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The Detroit Regional Chamber invited five candidates for Detroit mayor to the <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/series/one-detroit-series-mackinac-policy-conference-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2025 Mackinac Policy Conference</a> to discuss their vision for business and development in the city. 
One Detroit contributors <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/who-is-detroit-pbs/senior-staff/stephen-henderson-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Henderson</a> and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/who-is-detroit-pbs/senior-staff/nolan-finley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nolan Finley</a> moderated the discussion, which included Detroit City Council member <a href="https://detroitmi.gov/government/city-council/city-council-district-7-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fred Durhal III</a>, former Detroit Police Chief <a href="https://www.chiefcraigformayor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Craig</a>, Detroit City Council President <a href="https://www.marysheffield.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Sheffield</a>, nonprofit CEO <a href="https://www.saunteeljenkins.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saunteel Jenkins</a>, and <a href="https://www.triumphch.org/about/our-pastor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rev. Solomon Kinloch, Jr.</a> of Triumph Church. 
Candidates not included in the debate are <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Danetta_Simpson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DaNetta Simpson</a>, a two-time mayoral candidate, businessman <a href="https://www.votebarlow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Barlow</a>, businessman <a href="https://www.joelhformayor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joel Haashiim</a>, attorney <a href="https://perkinsforthepeople.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Todd Perkins</a>, and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rogelio_Landin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rogelio Landin</a>, who is running as a write-in. 
The candidates discussed Detroit’s business and development community during the debate, answering questions about how to use tax credits and other subsidies to fuel investment and growth in the city. 
Several of the candidates discussed the need to restructure or reform the city’s tax abatement programs, as well as the need to invest in public-private partnerships. Many of Detroit&#8217;s tax abatement programs will begin to expire in 2027, with over half expiring by 2030. They also emphasized collaboration with residents and neighborhoods, and the importance of fostering a more business-friendly environment.
The five candidates also shared their thoughts on how Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration has handled business and development and what they might change. They talked about investing in neighborhoods, growing the city’s middle class, reducing poverty, and working more effectively with legislative leaders in Lansing on business developments, jobs and affordable housing.

Detroit mayoral candidates share their visions for business and development in the city

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The Ypsilanti Artisan Holiday Market will return to the historic Freighthouse, located at 100 Market Pl. in Ypsilanti’s <a href="https://ypsilantidda.org/depot-town/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Depot Town</a>, bringing together local businesses, crafters, food vendors, and entertainment. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1971758916661343/1971758919994676/?active_tab=about&amp;rdid=3DOyunzHsySDAiUr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The event</a> is free to attend and is open from 10 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m. on Dec. 21-22. 
Now in its fourth year, the market will showcase over 40 Ypsilanti-based vendors, including small businesses, nonprofits, and local restaurants.
The market was first founded by Angela Scott during the pandemic to combat isolation and support local artisans facing economic challenges. Scott initially hoped to host a one-time event in a local park, but after reaching out to the City of Ypsilanti, she was granted access to the <a href="https://cityofypsilanti.com/726/Freighthouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">historic Freighthouse in Depot Town</a>. Since then, the market has grown into a beloved annual tradition, attracting local artisans and shoppers alike.
Vendors at the market must be based either in Ypsilanti City or Ypsilanti Township, and Scott continues to offer free table space to ensure that the event remains accessible to all. In addition to the vendors, attendees can enjoy live entertainment and a variety of food offerings throughout the weekend. 
One Detroit <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">producer Will Glover</a> spoke with Scott about how she turned an idea to help her neighbors during the pandemic into an annual holiday event for the community.

Ypsilanti Artisan Holiday Market returns to Depot Town to support local businesses during the holidays

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Detroit Future City is gearing up for its 5th annual Equity Forum, with this year’s focus on increasing workforce equity for Detroiters. <a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/what-we-do/the-center-for-equity-engagement-and-research/annual-equity-forum/">The event</a> will be hosted from 9:30 a.m. &#8211; 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the <a href="https://www.wcccd.edu/">Wayne County Community College</a> Northwest Campus. 
“Five years later, it’s become a pivotal and seminal event for Detroit and the economic development and justice community,” Detroit Future City <a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/team_member/anika-goss-foster/#:~:text=Anika%20Goss%20is%20the%20Chief,and%20economic%20equity%20in%20Detroit.">CEO Anika Goss</a> said. 
Alongside conversations on equity, inclusion and the future of work with local speakers and experts, the event will feature a session with Columbia School of Journalism Dean <a href="https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/jelani-cobb">Jelani Cobb</a>. It will also explore how companies of all sizes can help bridge educational and skill gaps to provide better employment opportunities and higher incomes to residents in the region.  
“We want to make sure that as Detroit and the region continue to grow and change that everyone is included in that,” Goss said.  
<a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/about/">One Detroit’s Will Glover</a> sits down with Goss to talk about the upcoming Equity Forum, which will focus on equity in employment. Plus, they discuss Detroit Future City’s goals of making the city more equitable and sustainable, and how companies can implement better equity practices across their organizations.

Detroit Future City’s 5th annual Equity Forum focuses on bridging gaps for Detroiters

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Southeast Michigan has been home to hundreds of movie theaters over the years. Several of them have closed their doors but some remain open, finding new ways to bring in revenue and keep the foot traffic flowing. Among those still open is the renowned <a href="https://redfordtheatre.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Redford Theatre</a>, which opened in 1928 in northwest Detroit.
“We really do try to create an experience here as much as we can going to the movies like you would have in the 1940s and 50s,” said John Monaghan, a film expert and volunteer at the Redford. Theater visitors can also buy merchandise related to the movies and participate in a 50/50 raffle to help keep the theater’s doors open.  
About 45 minutes west of Detroit, in Livingston County, is the <a href="https://www.historichowelltheater.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Historic Howell Theater</a>. Like the Redford Theatre, the independent movie house also opened in 1928 and features independent movies, but to help keep filling the cashbox, owner Tyler DePerro hosts other events too. 
“We’ve had concerts, improv comedy, we have church here every Sunday in this theater,” DePerro said. 
Then, there’s the <a href="https://www.algertheater.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alger Theatre</a> on Detroit’s east side. The beloved theater has sat idle for nearly four decades, but today the nonprofit Friends of the Alger is trying to give the theater new life. Friends of the Alger keeps the theater’s bills paid by renting out the theater’s marquee, which serves as a community billboard. The nonprofit hopes the theater can be revived as a community gathering space. 
“We’ve probably put, right now, into this building, which the public doesn’t really know, close to a half million dollars,” Jackie Grant of Friends of the Alger said. “It doesn’t show because you don’t see plumbing outside. You don’t see electrical.” 
One Detroit’s <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Jordan</a> and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Kubota</a> visit some of metro Detroit’s remaining movie theaters to learn how independent cinema is surviving in the post-COVID, streaming-centric world. Plus, Jordan talks with Monaghan, DePerro and Grant about why saving these old theaters is so important, now and into the future.

Michigan’s independent movie theaters are finding alternative ways to stay alive

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Featured photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Week
The 2024 Michigan Tech Week takes place Oct. 1-4 this year at the newly renovated <a href="https://michigancentral.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Central</a> in Detroit. As one of the largest convenings focused on technology and high-growth entrepreneurship in Michigan, <a href="https://www.michigantechweek.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the event</a> brings together a diverse group of founders, investors, and innovators. 
Organized by a coalition of local organizations and presented by the <a href="https://michiganfoundersfund.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Founders Fund</a>, the event aims to strengthen Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Attendees can expect a range of activities, including workshops, panel discussions, pitch competitions and networking opportunities. 
The startup conference will also feature prominent speakers, including <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melissarbutler/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melissa Butler</a>, CEO of <a href="https://thelipbar.com/pages/our-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Lip Bar</a>, who will share insights on her entrepreneurial journey. The event is seen as a crucial platform for connecting startups with potential investors and resources, reflecting Michigan’s commitment to enhancing its tech sector. 
One Detroit’s <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/shows/one-detroit/about/">Will Glover</a> talks with <a href="https://michiganfoundersfund.org/michigan-founders-fund-welcomes-new-executive-director-rishi-moudgil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rishi Moudgil</a>, the executive director of the Michigan Founders Fund, about the four-day event for tech founders, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.

Michigan Tech Week 2024 hosted at newly renovated Michigan Central campus

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The Avenue of Fashion in northwest Detroit has a storied past. High-end clothiers set up shop near Seven Mile Road and Livernois Avenue, becoming a destination for shoppers after World War II. <a href="https://www.avenueoffashion.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The district’s</a> decline started a couple of decades later. 
Now, a surge of new restaurants and specialty shops have filled vacant storefronts in the area, and many are Black-owned businesses. Algernon Bartell, owner of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CustomTailoredLifestyle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Times Square Men’s Custom Clothing Store</a>, set up shop on the Avenue in 2010. Now his family owns many businesses here. Other specialty shops and restaurants are coming.  
“The restaurants really create the foot traffic,” said Dolphin Michael, who leads the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=628244093997557&amp;paipv=0&amp;eav=AfZbz944TgidnXYpFkTa0oOgPNETJXUSH0buubOdg-P9Fk-0GZ-KWdcShhQoFohVAe8&amp;_rdr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avenue of Fashion Business Association</a>. “For each restaurant, you might have two, three hundred people come through a day, and they just walk up and down the street.”
The <a href="https://www.pinkpoodledresslounge.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink Poodle Bridal shop</a> opened earlier this year on the Avenue. Owner Raeshawn Bumphers opened her first bridal store on Detroit’s east side in 2017 and expanded here with funding from the <a href="https://www.motorcitymatch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Motor City Match program</a>. Bumphers had twenty years of experience working with automotive companies and area schools before making a career change. 
“I was planning this business around what I was passionate in,” Bumphers said. “My story is connecting with young girls and women at the … happiest time in their lives.” 
One Detroit’s <a href="https://www.onedetroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Kubota</a> visits the Avenue of Fashion and talks with business owners — new and old — about the resurgence of the area known for its shopping and dining.

New businesses bring resurgence of foot traffic to Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion

Future of work report addresses the state of small business in the Detroit area

<a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Future City</a> released a report in May that examined the challenges and goals for small and micro-sized businesses in the Detroit region. <a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/State-of-Micro-and-Small-Businesses-in-the-Detroit-region_May_2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The report</a> said 37 percent of respondents’ businesses were one to three years old. It also highlighted top challenges local small businesses face, including access to capital and navigating the cost of capital. 
Another report recently released was the <a href="https://www.sbam.org/entrepreneurship-score-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 Entrepreneurship Score Card</a> from the <a href="https://www.sbam.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Small Business Association of Michigan</a>. Key findings from the report show that while there was an increase in small business formation and technological employment, the state grapples with declining labor force participation and widening income disparities with the national average. 
One Detroit’s <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#will" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Glover</a> talks with <a href="https://techtowndetroit.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tech Town</a> President and CEO Ned Staebler about the health of the local small business economy.  
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Pewabic: One of the nation’s oldest pottery and ceramics factories

Over in Detroit’s East Village, a neighborhood down by the river on the city’s east side, you’ll find a working piece of machinery that’s been operating since <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/history/ford-piquette-avenue-plant-museum/">the time of Henry Ford’s Model T</a>. The Pewabic Pottery ceramics factory has been running its antiquated clay mixing machine since 1912. 
<a href="https://www.pewabic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pewabic</a> makes vases, decorative and architectural tiles that emerged as part of the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s. You can find Pewabic’s ceramic work in buildings like the <a href="https://www.guardianbuilding.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guardian Building</a>, the <a href="https://dia.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Institute of Arts</a>, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/tigers/ballpark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comerica Park</a>, and other places around the city. 
“We started at a time when this was really popular throughout the United States,” Pewabic Education Director Annie Dennis said, “We were really one of the oldest continuously operated historic potteries so there are not many more left like us.”
<figure id="attachment_35899" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-35899" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-35899" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/OD852-Pewabic-2.png" alt="A worker at Pewabic Pottery" width="650" height="364" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-35899" class="wp-caption-text">A Pewabic clay maker sketches designs into ceramic tiles at one of the nation&#8217;s oldest pottery and ceramics factories. | Photo by One Detroit</figcaption></figure>
The original driving force behind Pewabic was <a href="https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/stratton-mary-chase-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Chase Perry Stratton</a>, who worked with other Detroit artisans and designers when the city started to grow as a manufacturing powerhouse. Dennis has been looking into Stratton’s past.
“We are finding she had connections to the Detroit suffrage movement,” Dennis said, “I think it was really inspiring for women artists to find a woman-run organization and that’s no different today.” 
One Detroit <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senior Producer Bill Kubota</a> visits Pewabic to learn about its storied past in ceramic art and design and how it’s still going strong today.
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Nearly $40 million has allegedly been stolen from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. The nonprofit’s former chief financial officer, William Smith, has been <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/former-detroit-riverfront-conservancy-cfo-charged-embezzling-tens-millions-dollars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of stealing</a> nearly $40 million from the organization and faces charges of bank fraud and wire fraud.  
The <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/detroit-growth/riverfront-east-alliance-reflects-on-20-year-beautification-of-detroit-riverfront/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20-year transformation</a> of the Detroit Riverfront has been one of the largest public and civic engagement projects the city has seen in recent years. Annually, it serves approximately 300,000 visitors and has been named the best riverfront in America for the last three years by USA TODAY.  
One Detroit contributors <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/american-black-journal/contributors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Henderson</a> of “American Black Journal,” <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/2646740001/nolan-finley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nolan Finley</a> of The Detroit News, and <a href="https://www.michiganpublic.org/people/zoe-clark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoe Clark</a> of Michigan Public examine the fallout from an embezzlement investigation surrounding the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.
Henderson, Finley and Clark discuss what’s at stake for the community and the conservancy in wake of this scandal. They talk about Detroit’s history with financial corruption and mismanagement, the ripple effect it may have on future projects, and whether the conservancy may be able to recoup any of the money. 
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One Detroit contributors discuss ripple effects following alleged embezzlement from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

