Remember how I mentioned a week or so ago that our local screen-printing shop VG Kids was looking to relocate to Ann Arbor? Well, I have good news. It looks as though, as of a few minutes ago, they’ve just signed a deal with local developer Bill Kinley to move into 8,000 square feet that […]
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Ypsi’s VG Kids, considering a move to Ann Arbor
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 […]
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Spur Studios to open In Ypsilanti
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 […]