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At the June 10 Rotary of Grosse Pointe luncheon meeting, Nick Gorga, a partner with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, discussed his involvement in Hatch Detroit.

 

Gorga teamed up with entrepreneur Ted Balowski to form Hatch Detroit. First thing they noticed was most projects were large in scope while none were focused on “mom and pops.” Their idea was to provide a $50,000 grant — out of their own pockets along with pro bono legal, business and accounting help — to someone with a viable business plan to open a storefront in Detroit. With Gorga, center, at the meeting were President Diane Strickler and fellow Honigman partner S. Lee Johnson, who introduced Gorga to the Rotarians. (A story was also published June 28 in the Detroit Legal News. (Photo by John Minnis)