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For three decades the <a href="https://michigancentral.com/">Michigan Central train station</a> sat vacant in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, falling into deep decay. Then in 2018, Ford Motor Company <a href="https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/ford-acquires-iconic-michigan-central-station.html">purchased the station</a> to begin transforming the iconic building and surrounding area into a campus for mobility and innovation.  
Ford put $950 million into the campus, which includes Michigan Central Station, <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/business/newlab-at-michigan-central-helps-shift-technology-entrepreneurial-landscape-in-detroit/">New Lab at Michigan Central</a>, the surrounding parks and other amenities in the area, a company spokesman said. The six-year renovation took approximately 3,100 construction workers. During the process, millions of gallons of water were removed from the building. 
The reopening of Michigan Central Station on June 6 is being celebrated with a concert featuring notable Detroit artists like Big Sean, Jack White, Diana Ross, <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/music/detroit-youth-choir-makes-its-streaming-debut-with-new-disney-choir-series/">the Detroit Youth Choir</a> and several others. The concert is being produced by Eminem and Paul Rosenberg. After June 16, the first floor will be <a href="https://michigancentral.com/open/">open for tours</a> on Fridays and Saturdays through the summer. 
One Detroit’s Will Glover and Chris Jordan took a tour led by Michigan Central CEO Josh Sirefman and Head of Place Melissa Dittmer, who leads planning, design, construction and development of places and spaces in Michigan Central. The pair discuss the restoration process and the building’s history. 
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Michigan Central Station reopens after historic six-year transformation spearheaded by Ford

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Artificial intelligence has entered the workforce, but the full implications on the labor market and jobs are still to be seen. Early signs point to white collar jobs being the most impacted, which according a conversation with the <a href="https://winintelligence.org/">Workforce Intelligence Network</a> shows that more women will be impacted by generative AI during their careers than men.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}"> 
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The Workforce Intelligence Network is a collaboration between community colleges and Michigan works agencies based in Southeast Michigan. The organization covers 19 counties comprising roughly 65% of Michigan’s total workforce. Workforce Intelligence Network Senior Economic Research Analyst <a href="https://winintelligence.org/staff-members/kevin-cranick/">Kevin Cranick</a> said while there can be downsides, like job losses, from artificial intelligence, there can also be some positives, such as increased worker productivity, which may lead to more free time and new revenue streams. 
For One Detroit’s <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/future-of-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Future of Work series</a>, Cranick sits down with One Detroit Producer <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Glover</a> to discuss generative AI in the workforce. The pair talk about who may be impacted the most by generative AI and how diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are being used by employers as a solution to maintain balance and fairness in the workplace. Cranick also shares advice for students and employees on navigating work as generative AI continues to grow.
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Artificial intelligence is here. If you’re a student or a young adult entering the workforce, how might it affect where you head in your career? How can you connect to AI jobs in the future? To explore those questions, check out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KKG5DrLcuSofesjg_ugaWqlu90TJGVqXq9pKi4MMTVA/edit#slide=id.g20eae2c85b8_0_2429" target="_blank" rel="noopener">companion video discussion guide</a> from our collaborative series, “<a href="https://www.mifutureofwork.org/2024/05/06/ai-collection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI &amp; Work &amp; You.</a>”
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Artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce: A conversation with the Workforce Intelligence Network

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The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference takes place next week, from Tuesday, May 28 to Friday, May 31. <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/mackinac-policy-conference/2024-mackinac-policy-conference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The annual conference</a> brings business, policy and community leaders together on Mackinac Island to discuss some of the state’s most pressing issues. This year’s theme, “Bridging the Future Together,” aims to spark collaboration across various divides.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:-20,&quot;335559737&quot;:-20,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}"> 
Conference attendees can expect a series of sessions and speakers addressing key themes critical to Michigan’s prosperity, including strategies to attract businesses and jobs, improving education systems to ensure the workforce is prepared for future challenges, and discussing ways to strengthen Michigan&#8217;s infrastructure. 
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Additionally, there will be a strong emphasis on leading with innovation and equity, highlighting the importance of innovative approaches and equitable practices in leadership to drive sustainable development. Detroit PBS will be livestreaming the conference. You can watch it <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/one-detroit/detroit-regional-chambers-2024-mackinac-policy-conference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:-20,&quot;335559737&quot;:-20,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}"> 
One Detroit contributor <a href="https://www.michiganpublic.org/people/zoe-clark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoe Clark</a>, political director for Michigan Public, talks with Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/sandy-k-baruah/">Sandy K. Baruah</a> and this year’s conference chair <a href="https://www.siebertwilliams.com/suzanne-shank-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suzanne Shank</a>, president and CEO of Siebert, Williams, Shank &amp; Company, about what attendees and viewers can expect from the 2024 conference. Plus, they discuss the importance of unity and mutual respect in tackling some of Michigan’s biggest issues.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:-20,&quot;335559737&quot;:-20,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}"> 
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2024 Mackinac Policy Conference focuses on ‘Bridging the Future Together’ with collaboration across divides

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Located next to the iconic Ford train station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, <a href="https://michigancentral.com/mc_partners/newlab/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newlab at Michigan Central</a> opened its doors in April 2023 and embodies the story of revitalization and transformation in Detroit.  
Newlab was built from the skeleton of a crumbling book depository and is now home to 90 startups in a range of industries from EV off-road vehicles to smart wheels built to streamline warehouse logistics.  
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The facility helps entrepreneurs cut time off the development cycle of their products, Newlab <a href="https://www.crainsdetroit.com/technology/newlab-names-cameron-lawrence-new-ceo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CEO Cameron Lawrence</a> said. One Detroit Producer <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#will">Will Glover</a> talks with Lawrence about efforts to make Detroit a destination for technology and innovation.
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Newlab at Michigan Central helps shift technology, entrepreneurial landscape in Detroit

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Detroit Public Television has changed its name to <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit PBS</a>, a shift that represents a commitment to the city of Detroit and the values and standards of PBS. The community-owned, nonprofit media organization has served Michigan since 1955.
Detroit PBS also marked its commitment to the city with the announcement that it will <a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroit-public-television-pbs-name-change-building-move/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">move its headquarters back to the city</a>, restoring a building in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood at 234 Piquette Avenue. The state-of-the-art facility will serve as a hub for creativity, innovation, and community engagement, and a central location that reflects the spirit of the city. Construction is expected to start this year, and the building is scheduled to open in Fall 2026.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:300,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> 
“We plan to expand community programs like media mentorship and training to community partners to help them hone their messaging and distribute it effectively,” Detroit PBS President and CEO <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/who-is-detroit-pbs/senior-staff/rich-homberg-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rich Homberg</a> said. “With dramatic shifts in the media industry, it has become more important than ever for community organizations to find ways to make their voices heard.”
One Detroit Producer <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#will">Will Glover</a> joined Homberg and Detroit PBS CFO/COO <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/who-is-detroit-pbs/senior-staff/ollette-boyd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ollette Boyd </a>at the building in Detroit to discuss the excitement surrounding the new name and location. Homberg and Boyd share their vision for the new building, emphasizing its role as a beacon of public service and education.
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Detroit Public TV changes name to Detroit PBS, plans to return headquarters to the city

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Michigan’s population is at a crossroads. Ranked 49th out of 50 states in terms of population growth, Michigan has been struggling to attract new people and retain its residents, and the implications for the state’s economy and prosperity could be dire. According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 43,000 people moved out of Michigan between 2020-2022. 
At the 2024 Detroit Policy Conference, business leaders and policymakers convened to tackle Michigan’s shrinking population and discuss potential solutions. Former <a href="https://www.americanambassadors.org/members/john-rakolta-jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ambassador John Rakolta Jr.</a> and <a href="https://bog.wayne.edu/members/shirley-stancato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shirley Stancato</a>, Wayne State University Board of Governors Member, served as chairs of the conference, which hosted conversations around the future workforce, education, creating vibrant communities, and the city of Detroit’s efforts to attract new residents.  
Ashok Sivanand moved to Detroit from Toronto in 2016 to start the digital transformation business, Integral, after visiting the city while working on a project with Ford to build an innovation lab, <a href="https://fordlabs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FordLabs</a>. “When I came here, I realized that what we hear about Detroit and what I got to experience here are completely different,” said Sivanand. Though he’d heard recommendations about which suburbs to live in, he ultimately found himself drawn to living in the city. 
One Detroit contributor and Michigan Public Political Director, <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/zoe-clark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoe Clark</a>, sat down with the <a href="https://integral.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Integral</a> CEO to talk about what drew him to not only work in the city but also make Detroit his home. Sivanand talks with Clark about the sense of community he found in Detroit and the opportunities to grow as a member of the community.  
“I think if there are folks who really get those dopamine hits from going out and volunteering or serving, and you’re not sure how to do it in the big cities you live&#8230;this is a great place to do it, where there’s a lot of history, and we can be part of a lot of (the) future, too,” <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/ashok-sivanand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sivanand</a> said.  
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Toronto transplant and Integral CEO Ashok Sivanand shares why Detroit became home for him and his business

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The <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/detroit-policy-conference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Regional Chamber</a> is gearing up to host the 2024 Detroit Policy Conference on January 11 at the MotorCity Casino Hotel. The annual gathering, presented by the Detroit Regional Chamber in January each year, draws hundreds of business and policy leaders. <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/detroit-policy-conference/2024-detroit-policy-conference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This year&#8217;s conference</a> will explore initiatives and policy strategies that could bolster the state’s population and make Michigan an alluring hub for talent and business development. 
<a href="https://www.americanambassadors.org/members/john-rakolta-jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ambassador John Rakolta Jr.</a> and <a href="https://bog.wayne.edu/members/shirley-stancato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shirley Stancato</a>, Wayne State University Board of Governors Member, serve as chairs of the conference. The duo was also appointed to lead the <a href="https://growingmichigan.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Growing Michigan Together Council</a>, a coalition <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0szgNfdqs&amp;t=2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer</a> at the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference. Last month, the Council submitted its recommendations for enhancing Michigan’s appeal and vitality to the governor — many of which will shape discussions at this year’s conference. 
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One Detroit <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#nolan">contributor Nolan Finley</a>, the Editorial Page Editor of The Detroit News, previewed the conference&#8217;s agenda in a discussion with Detroit Regional Chamber&#8217;s <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/sandy-k-baruah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President and CEO, Sandy K. Baruah</a>. Their conversation delved into the key themes of the conference, shedding light on the pressing issues and potential solutions that will be explored by attendees.
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2024 Detroit Policy Conference to tackle Michigan’s population growth and business development

