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CANTON, MI 48187
WEST BLOOMFIELD
(248) 863-9696
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48322
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When Dr. Mark Cohen was told he qualified
for Hebrew Free Loan’s Entrepreneurial
Debt Repayment Benefit, he was over
the moon. The benefit, in partnership with the
William Davison Centennial Fund at Jewish
Federation, allows up to $10,000 of Mark’s
graduate school loan debt to be eliminated.
Mark was eligible because he received a
loan through the William Davidson
Jewish College Loan Program to attend
graduate school, then opened a successful
business in Michigan.
Mark, who went to chiropractic school after
undergrad, returned after graduation to work
at a practice that ultimately didn’t match his
treatment philosophy. His mentor, Dr. David
Kirsch, suggested Mark consider founding
his own practice rather than compromise.
Mark and his wife and chiropractic partner,
Jessica, connected with a clinic with retiring
practitioners, approached HFL and the
Marvin I. Danto Small Business Loan
Program for help with funding, and got to
work offering their patients the kind of home-
like, supportive wellness they envisioned.
“Jessica and I are living our dream with the
help of HFL,” Mark said. “The loan repayment
was just frosting on the cake.”
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