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&nbsp;Help us match the $12,000 gift from&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.firstmerchants.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">First Merchants Bank</a>&mdash;every dollar brings us closer! The Osborn Business Association (OBA) believes that a neighborhood thrives when its local businesses thrive. Operating under the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://osbornunited.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Osborn Neighborhood Alliance</a> (ONA), our mission is to empower grassroots entrepreneurs, dismantle barriers to capital, and foster sustainable economic wealth right here in Northeast Detroit. We don&#39;t just advocate for business; we build the foundational ecosystem that allows local corridors to compete, scale, and hire locally. When you invest in an Osborn business, you are keeping wealth circulating within the community, creating neighborhood jobs, and making Detroit a place where residents can live, work, play, and shop in their own backyards.&nbsp; What Makes Our Cause Special: The Power of Multiplied Impact.This campaign is unique because your dollars aren&rsquo;t going toward abstract concepts&mdash;they are acting as a community match to hyper-targeted, vetted growth projects.&nbsp; Thanks to a generous $12,000 grant from First Merchants Bank, four brilliant Osborn entrepreneurs were awarded $3,000 each through our first-ever Epic Business Fund. These businesses are already successful; they just need the localized infrastructure to cross the finish line into massive growth. Your donation acts as the catalyst to double their funding and accelerate their concrete goals:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">🍦 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.stephensdelights.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Stephen&rsquo;s Southern Delights</a> (Bup&eacute; Mulenga): Moving from local scoops to major retail. Funding helps print the mandatory nutritional labels required to finalize a massive contract with Meijer grocery stores.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">🥧 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.sweetpotatodelights.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Sweet Potato Delights</a> (Dr. Velonda Anderson): Bringing tech to vegan baking. Funding adds an AI customer management platform and a commercial 12-slice cutter to rapidly package and scale wholesale accounts.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">🥞 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.facebook.com/LePetitZinc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Le Petit Zinc</a> (Karima Sorel): Taking French cuisine to the streets. Funding launches a mobile &quot;Ferla Mini Bike&quot; for seasonal vending and builds the legal framework to pitch contracts for Detroit&#39;s sports stadiums.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">🦸🏾 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.officialkulturekids.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Kulture K.I.D.S.</a> (Tani &amp; DJ): Creating representation for the next generation. This mother-and-son duo is securing copyrights for educational workshops and producing the &quot;Superhero Bounce&quot; music video for school outreach.</li></ul>Your gift today keeps dollars circulating locally, stabilizes our neighborhood corridors, and proves that Detroit&#39;s grassroots brilliance deserves world-class support. Join Us at the Kick-Off Celebration:Come meet the owners, hear their strategies, and see your impact in person!<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">📅 Date: Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">📍 Location: The Hendrie Detroit Gallery, 556 Hendrie St, 1E, Detroit, MI 48202</li></ul>Note: This campaign runs NOW through December 31st, 2026!&nbsp; Tax Deductibility: All campaign donations are processed securely by our parent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance (ONA), and are fully tax-deductible.

Help us match the $12,000 gift from <a href="https://www.firstmerchants.com/" target="_blank">First Merchants Bank</a>—every dollar brings us closer! The Osborn Business Association (OBA) believes that a neighborhood thrives when its local businesses thrive. Operating under the <a href="https://osbornunited.org/" target="_blank">Osborn Neighborhood Alliance</a> (ONA), our mission is to empower grassroots entrepreneurs, dismantle barriers to capital, and foster sustainable economic wealth right here in Northeast Detroit. We don't just advocate for business; we build the foundational ecosystem that allows local corridors to compete, scale, and hire locally. When you invest in an Osborn business, you are keeping wealth circulating within the community, creating neighborhood jobs, and making Detroit a place where residents can live, work, play, and shop in their own backyards.  What Makes Our Cause Special: The Power of Multiplied Impact.This campaign is unique because your dollars aren’t going toward abstract concepts—they are acting as a community match to hyper-targeted, vetted growth projects.  Thanks to a generous $12,000 grant from First Merchants Bank, four brilliant Osborn entrepreneurs were awarded $3,000 each through our first-ever Epic Business Fund. These businesses are already successful; they just need the localized infrastructure to cross the finish line into massive growth. Your donation acts as the catalyst to double their funding and accelerate their concrete goals:<ul><li>🍦 <a href="https://www.stephensdelights.com/" target="_blank">Stephen’s Southern Delights</a> (Bupé Mulenga): Moving from local scoops to major retail. Funding helps print the mandatory nutritional labels required to finalize a massive contract with Meijer grocery stores.</li><li>🥧 <a href="https://www.sweetpotatodelights.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Potato Delights</a> (Dr. Velonda Anderson): Bringing tech to vegan baking. Funding adds an AI customer management platform and a commercial 12-slice cutter to rapidly package and scale wholesale accounts.</li><li>🥞 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LePetitZinc/" target="_blank">Le Petit Zinc</a> (Karima Sorel): Taking French cuisine to the streets. Funding launches a mobile "Ferla Mini Bike" for seasonal vending and builds the legal framework to pitch contracts for Detroit's sports stadiums.</li><li>🦸🏾 <a href="https://www.officialkulturekids.com/" target="_blank">Kulture K.I.D.S.</a> (Tani &amp; DJ): Creating representation for the next generation. This mother-and-son duo is securing copyrights for educational workshops and producing the "Superhero Bounce" music video for school outreach.</li></ul>Your gift today keeps dollars circulating locally, stabilizes our neighborhood corridors, and proves that Detroit's grassroots brilliance deserves world-class support. Join Us at the Kick-Off Celebration:Come meet the owners, hear their strategies, and see your impact in person!<ul><li>📅 Date: Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM</li><li>📍 Location: The Hendrie Detroit Gallery, 556 Hendrie St, 1E, Detroit, MI 48202</li></ul>Note: This campaign runs NOW through December 31st, 2026!  Tax Deductibility: All campaign donations are processed securely by our parent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance (ONA), and are fully tax-deductible.

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