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<a href="https://canvasrebel.com/meet-rachel-liu-martindale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rachel Liu Martindale</a>, former engineer turned entrepreneur, is getting ready to open Q Bakehouse and Market early this year. <a href="https://www.qannarbor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Asian American bakery</a>, located on the west side of Ann Arbor, will feature a fusion of traditional Asian flavors. 
Martindale&#8217;s journey into the world of baking began in her childhood. Inspired by time spent with her grandmother watching Food Network, her passion for baking blossomed, becoming a crucial outlet for the stress of engineering school. Eventually, she began a side business bakery called <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2019/08/08/ann-arbor-based-milk-honey-creates-cakes-pastries-for-good-cause/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milk and Honey</a>. 
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After running pop-up events in downtown Ann Arbor, Martindale decided to turn baking into a full-time career, and the journey from Milk and Honey to Q Bakehouse and Market began. The new venture showcases a more extensive range of Asian-inspired pastries and introduces savory options, highlighting Martindale&#8217;s Taiwanese and Chinese heritage. 
But opening a retail storefront has come with its challenges, Martindale said. She sat down with One Detroit contributor <a href="https://www.chienanyuan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chein-An Yuan</a> to talk about what propelled her to quit her corporate job to become an entrepreneur and how she’s navigated the challenges of building her business. Plus, she shares the cultural importance and meaning behind the bakery’s name. 
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From engineering to running an Asian American bakery, Rachel Liu Martindale set to open Q Bakehouse and Market

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Nestled on the vibrant corner of Monroe and Village Drive in Dearborn, Black Box coffee stands as a testament to Michigan&#8217;s entrepreneurial spirit. It was created by the Alcodray family – retired engineer and IT leader Ray, his wife Lisa, and their daughter Sarah – Black Box, <a href="https://www.blackboxdearborn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a coffee shop and fine art gallery</a>, has become a fixture in its community. The family’s first location opened in June 2018. In October 2020, the shop moved to its current location. 
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One Detroit <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#will">Producer Will Glover</a> sat down with the Alcodray family to delve into the origins of Black Box. They share steps for those embarking on the entrepreneurial path and what it takes to run a small business. 
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Black Box: a family-operated coffee shop and art gallery in Dearborn

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Attracting businesses, talented workers and population are high priorities for Michigan, and the national competition is fierce.
Join the <a href="https://www.econclub.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Economic Club</a>&#8216;s panel of speakers, including <a href="https://www.michiganbusiness.org/about-medc/medc-leadership/hilary-doe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Chief Growth Officer Hilary Doe</a>, Michigan Economic Development Corporation <a href="https://www.michiganbusiness.org/about-medc/medc-leadership/quentin-l-messer-jr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CEO Quentin L. Messer, Jr.</a> and University of Michigan <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/econ/research/economics-research-in-the-department/gabriel-ehrlich.html#:~:text=Ehrlich%20is%20an%20economic%20forecaster,from%20the%20University%20of%20Michigan." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Director of Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics Gabriel Ehrlich</a>, as they collectively discuss their attraction plans and provide their outlook on Michigan’s 2024 economy.
Results of the 12th annual Michigan Economic Outlook Survey, a highly collaborative effort that involves input from over 1,000 businesspeople and many associations throughout the state, will also be unveiled during the discussion. The conversation begins at noon; livestream it at the top of this page or on YouTube.
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<h3>About the Speakers:</h3>
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<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-33640" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilary_headshot_web-360x460-1.png" alt="Hilary Doe" width="196" height="250" />As Chief Growth Officer, Hilary leads the state’s efforts to grow Michigan’s population, economy, and reputation as the best place to live, work, raise a family, and start a business. Hilary works alongside the Growing Michigan Together Council on a once-in-a-generation effort to grow Michigan’s population, boost economic growth, and make Michigan the place everyone wants to call home.
Hilary is a dynamic leader in nonprofits, technology, strategy, and public policy. She served as the national director at the Roosevelt Network, where she built and led an organization engaging thousands of young people in civic engagement and social change programming at chapters nationwide, which ultimately earned the organization recognition as a recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. She also served as Vice President of the Roosevelt Institute, where she oversaw strategy and expanded the Institute’s Four Freedoms Center, with the goal of empowering communities and reducing inequality alongside the greatest economists of our generations.
Most recently, she served as President and Chief Strategy Officer at Nationbuilder, working to equip the world’s leaders with software to grow their movements, businesses, and organizations, while spreading democracy. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Honors College and Ford School of Public Policy, a Detroit resident, and proud Michigander.
[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Quentin L. Messer, Jr., CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-33641" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/QLM-Headshots_3_web-360x460-1.jpeg" alt="Quentin L. Messer" width="196" height="250" />As the Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO and President and Chair of the Michigan Strategic Fund, Quentin L. Messer, Jr. is charged with implementing and executing MEDC’s core mission of business development and attraction, community development, providing access to capital and enhancing Michigan’s image and brand with a focus on building a strong and equitable economy for all Michiganders.
Immediately prior to his role as CEO of MEDC, Messer served as President and CEO of New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA) leading efforts around business attraction, small business growth, talent development, branding, and driving market-responsive, equitable economic growth for New Orleans residents.
As the assistant secretary at Louisiana Economic Development, Messer was designated President of the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation, helping to provide financial assistance to small and medium size businesses in partnership with the private sector and federal agencies including the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Messer’s private sector experience includes The Boston Consulting Group and O’Melveny &amp; Myers LLP, as well as work at a variety of start-up ventures, including as a principal at Foster Chamberlain, LLC – a start-up venture accelerator and corporate venturing consultancy.
An IEDC certified economic developer (CEcD), Messer received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, where he was a Princeton School of Public and International Affairs major and earned his Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from Columbia University’s Law and Business Schools, respectively. He sits on the board of directors of the International Economic Development Council, where he serves on the board’s Committee for Public Conduct and also is the incoming Co-Chair of the Racism in Economic Development Committee. Messer was named in Consultants Connect North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers in both 2019 and 2020.
[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Gabriel Ehrlich, Director of Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, University of Michigan&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-33639" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ehrlich_Headshot_May_2022_v2_web-360x460-1.jpeg" alt="Gabriel Ehrlich" width="196" height="250" />Dr. Gabriel M. Ehrlich is an economic forecaster at the University of Michigan, where he is the director of the University’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE). He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. His work has been discussed in the Economist, the Financial Times, and the Washington Post, and he has published articles recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Urban Economics, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Dr. Ehrlich oversees RSQE’s forecasts of the U.S. and Michigan economies, and he presents regularly to the Michigan Legislature and Governor on Michigan’s fiscal and economic prospects. He is a coauthor recently of The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2020–2021, The Michigan Economic Outlook for 2020–2021, and The Detroit Economic Outlook for 2019–2024.
Prior to joining RSQE, Dr. Ehrlich worked in the Financial Analysis Division at the Congressional Budget Office, where he forecasted interest rates and conducted analysis on monetary policy and the mortgage finance system.
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Detroit Economic Club hosts the 2024 Michigan Economic Outlook

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In the heart of Southwest Detroit lies Riverside Park. The renovated park is near industry, leaving residents grappling with the challenge of enjoying nature amid truck noise and concerns over air quality.
<a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/02/21/detroit-city-council-oks-land-swap-deal-with-ambassador-bridge-owners/69927650007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The battleground between residents and businesses</a>, however, becomes a testing ground for civic cooperation, as city officials strive to strike a balance that caters to the diverse needs of the community. The City of Detroit has engaged a local civil engineering group to chart the park’s multi-phase transformation, including expanding boundaries, reclaiming acres for public space, and enhancing riverfrontage. <a href="https://peagroup.com/what-we-do/our-work/detroit-riverside-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The revitalized park</a> now boasts interactive features such as a spray park, a winter-ready sledding hill, and a ¼-mile walking loop. 
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One Detroit contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/BryceHuffman313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bryce Huffman</a> sat down with residents and businesses living and operating near Riverside Park, as well as a Detroit city council member, to learn how the city is ensuring residents and businesses can both be heard and have their input incorporated into decisions shaping the park’s future.  
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Huffman talks with Debra Sumner, a longtime Hubbard Farms neighborhood resident; <a href="https://www.sdevweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision</a> Executive Director Raquel Garcia; <a href="https://detroitmi.gov/es/government/ayuntamiento/ayuntamiento-distrito-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gabriela Santiago-Romero</a>, Detroit City Council Member for District 6; and Heather Grondin, <a href="https://www.gordiehoweinternationalbridge.com/en/windsor-detroit-bridge-authority-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority</a> Vice President of Corporate Affairs and External Relations.
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Residents and businesses clash over industry near Detroit’s Riverside Park

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At the intersection of positivity, community and eating healthy is Detroit restaurant and culinary business <a href="https://www.thekitchenbycwq.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kitchen</a> by Cooking with Que. Founded by Quiana “Que” Broden, a renowned chef and entrepreneur, the business specializes in providing vegan and vegetarian meals and promoting healthy, plant-based eating options.  
RELATED: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rJFVp_9dFw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chef Quiana Broden shares her backstory and why she created Cooking with Que</a>
The idea for <a href="https://cookingwithque.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cooking with Que</a> was born out of <a href="https://cookingwithque.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Que’s personal journey of adopting a vegan lifestyle</a>. After facing health challenges, Broden made a conscious decision to change her diet. That’s when she discovered the benefits of plant-based cooking. Inspired by her own transformation, she wanted to share her culinary expertise and create a space where people could enjoy nutritious and satisfying vegan and vegetarian meals.  
&#8220;American Black Journal&#8221; contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/WillofMichigan">Will Glover</a>, a producer for &#8220;One Detroit,&#8221; visited The Kitchen to talk with Broden about how she kept her business thriving during the pandemic, how Detroit&#8217;s business community helps each other find success, and how her unyielding positivity motivates her desire to bring healthy food to neighborhoods across the country.
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Will Glover, Producer, One Detroit: One of the things that I hear a lot about working as a small business owner in Southeast Michigan, in Detroit, is that there is a community of partnership and essentially an ability and a want for people in this business environment to help each other out. Is that something that you&#8217;ve experienced when running your business, when getting started, when you come up against an obstacle that you need a solution for? How has the business community in Southeast Michigan, in Detroit, been there?
Quiana Broden, Owner and Executive Chef, The Kitchen by Cooking with Que: I will say that everybody I&#8217;ve come in contact with- I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m just blessed to meet the nicest people. People are very caring, they&#8217;re very warm welcoming, and they give you information. So if I know I&#8217;m trying to do something different that I wouldn&#8217;t normally do- I&#8217;m not good at no either, so when people say no to me that just means I&#8217;m talking to the wrong person. So I will go to people who will help me get the information that I need because I don&#8217;t know everything.
But I also think, vice versa, the things that are working for me, I share it with the people that were in my circle. And honestly, the people in Detroit, we&#8217;re like open books to each other. Because the thing about it is, what is the purpose of me having this information and die with the information? It&#8217;s just going to die with me? Why would I not want to share that?
I&#8217;m very big on that and I&#8217;m also very big on keeping the circle of people around me- that we&#8217;re sharing because we should all win. There&#8217;s enough for all of us to win. In my mind, I don&#8217;t look at other restaurateurs as competition. I don&#8217;t have competition. My competition is- I&#8217;m my own competition, not everybody else. We should all be able to win. And if I&#8217;m doing something that&#8217;s working for me and it makes me successful, why would I not want to tell you so you can be successful too?
Will Glover: How has the development that&#8217;s happening down here- how do you feel about it? When it comes to the development, are you excited about it? Are there concerns? Is there any trepidation? Where do you feel like you fit in?
Quiana Broden: I&#8217;m always looking at the positive. When I always look at the positive- there is no negative for me because the negative is a waste of energy. So my brain- I&#8217;m always looking at my mission, my purpose. If I know who my clients are, how do I market to those customers? When I opened right here on Woodward, it was nobody else. There was a clothing store. It was nothing. This was a block that was not- there was no gentrification. It was like, Que, why would you want to put this right here?
Because my brain said healthy food in every hood. People should not get food based off of their zip code. They should get food because it should be their human right. So my focus is always, how do I make this food more available? So in my mind, just as fast as you see- every time you see a McDonald&#8217;s, in my head, in the future, you&#8217;re going to see a kitchen because the goal is to put healthy food everywhere.
Because we have to be the people to change the perception of what it is. So I&#8217;m very glad that they&#8217;re bringing things back to the city. I&#8217;m glad that they&#8217;re allowing the people that are from the city to actually get these locations as well.
There are different associations that are always pushing for you to support the people who are local, allowed them to get into some of the places. Like, you&#8217;ve got the Metro Detroit Black Business Association. They&#8217;re always for the small business owner. And that&#8217;s a cool backing to have, but again, you make these allies with the people that are going to help you keep growing and you keep building.
So for me, I like the community in the way it is now but I also like that we are getting to see more. But you can&#8217;t make your whole business focused on if everybody else is on the block. It&#8217;s how am I going to bring clients to my location?
Will Glover: The biggest challenge that Southeast Michigan is facing, a big challenge that Detroit is facing, all metropolitan areas are facing is how do we get millennials and anyone who wants to start a business or anyone who wants to be a part of the workforce to come to Southeast Michigan, to come do it in places like Detroit?
Quiana Broden: So my focus, again, you know it&#8217;s going to be my mission and my purpose. But it&#8217;s also families. What do people do as a family? What do people do to get back to the table? So my brain wants to do things to bring people here.
So for us, we do cooking classes that you can bring all ages. We have to get people out of their houses and we also have to stop pushing fear on people. You&#8217;ve got to think about what people are at home looking at when they&#8217;re on the news. You can&#8217;t come to Detroit because of this. Yes, we&#8217;re changing their perspective of it, but I think people just need to see it&#8217;s a really family-oriented place. There&#8217;s things for you to do. You can come out to eat at all the restaurants.
Or if you are a person that has that business idea, don&#8217;t sit on it, but create programs that have them where they can come and sit with people who are business owners like me. Like, hey, you&#8217;ve got a business idea? Let&#8217;s sit and work with you on a business plan. Let&#8217;s get you from plan A to B to C. What does that look like? And make it more- and it&#8217;s not to say that there are not programs like that out there, but I think we need to talk about it more.
As much as we can talk about negative things, if we talk about those types of things, I think it would pique the interest of people that are not here. Not here in Detroit, because you get people from out— I have people that would say, I&#8217;m leaving New York to move to Detroit. So you get that, but what about the people that are here?
I&#8217;m always saying, look in your own backyard. Look around the City of Detroit, all the places that people are. When people were in the city and they moved to the suburbs and now why do we want them to come back? Put the same amenities that are in the suburbs in the city of Detroit. I shouldn&#8217;t have to go to the suburbs to find a healthy grocery store. I&#8217;m super excited that they&#8217;re bringing more grocery stores to Detroit, but Detroit is large.
We should all have the same accessibility to healthy food. How do I make that? How do I make that become, like, the squeaky wheel gets the oil? I tell people that come to my classes if you don&#8217;t open your mouth- closed mouths don&#8217;t get fed. If you don&#8217;t open your mouth and tell your neighborhood, hey, at every gas station or corner, I want you to stop just giving us chips and cookies. Give us healthy food. Until we make the noise, it&#8217;s not going to change.
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Cooking with Que Founder Quiana Broden brings plant-based dining to Detroit with The Kitchen

