Local student earns $3,000 grant from Ministry of Economic Development & Trade

By Ron Giofu

The entrepreneurial skills of a local high school student have not gone unnoticed by the Province of Ontario.

Fifteen-year-old Micah Moore was awarded a $3,000 grant from the Ministry of Economic Development & Trade’s “Summer Company” program. Moore runs the “Glimmer & Shine Car Detailing” business out of his family’s Texas Road home.

Moore just completed Grade 10 at Assumption College Catholic High School in Windsor and said he was advised of the grant opportunity by teacher Jeremy Bracken. He was told that if there are students with a summer business, such a program could help expand it with the help of the provincial program.

After submitting a business plan and spreadsheets, Moore awaited the outcome. He said he was confident of his chances but was still “surprised and happy” to get the news he was hoping for.

His business started when he was

13-years-old, he said, and he wanted something to do and a way to make money. He said he helped his parents clean their vehicles and knew how to do it.

“I detail cars inside and out,” he said. “I knew how to do it and had the right stuff to do it so it came to me as a way to make money.”

Moore said he has to use half of the money on the business and can use the other half on different purposes, if he chooses. One of his new supplies will be a new steamer to clean the interior of vehicles.

Estimating he cleans about nine to ten vehicles per week in the summer, Moore said he earned approximately $2,000 last year. He plans to keep the money in his bank account and use some of it for his post-secondary education. Moore still hasn’t finalized his future plans, but venturing further into the business world could be in the cards for him.

For more information on Glimmer & Shine Car Detailing, call 226-213-0905 or e-mail mmicah012@gmail.com.

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