Move over Chihuly, Epiphany Studios is out to eat your lunch. Okay, not really, but this Pontiac-based glass studio produces some incredible work, employing techniques developed and mastered by Italian glass blowers over hundreds of years.
Government-funded business incubators can't be all things to all people. Sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves and fill the niche no one wants to scratch. Meet Andy Didorosi, who wants to turn Ferndale's Paper Street Motors building into a creative hive for small businesses.
Where there's a need, innovation and entrepreneurship step in. Chris Ramos bought a bus to shuttle Metro Detroit's young professionals into downtown for events. Then he bought another. And another. Now, the carbon-neutral owner of The Night Move has 8 employees, a growing clientele, and high hopes for the region's future.
Holly Area Schools’ Patterson Elementary received one of the first Brooksie Way Minigrants for their program, "Hugs for Horses." It's a five-week therapeutic horseback riding program for kindergarten through third grade students who attend Patterson's Lower Elementary Cognitively Impaired Classroom. "Hugs for Horses" helps these students in many facets — from improving fine and gross motor skills, to sharpening their balance and posture, and even aids with sensory, speech, cognitive, social and emotional skills. Tom Hendrickson reports.
Thirty-five is the new 18! If you think you've got Motor City spirit you haven't seen The Detroit Rah Rah's, a community cheerleading squad that celebrates the energy and vitality of our region. Men love 'em and women want to be 'em, or so they say.
Evolved well beyond scuffed basketball courts, low ceiling classrooms and sickly fluorescent lighting of yesteryear, Ferndale's Affirmations is a model of programming, resources and amenities.Created as a venue for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender community, Affirmations has opened its doors to the community at large, inviting their allies to visit the art gallery, cyber center, skydeck, library and media center, cafe and summer kids camp. More importantly, the center acts a sanctuary for the LGBT community and offers resources and programs for gay youth and their families.
Quick, we say: Frankfurters, men's fashion, and locally made mustard. What's the first thing that comes to mind? Should be Charley Marcuse. A true Metro Detroit original, this singing hotdog vendor at Tiger Stadium (and budding entrepreneur) embodies the indomitably funky spirit of our region. The mustard's tasty too!
Right next to Royal Oak and Ferndale, Berkley's quiet charms sneak up on you. Walkable neighborhoods surround a cozy downtown well-worth checking out. Blink and you'll miss it... and you'd be sorry.
EDGE TV takes a look at one of Wayne County's gem main streets in West Dearborn. Situated in a town made famous by Henry Ford and strengthen by the large Arabic population that now calls it home, West Dearborn is as strong of a downtown as they come.
ePrize has been part of what founder and CEO Josh Linkner calls a "reverse brain drain," attracting employees from the coasts to work at the Internet promotion agency. Watch their story here.
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