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Wareologie, a <a href="https://www.wareologie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan-based medical device company</a>, is making waves in the healthcare industry with its groundbreaking advancements in mobile and at-home caregiving. Led by innovative founder Gina Adams, the company has pioneered a range of innovative products that are transforming the lives of patients and caregivers alike.  
With products such as the revolutionary <a href="https://www.wareologie.com/product/new-improved-magnetic-button-adaptor-dressing-aid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buttons 2 Button Magnetic Adapter Set</a> and <a href="https://www.wareologie.com/parallel-bars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Portable Parallel Bars</a> for physical therapy, Wareologie’s efforts to redefine the landscape of accessible and convenient healthcare solutions don’t go unnoticed easily. The company is quickly becoming a trailblazer in the field of assistive technology. 
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One Detroit Producer <a href="https://twitter.com/WillofMichigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Glover</a>, host of One Detroit’s Future of Work series, met up with Adams at the Centrepolis Accelerator, where Wareologie began as a startup, to talk about the inspiration behind her products and the process of getting them to market.  
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They talk about the inspiration she’s found from her parents’ struggles as they aged, the difficulty of creating a commercial product, the resources the state could provide to help startups, and the importance of keeping the company in Michigan to promote job growth in the state.  
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Will Glover, @WillofMichigan: After my future work conversation with Dan Radomski, the founder of Michigan&#8217;s only manufactured product incubator, Centrepolis Accelerator. I wanted to talk to a company they had worked with in health care, because this is a sector that will need to grow its workforce and innovate to meet the needs of a large and aging Michigan population. So Dan suggested I talk to Gina Adams, CEO of Wareologie, who&#8217;s an innovator in the healthcare space who first found success with buttons 2 button magnetic adapter. A no-cell solution for converting shirt buttons into magnetic closures. What was the initial inspiration behind buttons 2 button? Where did this idea come from? 
Gina Adams, Founder &amp; CEO, Wareologie: Thank you for asking. My stepfather was struggling with Parkinson&#8217;s and there&#8217;s a ripple effect on caregivers such as my mom. And so it&#8217;s not only that physical impact, but the emotional toll it takes when you have somebody as, you know, my stepfather was a Ph.D. engineer. And so, to lose any sense of independence, he was our rock of the family. And so, to take one activity that he could regain and do independently, that eally impacts a person&#8217;s emotional well-being. That&#8217;s really the impetus behind it. 
Will Glover: With the success of Buttons 2 Button, Gina has introduced another product, portable parallel bars for physical therapy, a mobile therapy solution on wheels that delivers physical therapy treatment safely. But getting it into the hands of the people who need it the most poses challenges that, if addressed, could give other Michigan healthcare product companies an edge in the global healthcare market. Do you think that there&#8217;s something that can be done there to make the on-ramp to getting a product manufactured for a small company easier? 
Gina Adams: You know, we&#8217;re in what they call the valley, right? You have the idea. You have to put a lot of money into that to get it through the development phase, the prototype phase. And then when you move into commercialization, everything takes on a whole new, I would say, cost. 
Will Glover: Right. Yeah. 
Gina Adams: So, you know what the state could provide for us, I believe, is a little more access to that runway of how do you get your product commercialized and into the market. You can&#8217;t do it alone. The windows are pretty tight because of the networks. I&#8217;ve been to the doctor over eight times, getting all of my vaccines, like hepatitis and typhoid and all of these things so that I could actually walk into a hospital and service the hospital as a vendor. So there&#8217;s a lot of these hoops that I feel while they are there and the protocols are important because you need safety in place, but for medical devices, we&#8217;re really trying to revolutionize people&#8217;s health. It would be great if there was an incubator that kind of supported that. 
Will Glover: Something to help navigate the process overall? 
Gina Adams: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I was at a conference and we&#8217;re there with large global medical wholesale suppliers and, you know, getting a foot in the door is not always easy. 
Will Glover:  As you&#8217;re going through this journey, as you&#8217;re developing these products, as you&#8217;re building this company, you&#8217;ve stayed here in Michigan. 
Gina Adams: Well, we&#8217;re based here in southeast Michigan and have incredible access to world-class manufacturing. And there&#8217;s no better place to develop a product, in my opinion. The opportunity to create jobs here in our home state is really important to us. And because we are committed to helping people with disabilities, we are excited to also partner with not only our manufacturers but down to the people that kit our products. 
So the first product buttons 2 button actually kitted by people with disabilities as a form of job creation. It&#8217;s great to have the opportunity to collaborate directly with your manufacturers so that we are building together. There&#8217;s a lot of lessons learned along the way, and to take a product from a prototype that&#8217;s 3D printed into a commercialized product is a huge leap. And so, working here with incredible manufacturers has really helped expedite the process, versus, I can&#8217;t imagine the cost of going overseas. Whether they&#8217;re in a bed or they&#8217;re in a wheelchair and standing up, now you have something that is structurally&#8230;.. 
Will Glover: In the next five years. What do you hope for the future of work at your company? 
Gina Adams: You know, the next five years are going to be so exciting because we know that we have sales verticals within the V.A. We have hospitals that have given us the thumbs up. They have use for it. It&#8217;s a matter of going through those protocols. If we can help people get standing sooner and safer, we&#8217;re going to be in a great spot. 
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Pingree Detroit, a design and manufacturing cooperative near the city’s Fitzgerald neighborhood, is making the city a better place one recycled good at a time, and they’re doing it all while giving employees stock in the business. <a href="https://pingreedetroit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The worker-owned business</a> takes recycled materials — leather, seatbelts and airbags for example — and turns them into consumer products like shoes, backpacks, purses, wallets, dog leases and more.  
And if you’d hadn’t heard of them already, there’s a chance you might see them around the city this year. Pingree Detroit Co-Founder Jarret Schlaff says the company wants to host pop-ups frequently at <a href="https://easternmarket.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eastern Market</a> and at events like the <a href="https://www.naias.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Auto Show</a>. 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/WillofMichigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Future of Work host</a> and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#will" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One Detroit producer Will Glover</a> met with Schlaff at Pingree Detroit’s manufacturing space to talk about the company’s worker-owned business model and how it’s creating new opportunities for residents and veterans to learn valuable skills and share in the company’s success. They also talk about the challenges of being an entrepreneur and the benefits of building a company in Detroit. 
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Will Glover, Host, One Detroit: So let&#8217;s just jump right in. The first thing I would love for you to do is introduce us, our viewers to Pingree, Detroit. So what is Pingree Detroit? What do you guys do? What do you sell? Where do you work? Give me the rundown hanger. 
Jarret Schlaff, Co-founder and CEO, Pingree Detroit: Pingree Detroit. We are an eight-year-old worker-owned design and manufacturing cooperative. Yeah. To celebrate our eighth birthday on January 15th, actually, which is exciting. Thank you.  And so we take materials. So everything from leather to seatbelts, airbags, otherwise destined for the landfill. We keep those out of landfill from the big three and we turn those in everything from the first shoes made in Detroit in the 50s to backpacks, purses, wallets, dog leashes, coasters, and everything in between. 
Will Glover: How is Pingree doing? Are we getting ready to expand? Are we downsizing? Is it business as usual? Where are we headed? What&#8217;s the conditions? 
Jarret Schlaff: So our look would be inspired with a chance of smiles. So we&#8217;re pretty excited. We&#8217;re in a really good spot. So we&#8217;re growing our team. We&#8217;re now about to be joining our 13th member of our team and we&#8217;re worker-owned. So that means that $0.77 of every dollar in profit goes right back to the workers on our team. And as we&#8217;re growing, we&#8217;re now doing more pop-ups. Our goal is 250 in-person activations throughout the year of 2023, which means Eastern Market on weekends. We&#8217;re going to be at the Autorama this month, the auto show again. 
Doing everything from live shoemaking to selling our goods right here in person so folks can touch, feel, smell that new car. We like to say it smells a new car because nearly was. And so we&#8217;re excited to do that. And that really that growth allows to connect, inspire folks, have them be a part of our story and a part of our mission. 
Will Glover: So one of the things you just mentioned is that you&#8217;re a worker-owned company. So for anyone who isn&#8217;t familiar with what that actually means, what is a worker owned company and what made you decide to go that route with Pingree? 
Jarret Schlaff: So worker ownership, some folks are familiar with the term cooperative co-op, right? There&#8217;s energy co-ops, there&#8217;s food co-ops, there&#8217;s RTI where you can go buy your camping supplies. A lot of credit unions. That is a co-op, right?  We have multiple stakeholders where as a worker-owned co-op, we chose to be this type of model because we want to maximize equity and maximize well-being, not just maximizing profit. So we want to be really intentional around designing structures so that when we do well, our team does well, our neighborhoods do well and the environment does well. 
Will Glover: So in this model, how has it been when it comes to attracting talent, retaining talent? Because that&#8217;s if we&#8217;re talking about the future of work and where things are going pretty much across every industry, the narrative is we need more talent, we need more people and we need them to stay.  So how has your business model helped you maintain that talent that you need? 
Jarret Schlaff: By being able to incentivize and offer folks to co-own the company, not just get another job, but like to work to be a part of a meaningful culture, to actually create and benefit from all the small ways that you might make that company better. To not just, you know, maybe you get a bonus and some other companies or sometimes there&#8217;s a stock split, it&#8217;s great. 
You know, we just heard about folks in unions get a nice little bump from certain auto companies. Great. But what if it wasn&#8217;t just a small check? It was regardless of the size of the company, you&#8217;re sharing 77% of profits. Your innovation is celebrated and that could be an additional bump at the end of the year. 
So we really wanted to offer and say, if you&#8217;re going to join our team, maybe you might make a little less per hour than you would if you&#8217;re going to go work in New York or in L.A., But you can be a part of something great. You can be a part of not just making a good wage, but actually making neighborhoods stronger, being a part of a solution-driven environment. 
Will Glover: So what is one thing that could be better about doing business in southeast Michigan? 
Jarret Schlaff: One of the challenges of doing business in Michigan, in Detroit, is there&#8217;s sometimes not the critical mass of people in certain areas. To where we did a pop-up, you know, downtown right now, for instance, we might need to have a thousand conversations over a course of a week to do really well. Well, we might only get a couple of hundred. 
How many folks are actually going to come into our store? So, like for us being in front of enough people with enough consistency for us to be able to accomplish our goal to stay open as a business is really important. And we have consistently had a hard time of just getting in front of enough folks. We have to get really creative and everything from online advertising to more unique activations. So for us, one of the hardest things is just been getting enough support from enough folks consistently. 
Will Glover: What is a good thing about doing business here in southeast Michigan? 
Jarret Schlaff: Yeah, so we often say relationships are our strongest currency and I think that Detroit, one of Detroit&#8217;s strongest currencies is the relationships, the people. There&#8217;s this energy, there&#8217;s this vibe around cooperation more so than competition. Yes, we&#8217;re competing to be our best and bring forth the best thing and sometimes we might have the same product that we&#8217;re offering. But like this equipment behind us was donated to us by Shinola. 
Like their team mentored us when we first were getting started. We&#8217;ve collaborated with hundreds, hundreds of individuals from the get-go. I call myself a co-founder. I&#8217;m the only technical founder, but I would not have started this without hundreds and thousands literally, of conversations of folks offering to take me to coffee and mentor me and sharing this resource and donating this piece of equipment. 
We&#8217;ve found so much energy around cooperation and it&#8217;s allowed us to not only just keep moving forward and sustain, but actually grow. And now we&#8217;re doing the same thing. Our scraps were donated. There&#8217;s over 30 different small entrepreneurs that are getting our scraps and turning them into earrings and other products and majority women of color, majority native Detroiters. So we&#8217;re really focusing on how can we kind of, as we&#8217;re getting pulled from someone in front of us, how can we also pull from behind and really embrace those relationships. 
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Millennials are expected to make up nearly three-fourths of the global workforce in the next two years, and many are moving away from now-unaffordable and overpopulated cities like New York City and San Francisco to cities down South including Austin, Dallas, and Miami. As millennial workers consider where they want to plant their roots, and build a family and career, what can Michigan do to attract them to move here?  
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It could be Michigan’s affordability, especially housing affordability, and accessibility that motivates millennials to move to Southeast Michigan, <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Regional Chamber</a> Senior Director of Community Engagement and Learning Development <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/devon-oreilly/">Devon O’Reilly</a> says. One Detroit Producer, and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/future-of-work/">Future of Work</a> host, <a href="https://twitter.com/YeaitsmewillG">Will Glover</a> met with O’Reilly at the Chamber’s downtown Detroit offices to talk about strategies that could make Michigan more attractive to millennial workers.  
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Will Glover, One Detroit, Host: Our focus, my focus is the future of work. And one of the things that people are concerned about is where the millennials are going because they have the talent that every municipality, every state, every city wants to bolster their economy. But reports are saying millennials, our cohort are moving down south. They&#8217;re going to Dallas, they&#8217;re going to Austin, they&#8217;re going to Florida. What do you think it takes to get them to come here? Why aren&#8217;t they flocking to Detroit or Southeast Michigan? And what is the solution in your eyes to change that?
Devon O&#8217;Reilly, Senior Director, Community Engagement and Leadership Development Detroit Regional Chamber: Sure. I mean, well we can&#8217;t change the weather so, you know, there&#8217;s that migration to southern warmer states and warmer climates. Nothing we can do about that, although I&#8217;d argue having four seasons is pretty cool. I mean, I enjoy having four great seasons in Michigan. So we have some things that we have to look at in terms of what are our strengths. There&#8217;s things we can&#8217;t change. There&#8217;s certain factors, whether it be environmental, whether it be major macro factors that we can&#8217;t really change anytime soon. So we have to look at what our strengths are.
There is still a good amount of affordability compared to some of the places. You mentioned, even if you look at like Austin, D.C.. Even in the coasts, Boston. It&#8217;s it&#8217;s really expensive. And especially at housing, which people are talking about the housing market and being able to afford and the dream of millennial is to own a home just like anyone in previous generations. And that&#8217;s still really a lot more attainable here in the southeast Michigan region. And so there is a level of kind of accessibility and affordability that I think is important to consider when staying in Michigan. I have friends in other parts of the country who just can&#8217;t afford a house.
And money goes a long way here, longer way here, I should say. So that&#8217;s a factor. But I think we also have to look at it strategically. And, you know, we are and when I say we, I&#8217;m talking about kind of the chamber, our partners. And actually what I&#8217;m encouraged by is some of the real intentionality about how can we address this problem. So, for instance, at our Machado summit in December, the governor announced a fund, funding for our Machado program for a high-tech talent strategy. And what that&#8217;s going to be doing is going to allow public and private sectors. So academic institutions, schools themselves, employers, major employers here and places like the chamber to kind of work together on benchmarking. Well, what are other cities doing that are attracting talent? Where are they going?
Because we have talent here. We know this. We have talent here. We have some of the best schools in the country, in the world here. They&#8217;re just leaving. And so it&#8217;s more about how are we keeping people here who already know about Michigan and maybe just change their perception a little bit and show them a pathway. And so, what we&#8217;re going to start talking about is this kind of career talent supply chain, instead of a pipeline. A talent supply chain where there&#8217;s, on ramps off ramps. But there&#8217;s a strategic way where if you&#8217;re in school, if you&#8217;re at Michigan Tech or you&#8217;re in Lawrence Tech or you&#8217;re at U of M, you have a clear path to a really great career in a field that you want because, again, jobs are here.
And so a lot of it, unfortunately, is just perception and changing that perception and showing people, young people in high school and in college, that there is a clear path to an incredible job that will pay you well and give you that life that you want. And then you can vacation in Florida and Southern California and have another house there.
Will Glover: Right, right. So, we can set you up here to have the life that you want and explore the world.
Devon O&#8217;Reilly: Exactly.
Will Glover: Right. Could you give&#8230; Give us your pitch for coming to the city of Detroit. For starting your business here, growing your business here, starting your family here, growing your family here. Living, working, playing. What is your pitch for anybody who might not quite get it yet?
Devon O&#8217;Reilly: I can tell you because I live it every day. And you know this you know, we talked about that small-town feel. Well, that&#8217;s helpful in that regard because if you want to make something of yourself here, whether it be starting your own business, whether it be part of a larger business that you feel is doing something really great, worthwhile. You can do it here easier and more accessible because everyone talks to each other. You can be in Detroit for a week and find all the right people. You find Devon, I introduce you to Will, Will introduces you to Jeanette Pearson or whoever it is, whoever you want to talk to. That&#8217;s what kind of my personal pitch to people.
When I talk to small businesses and I talk to entrepreneurs and I have from all over the world, you know, I tell them in a nutshell, who do you need to talk to? We can connect you. I can connect you because that&#8217;s what Detroit does.We all know each other and we all have these relationships. So you can do it here. You can build it here, whatever that is to you. You can build it here.
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Millennials make up a majority of the global workforce. Can Michigan attract them to move here?

