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Christmas Tree Town

Nov 22, 2022 | Business, Community |

When Flatsnoots’ vintage 1951 Vagabond Airstream trailer pulled into the Arbor Farms parking lot...

Side gig

Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Culture |

For two performances this month at the Kerrytown Concert House, violinist Henrik Karapetyan will...

The North End Zone

Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Sports |

When Pioneer High School forbade U-M fans from reserving extra parking spots to tailgate this...

Helpers in Need

Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Nonprofits |

Ten Thousand Villages has seventeen retail locations and thirty-eight contract retail locations in...

Pandemic Pivot

Oct 25, 2022 | Business |

Akervall is CEO of Saline-based Akervall Technologies, manufacturer of surgical and sports mouth...

On Broadway

Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Community, Marketplace, Real Estate |

Johnnie Rush Jr. closed his corner barber shop and retired after forty-five years working out of...

At Venue, Dining Meets Coworking

Sep 23, 2022 | Business, Dine, Marketplace |

If you’ve been to Silicon Valley, you’ve seen the vast open workplaces at tech giants, who bring...

Eiro and Cove

Sep 23, 2022 | Business, Culture |

They meet in the visionary brain of Noah Kaplan, a 1995 U-M art grad and founder of Leon Speakers,...

Pickleball Power

Sep 23, 2022 | Business, Sports |

The paddle squarely connects with the neon orange ball, sending it sailing over the net. “That’s...

Building at Last

Sep 23, 2022 | Business, News, Real Estate |

“There had been a few different times where it was under contract but then fell through for one...

Q. Can you explain Michigan’s rules for ordering wine shipments? A. Michigan’s laws governing alcohol sales are labyrinthine. When the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933, the state set up a three-tier regulatory system: a...

Marijuana Money

Jul 25, 2022 | Business, Community, Government, Marketplace, News |

Being the dope capital of the Midwest finally pays off—in tax dollars. Of the state’s $150 million...

Give My Books

Jun 24, 2022 | Business, Culture |

That was the revelation on which Whalen founded his company, Give My Books in 2008. He was...

A Rainy Day:

Jun 24, 2022 | Business, Community, Featured |

The day began inauspiciously. When I started the car; the radio came on and the unappealing voice...

The Furniture Makers

Jun 24, 2022 | Business, Featured, News |

How do you make a living with a degree in the arts? Blake Ratcliffe and Sherri Moore have built...

Restaurant on Hold

Jun 24, 2022 | Business, Dine, Marketplace |

Cesar Ochoa is ready to open his second restaurant on N. Main—if he can find enough employees. With a gleaming bar, colorful wall art, and a basement speakeasy with a secret entrance, Havana is otherwise set to offer...