Two of my friends, Joe Posch and Lisa Waud are in the running for a $50,000 prize in a competition called Hatch Detroit. The ultimate objective of the project, according to organizers Ted Balowski and Nick Gorga, is to get entrepreneurs moving into downtown Detroit, and trying new things. And, toward that end, both of […]
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Friends vying for $50K in Hatch Detroit competition, and how Ypsi could have done it first, if I’d had my shit together
New business idea #137: the communications enabled pregnancy test
I know the Republicans claim to be all about slashing the budget right now, but I suspect they could find a few million dollars to fund this initiative of mine.
The future of Cross Street
AnnArbor.com has a story today about O’Neal Construction buying up the block of Cross Street that used to house Ted’s Campus Drugs and our local art supply store, Art Attack. Judging from the comments following the article, I’d say that people are happy to see the project in the hands of O’Neal, which was the […]
Ypsi church for sale… let’s chip in and buy it
At present, Ypsilanti has at least four churches for sale. You can find a brochure listing each here. The most recent one added to the list is a First Congregational Church on North Adams that dates back to 1898. The asking price for the 13,600 square foot church is $400,000 (or, $650,000, if you include […]