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For nearly three years, many employees have been working remotely because of the pandemic. Now, whether employers are choosing to stay fully remote, implement a hybrid model or make a full return to the office, several businesses are starting to make decisions about their post-pandemic workplace environments and requirements. But what do the employees want?  
Strategic Staffing Solutions <a href="https://www.strategicstaff.com/meet-cindy-pasky-founder-president-and-ceo/#:~:text=Cindy%20Pasky%20founded%20Strategic%20Staffing,core%20part%20of%20the%20company's" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President and CEO Cindy Pasky</a> sits down with One Detroit <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/about/contributors/#nolan">contributor Nolan Finley</a> of <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/2646740001/nolan-finley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Detroit News</a> at the <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/detroit-policy-conference/dpc-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 Detroit Policy Conference</a> to learn more about the disruption COVID-19 caused to Detroit’s workforce, as well as how employees and employers are navigating the post-pandemic landscape.   
They talk about the increased number of people taking on gig economy and/or entrepreneurial ventures, employees’ shift in perspective, the organization’s efforts to find jobs for veterans and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/one-detroit/returning-citizens-disproportionately-locked-out-of-employment-michigans-workforce/">returning citizens</a>, and the importance of those efforts to the organization. Plus, she gives her predictions for the future of Detroit’s job market and workforce development. 
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Nolan Finley, The Detroit News: So we&#8217;re joined now by Cynthia Pasky, the chairman of Strategic Staffing Solutions, a longtime Detroit company, a longtime Detroit supporter. Cindy, thank you for joining us.
Cindy Pasky, CEO, Strategic Staffing Solutions: Oh, thank you, Nolan. It&#8217;s a pleasure to be here.
Nolan Finley: Cindy, your company provides workers for a lot of different kinds of companies. Tech business, other businesses, insurance companies. We went through this horrible workforce disruption in the pandemic. A lot of people dropped out. It&#8217;s hard to find workers. Has the ship righted? Are people coming back to work, are people looking for jobs again, and are employers looking for employees?
Cindy Pasky: Well, employers never stopped looking. In certain industries, they never stopped looking. So finance, energy, health care. They always had to look. Some employers obviously stop retail, transportation, things like that. So employers are continuing to look. They have a greater comfort level now as to getting their work done. The type of employees that are willing to come back, your high-tech workers, your finance people, your health care people. They&#8217;re looking for jobs. They want to engage, but they were with industries that kept working along through the pandemic.
I think part of what I don&#8217;t see a lot of conversation around is a lot of individuals found a way to make a living through the gray economy. And perhaps it&#8217;s not as lucrative as when they had a position, but it has the flexibility of their own schedule, their own roles, whether it&#8217;s being a person driving an Uber, delivering, or whether it&#8217;s cutting hair in their basement. So we still see a challenge with individuals that have said, I&#8217;m not sure I actually want to step back and take this position full time at the salon or take this position at the restaurant. I can make an income this way.
Nolan Finley: Flexibility is sort of the keyword in employment, right? The sort of business you run, where you take workers and put them with companies for a short period of time or maybe a long period of time. But not, I&#8217;m signing up for a lifetime job.
Cindy Pasky: Exactly.
Nolan Finley: I&#8217;m going to work here for a while, then maybe over here. Does that seem to be where workers are going today? They want that variety or flexibility.
Cindy Pasky: They want the variety. They want the flexibility. And I think one of the things that happened during the pandemic is they lost some of the fear of having that flexibility and having that variety. And they recognize that if they have a skill, they&#8217;re a valuable commodity and they don&#8217;t have to stay somewhere for ten years or 15 years.
Someone&#8217;s going to see value in what they bring and provide them another opportunity. So while it was a very fearful situation for so many reasons, one of the things that happened is people went, my talent has value. I shouldn&#8217;t be afraid to ask for what&#8217;s important to me and I shouldn&#8217;t assume I won&#8217;t find that next opportunity.
Nolan Finley: For a long time, people coming into these temporary positions at places like Ford or Blue Cross were sort of looked at as second-tier workers. Not full partners, if you will. Has that changed?
Cindy Pasky In some industries, specifically, it has changed. I think your energy industry. We have a very large energy customer that&#8217;s headquartered between Houston and California. And they refer to their talent as where the location is and who the partner is. Is it the customer&#8217;s talent in Houston, the customer&#8217;s talent in the Philippines, or the customer&#8217;s talent in Argentina? Is it ASTRI&#8217;s talent in Houston or ASTRI&#8217;s talent in Lithuania? So they don&#8217;t distinguish at all whether it&#8217;s their team member or their partner&#8217;s team member. All they say is who has the talent and what country are we looking for this talent to get our work done?
Nolan Finley: Obviously, demand is booming. Your company has grown tremendously over the years. You&#8217;re in how many countries? How many cities?
Cindy Pasky: We&#8217;re in 16 countries now. We opened in the Philippines during the pandemic. We have consultants working in Argentina, which we accomplished during the pandemic. And we just opened in Poland. And we have consultants in 48 states and brick-and-mortar in 23.
Nolan Finley: So how often do you put employees with a company, and they end up staying long-term at that company, taking jobs with that employer?
Cindy Pasky: In our world, the way that works is you work that out with the customer before the work begins because it&#8217;s a different interviewing process, right? You wouldn&#8217;t want to interview someone who has the mindset that they don&#8217;t want to hire in, and then you disappoint the customer when the customer offers them a job.
So you have to decide upfront and then you look for talent that says, yes, I&#8217;d like to have the opportunity to then convert. Each case is different, but it has to be pre-defined for us. That&#8217;s the ultimate compliment, right? If we did such a good job, the customer wants to hire the talent, then it means we really know what they need.
Nolan Finley: So you see why this is a good deal for employers. They can fill a need without long-term obligations. Why is it a good deal for the people taking the job?
Cindy Pasky: It&#8217;s a good deal because they have an opportunity to understand the environment, they&#8217;re going to be a part of, decide that they can bring value, understand the career paths that are there versus the career path and consulting, and know that they&#8217;ve earned an opportunity for that position. But they don&#8217;t have&#8230; On day one of the new job, they already have their orientation, they know people, they can bring value, and they also understand where they could guide themselves through to go forward.
Nolan Finley: What&#8217;s the average amount of time someone stays with your company taking jobs in different ways?
Cindy Pasky: We track it two ways. We track it for our core overhead team, which is our back office, payroll, and finance. That average tenure is 13 years. The average tenure with our consultants is between five and six. It&#8217;s pretty high.
Nolan Finley: You&#8217;ve had to be very innovative in staffing and finding people to take these jobs. You&#8217;ve been sort of a pioneer both in hiring veterans and in hiring former prison inmates, returning citizens. Why is that important to you and how has it worked out?
Cindy Pasky: It&#8217;s important because we believe&#8230; One of our pillars is to provide people an opportunity to change their station in life. And we live that every single day. We believe that when you look at a veteran, they have sacrificed part of their life to ensure that we have the freedoms that we believe in, that we need, and that we desire. They should have barriers removed to offset the fact that they weren&#8217;t in the workforce with someone their age for X number of years. They start out of the gate four years behind.
Nolan Finley: And returning citizens?
Cindy Pasky: And returning citizens. When someone&#8217;s gone through and said, I recognize that I&#8217;ve made a mistake, I have done what I need to do to rectify that, I have gathered a skill, and I want to be part of my family and I want to be part of the community. It would be so unfortunate if somebody didn&#8217;t recognize that they should be given that opportunity.
Nolan Finley: Do you run into hesitancy with employers when you try to place returning citizens?
Cindy Pasky: We used to but we have to&#8230; Remember we have a different customer base, so it&#8217;s focused on certain industries, but we&#8217;ve also been very upfront about it. And we create ways for them to do that. So we&#8217;ll hire them as our employees. We can have them work in one of our development centers. We can take all of the risk, which we will gladly do. And then six months to a year down the road, the customer&#8217;s like, you were right, now I want to hire this person. So it&#8217;s been a success. But we remove barriers not just for the person but for the customer.
Nolan Finley: As we said at the beginning, longtime Detroit chairman. You&#8217;re looking at Detroit post-pandemic. What do you see over the next five years?
Cindy Pasky: Oh, that&#8217;s a really good question. I wish I could see Detroit over the next five years. You know, where I see&#8230; We still don&#8217;t have enough jobs. We don&#8217;t have enough layers of jobs to have Detroiters go to work. We don&#8217;t have enough jobs, still, coming into our state and into our city.
I co-chair the mayor&#8217;s Workforce Board. I chair the governor&#8217;s Workforce Board. So I don&#8217;t say that this is an issue and not try and be part of the solution. But we don&#8217;t. We don&#8217;t have the right combination of jobs. I think everybody should have an opportunity to work. We continue to make success with that, and I believe Detroit will continue to prosper.
Nolan Finley: Cindy Pasky, chairman of Strategic Staffing Solutions, thanks for being with us today.
Cindy Pasky: Thank you, Nolan.
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What do workers want from a post-pandemic workforce? Strategic Staffing Solutions weighs in

