By Mark | November 15, 2009
My friend James owns the local screen printing company, VG Kids. I’ve written about them here plenty of times in the past, and I’ve held them up as an example of the kind of young, dynamic, quality-focused, arts-centered company that we need more of here in Ypsi. So, as you might expect, I wasn’t exactly […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Beezy's, FLY Children's Art Center, Henrietta Fahrenheit, light industrial, Maggie's Organics, our fragile downtown business ecosystem, screen printing, Shadow Art Fair, space needed, Spur Studios, VG Kids, Water Street, Whole Foods, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsilanti critical mass |
I skipped last night’s Ypsi City Council meeting. I should have gone, but other things got in the way. From what I hear, it was dominated by talk of urban chickens, with significant numbers of both proponents and opponents coming out to let their opinions be known. In the end, it looks like the pro-chicken […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Observations, Other, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bad metaphors, Bee Mayhew, bird flu, Brian Robb, catch 22, chicken slaughter capital of Washtenaw County, city chickens, City Council, Darryl Daniels, Dave Wheeler, DDA, Jim Karnopp, John Coleman, John Donegan, Karen Maurer, Linda French, Lois Richardson, Michael Bodary, Move to Ypsi and Have that Extra Chicken that You Deserve, Peter Rinehart, Rene Greff, Robert M. Barnes, Sandee French, Scotty James, slaughter, Trudy Swanson, urban chickens |
About two years ago now, James Marks, the founder of the custom screen printing company VG Kids, and I walked through the ruins of Tom Monaghan’s failed Ypsilanti college, Ave Maria, discussing the possibility of turning it into an incubator for ambitious local arts initiatives. The timing wasn’t right for James at that moment, but […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ave Maria, Cluster Of Awesomness, Eastern Michigan University, Gallery 555, Lowell Street, Performance Network, Spur Studios, Tasty Fish, The Lofts in Redford, Tom Monaghan, VG Kids |
A man and a woman were arrested last night while tagging the vacant Smith Furniture building on Washington Street. Many in the business community are obviously pleased about this. The feeling, however, isn’t unanimous. The following note, sent to the Director of the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority today, comes from James Marks, the owner of […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Rants, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Eltoo, slippery slope, Smith furniture building, spray paint, stencils, street art, vandalism, VG Kids |
