Alicia George is the owner of Motor City Java House, a neighborhood coffee shop that anchors redevelopment happening in Old Redford on Detroit's northwest side. Tunde Wey of Urban Innovation Exchange tells her story.
Founder of the Girlee Collective, which inspired local female artists and designers to become active doers, Sarah Lapinski has always balanced the commercial with the experimental. Tunde Wey tells us what she's up to next.
Noam Kimelman is co-founder of Fresh Corner Cafe, a business that brings fresh, healthy and nutritious foods to corner stores and gas stations throughout Detroit. Tunde Wey does the taste test in this report.
Rodin, a new enterprise by Good Girls Go to Paris owner Torya Blanchard, is a restaurant and nightclub in Midtown serving whimsical French-inspired cuisine in a stylish urban atmosphere. We like how that sounds. Tunde Wey reports from the dance floor.
He started Hamtown Farms, a plot of land nestled between Kowalski Sausage, Lumpkin St. and an alley, after eating a strange-tasting fruit with the equally strange name of paw-paw. Tunde Wey introduces us to Michael Davis.
Tawnya Clark is owner and operator of the Batata Shop, a small artisan food business that specializes in comfort foods made with sweet potatoes. That includes waffles, pancakes, biscuits and more, reports Tunde Wey.
Ann Perrault is co-owner of the pioneering Avalon International Breads, which built success by using the motto "Eat Well, Do Good" and by practicing fundamentally sound business. Tunde Wey reports from W. Willis St.
Sharlonda Buckman leads this parent advocacy, training and support organization working to empower Detroit parents and primary caregivers to secure quality education for their children. Tunde Wey with the profile.
Leor Barak is the driving force behind the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, which has a mission to connect Jews and non-Jews to each other -- and to Detroit. Tunde Wey of UIX has the story.
She is the owner of Canine to Five, a business on Cass Avenue offering day care, grooming and cage-free attended overnight boarding, and a co-founder of catalytic indie merchant group Open City. Take a bow, Liz Blondy.
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