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As Michigan ushers in a Democratic-controlled state government for the first time in 40 years, what could that mean for the state’s ongoing investments in Detroit? And what could Detroit’s resurgence mean for the rest of the region and state? 
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II sat down with One Detroit contributor, and “American Black Journal” host, <a href="https://twitter.com/SHDetroit">Stephen Henderson</a> on the Motor City Casino Hotel’s Sound Board stage at the <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/detroit-policy-conference/dpc-2023/">2023 Detroit Policy Conference</a>, hosted by the <a href="https://www.detroitchamber.com/">Detroit Regional Chamber</a>, for a conversation about what’s happening in downtown Detroit and the administration’s economic plans for investing in the city’s future.  
They talk about <a href="https://twitter.com/LtGovGilchrist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lt. Gov. Gilchrist II’s</a> childhood growing up just east of downtown Detroit, in the Elmwood Park area, the evolution of Detroit over the years and the importance of having a vibrant downtown, and about the state’s partnerships that are investing in transportation infrastructure, a stronger technology ecosystem, and spaces for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. 
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Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II on the administration’s investment in downtown Detroit

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Puerto Rico may be several thousand miles away from Michigan geographically, but its ties to Detroit’s Puerto Rican community remain strong. After <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-puerto-ricans-are-coping-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-fiona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico</a> in September, Southwest Detroit residents quickly came together at the weekly <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FantazmaMarketandCafe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fantazma Market</a>, hosted by the <a href="http://www.dhdc1.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation</a> (DHDC), to raise funds for disaster relief.
<figure id="attachment_27686" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27686" style="width: 320px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-27686" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SALSA-BACHATA-04.jpg" alt="Fantazma Market vendor " width="320" height="180" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27686" class="wp-caption-text">An artisan sells their handmade jewelry at the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation&#8217;s Fantazma Market, where Detroit residents gathered to fundraise for Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricane Fiona. | Photo by One Detroit</figcaption></figure>
The Fantazma Market, a small business and entrepreneur program located inside the DHDC features Hispanic artists and vendors, performers and pop-up kitchens weekly. The DHDC has been servicing Southwest Detroit and select downriver communities for the past 25 years.
One Detroit’s Chris Jordan took a visit to the Fantazma Market Salsa Bachata night for an inside look at the weekly market turned fundraiser for Puerto Rico. Jordan talks with Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation Social Entrepreneurship &amp; Wealth Building Manager Anita Zavala about the devastation Hurricane Fiona left behind only two years after <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/maria-1505943495/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017</a>.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CasitaCimarron313/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">La Casita Cimarrón y Yuketi de Detroit</a> Co-Director Raeul Echevarria talks about the importance of sending relief to the organizations and people in Puerto Rico making a difference. Plus, artists performing at the market share how their music is helping the fundraising efforts.
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Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation fundraises to support Hurricane Fiona relief in Puerto Rico

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What will it take to create a bright future for Michigan’s workforce and economy? According to experts, the state’s success lies in investments and improvements in the engineering and <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/business-entrepreneurship/michigan-redesigned-developing-design-jobs-investments-in-the-states-design-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">design industries</a>. To better understand the investments that are needed, One Detroit’s Future of Work initiative takes a closer look at the <a href="https://www.centrepolisaccelerator.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Centrepolis Accelerator</a> at <a href="https://www.ltu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lawrence Tech University</a>, the only Michigan manufacturing product incubator that brings ideas to life, to hear how they’re investing in Michigan’s engineering and design industries.
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According to its website, Centrepolis Accelerator is &#8220;on a mission to fuel the growth of Southeast Michigan’s small manufacturers and hardware entrepreneurs by providing access to key resources including mentors, workshops, cutting-edge technologies, corporate connections, student &amp; faculty engagement, events, workspace, and a collaborative community of peers.
One Detroit producer <a href="https://twitter.com/YeaitsmewillG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Glover</a> sits down with Centrepolis Accelerator Executive Director and Founder Dan Radomski to learn more about the accelerator’s impact on Michigan’s business environment and economy.
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Will Glover, Host, One Detroit: Since we began our future of work town halls, we&#8217;ve heard that higher education and design are integral to Michigan having a strong economic future. Like when former Crain Senior Editor Chad Livengood said this.
Chad Livengood, Sr. Editor, Crain&#8217;s Detroit Business: Don&#8217;t go to college. You need more people to go become plumbers. We only need so many plumbers. There is a max on plumbers at some point in the economy. But right now, we cannot get enough people to write software code in this state right now.
Will Glover: Or when CEO of Tech Town Ned Staebler said this.
Ned Staebler, President &amp; CEO, Tech Town: Instead of incentivizing production facilities that pay 15, 16, $17 an hour, we should be incentivizing Ford to build out the train station or Rivian, which was here but left because they couldn&#8217;t get the talent, because those are the type of jobs that are going to power our economy.
Ned Staebler: Those are the types of jobs that Minnesota and Virginia and Colorado are stealing from us. The production jobs, yeah, they&#8217;re going to Kentucky, but Kentucky is getting poorer, too. That&#8217;s not really working anymore.
Will Glover: Or when Vice President of Strategy and Communications at the College for Creative Studies, Olga Stella said this.
Olga Stella, Vice President, Strategy &amp; Communications, College for Creative Studies: Where that we have the highest concentration of commercial industrial designers in the country. It is very much part of every industry in the region and in the state and there&#8217;s a long history here.
Will Glover: So I wanted to know how higher education and design turn into products that need to be made by the employees that fuel our economic success. Enter Centrepolis Accelerator, a company best explained by the man who runs it, Dan Radomski.
Dan Radomski, Executive Director, Centrepolis Accelerator: Centrepolis Accelerator, is located in Southfield, Michigan. It&#8217;s on the campus of Lawrence Tech University, funded by Lawrence Tech, the City of Southfield, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, as well as many other organizations and foundations.
Our mission is, despite being here in Southfield, to support the entire state of Michigan and helping people develop physical products and get them made here in Michigan. This is an example of one of the products we brought to market. It&#8217;s a magnetic button that I was mentioning.
Will Glover: Tell me how you found this hole in the market that you guys are currently occupying and what makes simply creating a product and getting it to a shelf more complicated than it seems.
Dan Radomski: Yeah, I think it might seem odd to a lot of people with this being a manufacturing state that we didn&#8217;t have an incubator or accelerator program focused on developing physical products and manufacturing them here in Michigan.
Because that&#8217;s our bench strength, right? That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re really good at, not just manufacturing, but the product development process to prepare a product for manufacturing. We&#8217;re really the best in the world at it. I mean, I would compare Michigan and the Detroit area to any place in the world that is innovative&#8230; Germany, Japan and other areas in designing, engineering, testing and driving cost and complexity out of products and ensuring that they&#8217;re going to be durable and reliable. We&#8217;re really the best in the world at it.
Will Glover: And he would know because he&#8217;s been in this field most of his life.
Dan Radomski: What he did here is he actually created a clutch that when you pull on these gives 300 pounds of resistance which is amazing. Yeah, I was really born and raised in the manufacturing. I grew up as a machinist. I&#8217;ve been in manufacturing and product development my whole life. My last job in the private industry was running an international vehicle design engineering firm.
Will Glover: Tell us what the impact of Centrepolis has been because this is the only place that&#8217;s helping people with the nuts and bolts of how to manufacture a product and get it to market.
Dan Radomski: Yeah, so we&#8217;ve been in operations Centrepolis for five years now and the impact we&#8217;ve had has just been amazing. Every company that has come in here that has had an idea for a physical product that we&#8217;ve made an investment of time and money in has officially got their product to market. That&#8217;s almost unheard of even for software companies and very difficult to do with hardware, physical products. So we&#8217;ve launched been able to launch over three dozen businesses. We&#8217;ve had the opportunity to get 50 new physical products out to market.
And more importantly, is we help these people with their ideas, finally get a product to market that&#8217;s made in Michigan. It&#8217;s also having a trickle effect to those in the local supply chain. Many of those companies are not manufacturing themselves. We connect them to local suppliers. Our clients alone over the last five years have contracted 366 contracts to Michigan manufacturers, amounting to over $24 million. So the economic multiplier of our work is rather significant to the local manufacturing community.
Will Glover: In your opinion, what is it that Michigan needs, or what is it that what direction should we be headed in to reinvigorate the manufacturing that Michigan maybe once had in the past? What do we need to be doing to breathe life back into this sector of our economy?
Dan Radomski: So one thing I&#8217;ll say is one of the most valuable parts of our manufacturing value chain is the product design and engineering part of it. So you have to set that aside from the actual manufacturing of making things, the actual value of designing and engineering and testing and prototyping. We&#8217;re still the best in the world at that, and there&#8217;s literally thousands of firms here in Michigan that do that today. And largely what we&#8217;ve done is harness that power and that talent that&#8217;s already here.
Will Glover: What I&#8217;m hearing you say is that they might have the reputation on the coasts, but we&#8217;re backing up that reputation with our brainpower and ability when it comes to product design and manufacturing and that kind of thing.
Dan Radomski: Yeah. So as people learn, as investors learn and startups have learned about Centrepolis&#8217; capabilities, they have been working with us and some have actually moved here. We&#8217;ve had about a dozen companies move from the Silicon Valley area to Michigan very specifically to work with Centrepolis to help them design and engineer and develop their products.
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Centrepolis Accelerator: Michigan’s only manufactured product incubator

