Tel K. Ganesan, founder and executive chairman of Farmington Hills-based Kyyba, has set up a “PPE swat team” that is searching the world for ways to bring personal protection equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies to Michigan. Suppliers in Australia, Brazil, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Canada have already been contacted, and […]
Two months ago, you may have thought PPE was some annoying internet slang. Now we all know it stands for Personal Protection Equipment, and hospital employees are at risk because of a shortage as they fight the coronavirus. Unique Fabricating Inc. in Auburn Hills quickly stepped and is now producing an average of 30,000 face […]
With entertainment and restaurants shutdown, downtown Detroit is almost empty. Auto plants have come to a halt. Throughout the region residents are bouncing off the walls from social distancing. The coronavirus has left its mark on Detroit, and small businesses across the region are nervous. Calling on their Motor City determination. small businesses are working […]
What does a high schooler do for summer vacation? Family road trip? Work at a local convenience store or restaurant? For those interested in something more civic-minded and rewarding, there is the Bank of America 2020 Student Leaders Program. The philanthropic program helps high schoolers from Detroit and across the nation build job and leadership skills […]
The garment industry in America all but died long ago. Everyone wants to send the work oversees. It’s been that way for decades. Mathew Hunt decided metro Detroit was the perfect place to buck that trend. The founder of metro Detroit-based clothing manufacturer GETTEES makes shirts in unused space in his dad’s automotive parts factory […]
Bank of America has invested $2.5 million to help Detroit residents repair their homes with 0% interest rates and support improvements and growth in Detroit’s neighborhoods The $2.5 million investment includes a $1.5 million reinvestment in the 0% Interest Home Repair Program, which began in 2015, and a $1 million operating grant to Invest Detroit to […]
Chris Casteel became an amputee after a motorcycle accident in 1988. He then worked in manufacturing until he was let go in 2002. If that were the end of the story it would be pretty depressing. After that he went to Eastern Michigan University and earned his master’s degree. If that were the end of […]
Thirty-two years ago Dawn Sanford found herself pregnant and needing not only money, but a career. While that was a start of her happy family, it was also the beginning of a dream. Despite having no inclination to ever become a barber, she graduated from the Michigan Barber College and took up a chair at […]
Bank of America employees recently turned volunteers to spend a day giving Walter Meyers Nursery in Rouge Park some TLC. With the help of Greening of Detroit and American Forests, they cleaned the area to show some old-fashioned civic pride. The volunteer work was part of a larger, on-going effort of the two nonprofits to […]
Street food like hotdogs, lamb sliders, and fried cod sandwiches may sound good, but being serving them in concert with healthy juice bar seems odd. These two restaurants, Street Cuisine and Ocean’s Fresh Juice Bar, which opened next to each other on the same day, are owned by Ari Shah. The two restaurants are located […]