He's a California man who relocated to Detroit kicking and screaming. That's OK dude, and probably the best way to enter the music and entrepreneurial scenes here. Monty Luke DJs, produces his own techno and started a company. Not bad all, writes Tunde Wey.
A neighborhood bar adjacent to the campus of Wayne State University serving affordable, hand-made food, and Michigan craft beers is, perhaps most importantly, a community hub. Tunde Wey talks to owner Jim Geary in this UIX report.
Camilo Pardo is owner of the Bankle Building, an artist and founder of Art & Development and, perhaps most famously, the designer of the Ford GT. Tunde Wey gets the story for the Urban Innovation Exchange.
A traditional letter press design and print shop in Eastern Market, Signal-Return is co-owned by advertising executive and novelist Toby Barlow.
The Northwest Detroit shop welcomes a variety of customers, serving over 10,000 annually from the neighborhood, the city, and the suburbs. Tunde Wey reports for the Urban Innovation Exchange.
The Nordin brothers -- Erik and Israel -- began Detroit Design Center in 2000. At their sprawling work space at Livernois and Michigan, the two designers have created indoor and outdoor pieces in various locations. Tunde Wey has the rest of the story.
An entrepreneur who helps other entrepreneurs and small business owners, Haji Flemings launched the multi-faceted resource program called Brand Camp University to do exactly that. Tunde Wey makes the introductions.
Jason Hall is one of the founders of Detroit Bike City, an annual expo held at Cobo Center that gathers bicycle riders, conceptualists, makers, tinkerers and general enthusiasts to explore all to do with cycling.
Owner of Honor & Folly, a small-scale, design-focused Corktown-based inn, Meghan McEwen has created a modern space for travelers of a bygone era. It's on one of the city's best blocks, with barbecue, coffee and whiskey a few steps below.
Proprietor of Textures by Nefertiti, a natural hair salon and spa opened as part of the Spiral Collective on Cass and Willis, and the soon to open Tarot & Tea in West Village, Nefertiti Harris is rockin' entrepreneurship, says Tunde Wey.
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