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It&#8217;s not your parent&#8217;s newscast anymore. As traditional media outlets like local newspapers and television stations make way for newer forms of news consumption through podcasts, online coverage and citizen reporters who document public meetings, are consumers&#8217; media diets changing with the digital age?
One Detroit takes a closer look at the new ways people are getting their news and how it’s being delivered to them. One Detroit senior producer Bill Kubota examines how journalists and news outlets are adapting to an evolving media diet. 
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Bill Kubota, Producer, One Detroit: A story about the media. Not about how more reporters are getting laid off, but how journalism is adapting. Well, a bit of it, anyway.
Tim Kiska, Journalism Professor, University of Michigan Dearborn: You know, 50 years ago, I mean, the newspapers could live off of, if you were the Free Press or the news, these major full-page Hudson&#8217;s ads; Highland Appliance ads.
Bill Kubota:  Veteran Reporter and Journalism Professor Tim Kiska, was there when the newspaper business was booming.
Tim Kiska: The Free Press and the news, in my opinion, are doing a really good job with what they&#8217;ve got. But they&#8217;ve only&#8211; their resources are limited.
Bill Kubota: Big city papers, small town ones, downsized or gone in. In Howell, they&#8217;ve still got the Livingston Daily, but not the powerhouse of old.
Jon King, Mike &amp; Jon Got It Going On Podcast: When it became really obvious to most people that the newspaper was kind of a shell of what it had been, people would come up and say, &#8220;Oh, you must be— you must love that.&#8221;
Bill Kubota: Jon King ran the local radio stations&#8217; news department. Less competition must have been good for him, right? Well, maybe a little.
Jon King: I mean, I live in this community and I think communities are better served when you have vibrant, viable news sources that are competing against one another.
Bill Kubota: So here now, add another news outlet to the mix. Mike Marino and Jon King Got It Going On, GIGO for short, where it&#8217;s looking up for their daily podcast. This all happened real fast.
Jon King:  Well, we&#8217;re doing a podcast. Yeah, it actually just finished the podcast and came over here, so that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m a little bit late.
Bill Kubota: For two decades, King and Marino did morning radio and Howell, where King provided award-winning local news coverage.
Jon King: Today is going to be my last day at WHR, Mike.
Mike Marino, Mike &amp; Jon Got It Going On Podcast: And today is also my last day.
Bill Kubota: January 2022, a dispute with radio management. When the station asked King to leave, Marino went too.
Jon King: The Mike and Jon Brand, for whatever that&#8217;s worth, is largely built on community news and information.
Mike Marino: But there is something we want you to know about, and that&#8217;s the Miles for Smiles event, which is, it&#8217;s the 5th annual event coming up.
Jon King: We have fun. We definitely try and bring an element of humor, try, into what we do. But a lot of it is really based on serving the community with news and information. You know, we&#8217;ve added the video component now. All those years we&#8217;re on the radio, we could do the hand signals to each other, you sock, stop. And now we can&#8217;t, now people can see us.
Mike Marino: It was just, we are who we are. We&#8217;re people, we&#8217;re two guys doing a radio show. Now we&#8217;re just two guys doing a podcast.
Bill Kubota: If The New York Times can have a daily podcast, so can Livingston County, which you can also see on Facebook and YouTube, there&#8217;s a website too.
Jon King: Almost immediately, people let us know that they really wanted news as part of what we did. We didn&#8217;t originally start with news, but then really quickly, people let us know, like, we want news. We want to know about the community, we want to know what&#8217;s going on.
Mike Marino: Jon is a trusted news source in the community, so it made sense to include it.
Jon King: When I started doing news, we were like, well, what do we call this? How do we brand the news? How do we say what the news is? And GIGO just kind of fit.  I&#8217;m putting up a news, GIGO news logo on there right now.
Mike Marino: It&#8217;s fancy, technology is in the palm of his hand.
Jon King: Don&#8217;t say it that way, that doesn&#8217;t sound right.
Tim Kiska: The technology that a typical podcaster would use, there are more bells and whistles and things that you can do with it, than the Beatles had when they recorded &#8220;Abbey Road.&#8221;
Jon King: And so, now to be able to do something that I had no experience in, doing video editing, that&#8217;s just not&#8211; I&#8217;m a radio guy.
Tim Kiska: There&#8217;s an audience there, now, it&#8217;s not a big audience. I think that what we&#8217;re getting into is a world of niche stuff.
Jon King: We&#8217;ve been able to monetize it and that&#8217;s nice. We&#8217;ve had some advertisers that have, they see the value in what we&#8217;re doing and they&#8217;ve come on board, and so, that&#8217;s great.
Tim Kiska: The question is, can you get enough advertising to make that go? And that&#8217;s always the tough question.
Jon King: It&#8217;s not paying our mortgage, mind you. So, we each have other jobs that we&#8217;re doing.
Bill Kubota: Part-time pay, but the news infrastructure is still in place.
Jon King: It&#8217;s like you have a tipster network out there based on this 20 years of experience and connections that we&#8217;ve built up.
Noah Kincade, Coordinator, Detroit Documenters: Sometimes a city council formal session will go on till four in the afternoon.
Bill Kubota: In Detroit, a crew newer to the news game.
Noah Kincade: I&#8217;m keeping an eye on how many people have signed up for assignments.
Bill Kubota: It&#8217;s the Detroit Documenters, where engaged citizens do the reporting.
Noah Kincade: We train Detroiters to attend government meetings and take notes and report on what happens. We pay them to do this.
Lynelle Herndon, Coordinator, Detroit Documenters: I&#8217;m hopeful about the state of the media right now because of what we&#8217;re doing. And I think that it&#8217;s a growing phenomenon. I think the news needs to be participatory, and that&#8217;s exactly what we offer.
Bill Kubota: Documenters, they don&#8217;t need a journalism background.
Lynelle Herndon: I just kind of needed a civic side hustle, already interested in civics and community journalism. So, it was a great job for me.
Noah Kincade: I spent the last 25 years as a live sound engineer and I moved to Detroit from San Francisco, you know, during COVID.
Bill Kubota: A COVID lockdown, no shows to do, Noah Kincade turned to documenting.
Noah Kincade: And this is literally people from all different professions who are doing this to help their city.
Bill Kubota: Sonja Stuckey is an educator by trade.
Sonja Stuckey, Detroit Documenter: And I saw where they were paying people to sit in on meetings and take notes and I said, &#8220;Wow, okay, I&#8217;m going—&#8221; so I called.
Kayleigh Lickliter, Detroit Documenter: It popped up on Facebook as an event, an orientation for documentaries. And I was like, oh, that sounds interesting.
Noah Kincade: People want to do this work. People are excited to do this work.
Kayleigh Lickliter: About a month later is when I decided to finally take an assignment. Since then, I&#8217;ve been hooked every week.
Bill Kubota: The nonprofit Documenters Project started before the pandemic, part of Outlier Media Detroit, and partnered with several other newsrooms in town. Documenters are in some other mostly Midwest cities, too. The pay&#8217;s not high but seems enough to make it worthwhile.
Sonja Stuckey: I&#8217;ve done a lot of city council meetings.
Kayleigh Lickliter: We do Wayne County Commission.
Lynelle Herndon: The Land Bank Authority is a big one.
Sonja Stuckey: I&#8217;ve been to the Library Commission meeting.
Kayleigh Lickliter: We do GLWA, Great Lakes Water Authority. We do Detroit Water and Sewage Department.
Sonja Stuckey: I did a lot of that when the flood was last year. It feels like I was in all those meetings.
Kayleigh Lickliter: Regional Transit Authority. Occasionally we&#8217;ll do DDOT meetings.
Sonja Stuckey: The Board of Police Commissioners meetings, which are very interesting.
Lynelle Herndon: Our documenters really love those assignments.
Kayleigh Lickliter: SEMCOG meetings.
Sonja Stuckey: The Ethics Board meetings.
Kayleigh Lickliter: Anything that pops up, it seems like it will be in the real interests of the people.
Lynelle Herndon: We&#8217;re observing everything, the demeanor of the officials, how they interact with each other. The accessibility of the meeting. Now that we&#8217;re virtual, like, do they have their name in their zoom screen window? Did they upload the agenda in time? So, we document everything about the meeting. And What you&#8217;re going to get out of Documenters notes is not like some synthesized government minutes, but actual notes about the atmosphere and everything.
Noah Kincade: What we publish has been verified multiple times.
Sonja Stuckey: That&#8217;s what I like about Detroit Documenters, there is no spin. They fact check everything that we do.
Bill Kubota: Documenters cover meetings in two ways. One writes up meeting details for the record, edited by seasoned journalists, while the other sends a live Twitter stream as meetings happen.
Kayleigh Lickliter: I live tweet these meetings. So as this is happening, I&#8217;m tweeting out every detail that I can, taking complex information and simplifying it so that the public can understand what exactly is going on.
Noah Kincade: We want their take on what they saw, but not, you know, their opinions.
Malachi Barrett, Reporter, BridgeDetroit: I&#8217;m the only person who covers city government on a day-to-day basis for BridgeDetroit. The documenters really kind of help me fill in the gaps. Having some kind of record, for me as a reporter, to go back and say, oh shoot I missed the Board of Water Commissioners, seemed like there was something interesting going on. I can immediately find out what happened in that meeting.
Bill Kubota: Documenters like Kayleigh Lickliter and Sonja Stuckey, are getting recognized for their work and outlets like Outlier, WDET Radio and the Free Press.
Sonja Stuckey: Actually, the last year has had a lot of big-ticket stuff that people were really voicing their opinion about the
Noah Kincade: Right to counsel, eviction, homelessness right now is a growing issue in Detroit.
Sonja Stuckey: Public comments are what I like to focus on because people come in and they have some very legitimate concerns and a lot of times they will kind of, you know, get the brush off.
Taura Brown, Detroit Resident: I am now facing a retaliatory eviction from my tiny home.
Bill Kubota: Taura Brown, worried her eviction story was forgotten, brought some visual aids to city council that Licklider posted online.
Taura Brown: She caught a picture of it and put it on Documenters and then people started asking me about it again. So, I mean, people knew about it, but they really knew about it after she tweeted about it.
Bill Kubota: Brown said Lickliter&#8217;s post led to more news coverage of this tiny house controversy.
Taura Brown: I don&#8217;t know if you go on to her Twitter page, she has a massive following, like a lot of people follow her, police, nurses, it&#8217;s a potpourri of people following her.
Tim Kiska: It&#8217;s going to take a little while for people to say, oh, if I want to find out what&#8217;s going on in Detroit, these documenter folks keep on dredging this stuff out, maybe I&#8217;ll start paying attention to that. And it takes a while, you know, for that stuff to get traction, it just does.
Bill Kubota: With big stories like the Hudson skyscraper tax break and funding for the Detroit Police, ShotSpotter technology, citizens watch Documenters; watch City Council. Does the City Council watch the Documenters? Maybe they&#8217;re a little bit more deliberative because people are watching and people are showing up and talking about it.
Malachi Barrett: Yeah, I get the sense that the City Council is reactive to more eyes on what they&#8217;re doing.
Malachi Barrett: It can be pretty obvious with a couple of different votes that happened this year or didn&#8217;t happen this year. You know, it came after a lot of residents came forward, well-informed residents, not just people who, you know, heard about something and these people knew what they were talking about.
Taura Brown: I feel like Documenters is kind of like independent journalism that says, Hey, John Q Public, this is what this is, this is who&#8217;s doing it, and this is what you should know, and that&#8217;s what I like.
Bill Kubota: Turns out Taura Brown works occasionally as a documenter herself. She&#8217;s covered the Wayne County Ethics Board. She&#8217;s a tenants&#8217; rights activist, too. But she says she won&#8217;t let her biases affect her coverage.
Taura Brown: You&#8217;ll never find me at a meeting about homeless solutions documenting it. You&#8217;ll probably find me there during public comment fussing about it, but you won&#8217;t find me there documenting it.
Tim Kiska: You know, we just don&#8217;t know where all of this is going to head. I just know that there are some really smart, hardworking people, well-intentioned people, too, trying to make transparency mean something as opposed to a concept.
Noah Kincade: It was built and designed to be everywhere to be in every city.
Lynelle Herndon: We have documentaries, almost every orientation, ask about, do you ever cover Macomb County? And I mean, I&#8211;no, get your own documents program. No, I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t know how it might grow, but right now it&#8217;s Detroit Documenters and we&#8217;re focused on Detroit.
Malachi Barrett: I would hope that it expands into some of the smaller communities where we&#8217;ve really seen this kind of hollowing out of the journalism infrastructure, like the options of where you get your information from.
Bill Kubota: Reporter Malachi Barrett&#8217;s thinking of places like Flint, Kalamazoo. But what about places like Livingston County? At least they&#8217;ve still got their old watchdogs in place.
Jon King: Things are changing. And so, this is part of kind of settling that in. How do we as a society access information? What is newsworthy? What is trustworthy? Those things have all been kind of thrown up in the air and now it&#8217;s beginning to settle down. And I think people are beginning to, in small ways, become a little bit more discerning of who can I trust to give me accurate information? You know, yeah, we joke about being in the basement and, you know, I&#8217;m using my phone to videotape this thing. And, you know, we kind of cobbled together the stuff that we need to do this. But I think for the aesthetic of what we do, it works.
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After weeks of conversation and compromise, the<a href="https://detroitmi.gov/government/city-council"> Detroit City Council</a> narrowly approved, in a 5-4 vote July 26, a $60 million tax abatement for Bedrock Detroit&#8217;s development at the former Hudson&#8217;s Department Store site downtown. The vote came at the end of a nearly seven-hour-long meeting, and was met with dozens of residents who spoke out and opposed the abatement during public comment.
Others were left wondering why the council approved a 10-year tax break, lasting until 2032, for one of Michigan&#8217;s richest business owners,<a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-gilbert/?sh=55752cc67128"> Dan Gilbert</a>, who owns<a href="https://www.bedrockdetroit.com/"> Bedrock Detroit</a> and<a href="https://www.rocketmortgage.com/"> Rocket Mortgage</a>. Some Detroit residents told the council members they&#8217;d like to see the same tax incentives given to Detroit&#8217;s residential property owners, BridgeDetroit&#8217;s<a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/malachi-barrett/"> Malachi Barrett</a>, who&#8217;s been following the story, said.
RELATED: BridgeDetroit | <a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroit-council-approves-60m-hudsons-tax-break/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Council Approves $60M Hudson’s Tax Break</a>
<figure id="attachment_25832" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25832" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-25832" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ONE-DETROIT-651-Hudsons-Tax-Break-Still-1.jpg" alt="former Hudson's Department Store" width="700" height="394" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-25832" class="wp-caption-text">Construction crews work at the former Hudson&#8217;s Department Store site in downtown Detroit. The development project from Dan Gilbert&#8217;s Bedrock Detroit company received a $60 million tax abatement from the Detroit City Council July 26.</figcaption></figure>
One Detroit&#8217;s<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/bkubota56"> Bill Kubota</a> sits down with Barrett to discuss the City Council&#8217;s decision to finally vote on the proposed tax break after weeks of postponing the vote, and the Council&#8217;s approval of the abatement for the former Hudson&#8217;s Department Store site. Plus, hear why City Council members voted in favor or against the resolution, and the new community benefits agreement involved with the plan, which Bedrock representatives said will include investments in affordable housing downtown.
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Malachi Barrett, Reporter, BridgeDetroit: The saga of the summer in Detroit has kind of been this discussion over whether the city would grant a $60 million dollar, 10-year tax abatement to a big development project downtown that Bedrock is doing.
Bill Kubota: Bedrock. The rocket company&#8217;s billionaire, Dan Gilbert. The huge high rise going up at the old Hudson site. The big request suddenly approved by city council last week, after weeks of putting off the vote.
Speaker 3: Young resolution.
Speaker 4: Councilmember Young.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Ma&#8217;am, President. I move to approve while&#8230;
Bill Kubota: Malachi Barrett&#8217;s been covering the story for BridgeDetroit.
Malachi Barrett: This was the last scheduled meeting before the council was going to go on recess for about a month. So they&#8217;re off until September now. And in that last meeting, there was a surprise vote on that tax abatement.
Bill Kubota: Seven hours into the session at the very end, they did it.
Malachi Barrett: If you had the tenacity to stick around until the end, you found out that this was voted on.
James Tate, Council President Pro Tem: And I will not be able to support the vote today for this item. And the reason I cannot is because it was not noticed for the public that this was going to be a vote today.
Mary Waters, Council Member: If for some of you all who make statements like you&#8217;re selling your soul. That is not true. And, you know, I really don&#8217;t even want to hear that phrase again.
Angela Whitfield Calloway, Council Member: So I absolutely oppose this. It should come before the public. It should not be walked on. We shouldn&#8217;t. I think we&#8217;re doing a disservice to our taxpayers.
Fred Durhal III, Council Member: What I know when I ride down Woodward, I look at a half-completed building and I know we got over 2,000 thousand jobs wrapped into that and that&#8217;s 2000 lives and families that are affected by that. And I take that very seriously.
Coleman Young II, Council Member: For us to not pass this, to not have this project and to have those folks out of a job, I don&#8217;t think the answer to solving employment is to throw working families out of work.
Latisha Johnson, Council Member: I quite honestly want it to have an outside entity. A professor from the university, to come in and have the conversation around tax abatements and the Downtown Development Authority. Because a lot of times that part gets missed and it&#8217;s extremely important in this conversation.
Mary Sheffield, Council Member: I have decided to support the abatement that is before us for this project. Like all decisions I make on behalf of those that I represent, I&#8217;ve arrived at this point after careful research.
Bill Kubota: So then, Bedrock had the votes 5 to 4 sliding through, seemingly without much of a hitch.
Malachi Barrett: You know, I think that&#8217;s why we probably saw the vote. I think those who were in favor of it felt that, okay, we have enough. We have a majority. Let&#8217;s get this done.
Bill Kubota: I suspect some people were really surprised to have this thing just kind of pop up and what about that? Is that how things usually work in the city council?
Malachi Barrett: Yeah, kind of. Yeah. I mean, I think for people that have been advocating about this and trying to have conversations about it for weeks now, I mean, essentially the whole summer. For this to be a surprise vote, I think is really frustrating for them.
Mary Sheffield: The clerk would note that line item does pass.Yes.
Mary Sheffield: And Mr. Clerk, if you can move the two agreements, please.
Bill Kubota: Through the community benefits agreement, the city looks to be getting more out of this deal, enough to sway some on city council. Meanwhile, project execs were on hand to explain.
Jared Fleisher, Vice President, Rocket Companies: The initial agreement said that 20% of our entire portfolio had to be affordable at 80% of the AMI. We are many it to make the most far-reaching commitment to affordable housing ever made by a developer in the city with leadership from the Council President.
Jared Fleisher: Which is to say that going forward, 30% of everything that we do, all development will be affordable at 60 percent of the AMI.
Bill Kubota: That&#8217;s area median income. So more affordable housing thanks to the Hudson&#8217;s abatement. The tax break some Detroit is recent having to cover out of their own pockets.
Public Comment, Committee Meeting: The Gilbert site over at the old Hudson&#8217;s site is not contingent upon him getting his $60 million dollar tax giveaway. He&#8217;s not going to pick up and leave. And so it&#8217;s a red herring for people to be coming in here talking about, oh, we&#8217;re working on a site. We need to be working on the site and so forth and so on. He&#8217;s not going anywhere. And if he does go somewhere, let him go.
Malachi Barrett: The major criticism is why are we giving a taxpayer-funded handout to the richest man in Michigan? I mean, we heard that multiple times from council members and Detroiters who weighed down on the proposal. Dan Gilbert owns Bedrock. He&#8217;s been at the forefront of a lot of, you know, major developments and changes in the city&#8217;s downtown. And I think there&#8217;s a feeling that there has to be some kind of limit on how much public support we give for somebody who&#8217;s, you know, independently very wealthy.
Bill Kubota: Expect construction to continue to at least 2024, but the taxes won&#8217;t kick in until 2032.
Malachi Barrett: This is kind of the underlying tension that I think is key to a lot of this. When people see that the city is giving up taxpayer dollars to these wealthy businesses and regular Detroiters who are struggling to make ends meet do not have access to that same kind of tax break. You know, we all would love to get a break on our property taxes for 10 years.
Malachi Barrett: That&#8217;s where the frustration comes in. And developers will say this is necessary to make projects happen. But homeowners will say, why don&#8217;t we have access to these same kinds of tools? Let&#8217;s reform taxes in Detroit so that these are not necessary.
Malachi Barrett: Council President Sheffield said In a perfect world we would not have to use these tax abatements to make developments happen. But you know, we&#8217;re not living in a perfect world.
Bill Kubota: And it doesn&#8217;t sound like we&#8217;ll be in a perfect world any time soon with this stuff.
Malachi Barrett: No, definitely not.
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$60 Million Tax Abatement Narrowly Approved by Detroit City Council for Former Hudson’s Site

