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Jevona Watson (Facebook photo)
The University of Detroit-Mercy neighborhood is getting a little love.
Josh Hakala of Michigan Radio reports that Jevona Watson is opening Detroit Sip, a coffee shop near campus at 7420 W. McNichols Rd., four blocks west of Livernois in northwest Detroit. She received $35,000 from the Motor City Match program.
“[Motor City Match] is helping to fund the cost of the build-out and give me that extra push financially to make sure I get the doors open,” Watson tells the broadcast network. The shop is slated to open by summer.
She studied law at Michigan State University, where she spent a lot of time studying in coffee shops, and came home to make a difference.
“I was never taught to open my own business,” said Watson. “The message that I got growing up was go to school, get a good education and you’ll get a good job. It really wasn’t impressed upon me to create my own job.
"And I think it is inspiring to [my children] to see that you don’t have to work for someone else. You can pursue your dream and you can do something that you love.”
