When a pandemic brings countless countries to its knees, how does a small business importer stay alive? By doing anything that brings in sales – from talking to suppliers to sitting and selling outside. Yvette Jenkins’ store, Love Travels Imports, brings in merchandise and provides jobs to women across the world in countries such as […]
If you’re looking to avoid your aunt’s prying questions into your relationship status this year, this report is for you, according to the Apartment List, which publishes an annual “Best Cities for Dating” guide. “It’s no secret that the pandemic and state lockdowns have made dating a challenge this year,” says Apartment List spokesperson Olyvia […]
Detroit’s small businesses are continuing to re-invent themselves at a critical time – the holiday sales season. Although COVID-related restrictions are altering many brick-and-mortar business operations, the city’s entrepreneurs are stepping up and offering consumers lots of holiday shopping options, many of them online. That’s a good thing, according to retail experts at Deloitte, which, […]
You stand surrounded by trees in the chill of the night. The sounds of nature are all around you, accompanied only by your breathing and that of a handful of others standing close by. Suddenly, it happens. An owl breaks through the crisp night, wings stretched as it soars through the darkness, an ocean of […]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to encourage everyone across the region to remain safe heading into the holiday season. “When it comes to fighting this virus, we are all on […]
Well, 2020 has been weird. People have gone out less, stuck inside, and maybe packed on a few pounds. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp decrease in physical activity across America. Not a shock really with gyms closed, and gatherings frowned upon. It was only natural many people would cut down on exercise … […]
A little old lady who needs someplace affordable to live. A refugee looks to have a better life in America but needs to learn and adapt to this new land. A child in foster care looks for his or her forever family or prays his or her parents can someday take them home. The season […]
Yesterday afternoon, I discovered an anti-ballot-counting protest underway, so naturally I had to lean in and learn more. The protesters efforts seemed to be less about exercising a right than making a scene. The dominant sentiment from the folks I talked with was that: There is no way Biden could have won Michigan No one […]
Stuck behind a school bus when running late is bad luck. Hitting a pothole is bad luck. Openings a store the week the COVID shutdowns hit is something else entirely. Frederick Paul had this kind of bad luck. After a year of work, he was finally ready to move his vintage shoe business, Fahrenheit 313, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the education of many low-income students in Detroit at risk of being left behind because they often have no access to the internet. To help close that gap Comcast will launch its first 12 WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” in Detroit by year end. Lift Zones are designed to help those students […]