drives and cabinet space. We also offer drop-in rates and a la carte items for one time uses.
Focus: HOPE mentors are available to help with marketing needs, research, and finding the correct resources that fit your goals and plans.
Our Business Village is in collaboration with ProsperUs Detroit, which will continue to offer entrepreneur classes and workshops to our Business Village members that aid in our goal of developing a comprehensive program of supports for cultivating Focus: HOPE’s, HOPE Village business community.
Krista Contreras and Joanna Dueweke, ProsperUs Detroit
JP Morgan Chase colleagues attending our grand opening
“The whole idea of co-working is to bring bright, creative people together and let the ideas collide.” Said Judith Williams, Manager, Neighborhood and Economic Revitalization, HOPE Village Initiative.
For more information on our Business Village, please contact Judith Williams at 313-494-4351 or [email protected].