It’s not easy to find the office of ClassCreator.com on Packard. “We’ve been too busy to put up a sign,” explains founder and CEO Brad Switzer. A 1986 Pioneer High grad, Switzer was asked to do a pro-bono website for his class’s twenty-year reunion–and almost immediately recognized the potential of a business that would make it easy for classes to create their own sites. For eighteen months, Switzer paid programmers to develop wizards, templates, and other simple tools for planning reunions. He used his own money to help dozens of reunion organizers develop their own sites at no charge. Then, this past January, ClassCreator.com launched a billing system, charging a maximum of $9 per month to reunion site administrators. Other class members pay nothing–and by September, more than 600,000 had signed up. With revenues of $40,000-$50,000 per month, the company now has seven full-time and two part-time employees. Switzer–who studied communications, not programming, at EMU–attributes the site’s success to ease of use. He says reunion organizers can have a site up and running in half an hour, and many users are in their seventies.
Upcoming Events
- March 20, 2026 U-M Baseball 4:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 “Fix-It Friday”: Maker Works 4:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 48th Annual Lenten Fish Fry: Old St. Patrick Church 4:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 U-M Softball 5:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 “40th Anniversary Gala”: Michigan Ability Partners Fundraiser 5:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 D&D Adventurers League: Sylvan Factory 6:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 Drop-in Line Dancing 6:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 “101 Dalmatians Kids”: Professional Youth Theatre of Michigan 6:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 “All About Tempeh”: Ann Arbor District Library 6:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 “Matthew Dear: Creativity, Process, and Performance”: Ann Arbor District Library 6:00 pm
- March 20, 2026 Magic: The Gathering: Sylvan Factory 6:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “Euchre Change a Life!” 6:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “Creature Encounters & Adult Open Hours”: The Creature Conservancy 7:00 pm
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- March 20, 2026 Vince Carone: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase 7:15 pm
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- March 20, 2026 “An Irish Celebration”: Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble (University Musical Society) 7:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “Into the Woods”: U-M Musket 7:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “The Way We Found the Universe”: University Lowbrow Astronomers Monthly Meeting 7:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung”: U-M Dance Department 7:30 pm
- March 20, 2026 “101 Dalmatians Kids”: Professional Youth Theatre of Michigan 8:00 pm
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- March 20, 2026 Riverside Swings: Riverside Arts Center 9:00 pm
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- March 20, 2026 “The Love Witch”: Michigan Theater 9:30 pm