As I know very little about this, I’m hoping that one of you might educate me on housing discrimination laws. My friend Paul Hickman, the founder of Urban Ashes, has an employee that has been looking for housing in Ypsilanti without much luck, and he seems to think that it might have something to do […]
For those of you who didn’t catch episode 43 of The Saturday Six Pack when it was first broadcast a few weeks ago, it’s now available online. If you scroll to the bottom of this post, you’ll find it embedded. If you’d rather not hear my voice, though, here are my abbreviated notes. Our first […]
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By Mark | October 29, 2015
This last installment of the Saturday Six Pack was really good. And I think I’d say that even if it wasn’t my show. It was interesting and topical, challenging and funny. There was just a lot to like about it. We talked with an inspiring ex-felon, a fiery union organizer, and a local man whose […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAUP, American Association of University Professors, beer, Billy Kangas, Calvin Evans, coffee, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Eastern Michigan University, EcoTimber, Emerald Ash Borer, EMU, ex-prisoners, Frank Allison, furniture, generational success, Grace Church, Howard Bunsis, John Boehner, Judith Kullberg, mentoring, Parker Executive Search, Paul Hickman, picture frames, prison, prison labor, shared governance, Sustainability, sustainable building materials, timber, transparency, triple bottom line, Ugly Mug, University of Iowa, urban salvaged wood |
By Mark | October 15, 2015
While a few elements are still coming together concerning this Saturday evening’s show, I wanted to share couple of items with you so that you can start thinking about the things we’ll be discussing, and perhaps share this post with others who you think might be interested. Before I get into what we’ll be discussing […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Billy Kangas, Calvin Evans, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Frank Allison, furniture, Howard Bunsis, Judith Kullberg, parole, Paul Hickman, picture frames, prison labor, shared governance, the hiring on ex-fellons, trees |
