Our friend Leisa is a photographer. We first met her about six years ago, when she was assigned by the Ann Arbor News to come out to our house and shoot some photos for a piece that had been written about the “Ypsipanties” that Linette and I had been selling. The photo that she took, […]
Over the past week or so, I’ve been exchanging emails with Ingrid Ault, the director of the locally-owned business advocacy group Think Local First. Following, with her permission, is our exchange… Mark: It’s my understanding that a few communities in the United States are considering, or have recently passed laws that would keep national chains, […]