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Taking a look around Michigan’s major cities, design is everywhere. The creativity of designers can be seen throughout Michigan in the clothes we wear, the architecture of our cities and the cars we drive, but still, globally Detroit isn’t recognized for having a strong design industry. How can Michigan develop more design jobs across the state, and prepare young designers for future design jobs?
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From One Detroit’s Future of Work virtual town hall,<a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/one-detroit/future-of-work-town-hall-michigan-redesigned-design-industry/"> “Michigan Redesigned,”</a> Future of Work host Will Glover talks with<a href="https://www.designconnect4us.com/"> DESIGNCONNECT</a> Founder and Executive Director <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyn-chen-8b730967/">Jocelyn Chen</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/olgasstella">Olga Stella</a>, the vice president of strategy &amp; communications at <a href="https://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/">College for Creative Studies</a> and the executive director of <a href="https://designcore.org/">Design Core Detroit</a>, and legendary footwear designer and <a href="https://pensolelewiscollege.com/">PENSOLE Lewis College of Business &amp; Design</a> Founder <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwayneedwards/">Dr. D’Wayne Edwards</a> about the design jobs currently available in Michigan, the investments Michigan needs to create and build a design network that generates new design jobs, and how to attract stakeholders, like garment manufacturers, reputable galleries and media partners, to Michigan to help bolster the state’s budding design industry.
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Will Glover, Assoc. Producer, One Detroit: Design a word used in virtually every industry, a category so integral to our lives, it often goes completely unnoticed. Could you give us an example of something that is designed well and something that is designed poorly that we might interact with on our daily, day-to-day lives?  
Olga Stella, VP of Strategy and Communications, College for Creative Studies: Sure. So, I like to use examples of inclusive design. And so, one example is sidewalk ramps. Those are designed really well, because they&#8217;re designed for everyone. And originally, they were designed for people in wheelchairs. But if you&#8217;re a parent with a stroller or you&#8217;re a delivery man with a pushcart, it creates benefits in all of our lives in navigating public space.  
Something that is often designed poorly, and this is one of Don Norman&#8217;s favorite examples, he&#8217;s a well-known designer, he&#8217;s written books on functional design, good design, is doors and buildings. And do you push them? Do you pull them? How do I use the door? Right. If you can&#8217;t figure out intuitively how to use something, it&#8217;s probably not designed well.  
Will Glover: What kind of education levels need to be attained to even consider going into design? And Jocelyn, I&#8217;ll pose this question to you because you&#8217;re kind of building the pipeline to get kids into this space.  
Jocelyn Chen, Founder &amp; Executive Director, DESIGNCONNECT: The obvious choice, I think that the most visible choice, is a four-year degree in arts college, like College for Creative Studies. But there are just many different pathways to design career. And that&#8217;s what we want to make students and parents aware. 
There are two-year associate degrees. You can be self-taught. And even out of high school, if we provide the right education in high school, kids can start their own business. And we also have Pensole Lewis College of Design Business that provides more, continuing education to students who may not have the college degree.  
And one example of associate degree is the clay sculpting degree at Macomb Community College. I came from an automotive design background, so I know that in the automotive industry, clay sculptors are in high demand and a two-year associate degree can lead to a very, very stable, well-paying job in the automotive industry.  
So we want to make that known. It&#8217;s not just the four-year degree. Pathways, there are multiples.  
Will Glover: Design is a field that requires all sorts of skills that thrust some into the spotlight of celebrity, while others like the inventor of the modern anti-lock brakes on your car, Mario Palazzetti, remain mostly invisible yet ever present. This is to say that the skills required to be a designer vary. But according to one of history&#8217;s most prominent footwear designers, Dr. D&#8217;Wayne Edwards, some things are necessary, no matter the discipline.   
Dr. D&#8217;Wayne Edwards, Founder, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design: Good design is something you don&#8217;t even recognize, right? Because it&#8217;s so intuitive and it just functions the way you need it to function. And we really only recognize bad design because something went wrong or a problem happened. But I would say common sense, through the lens of, we&#8217;re ultimately problem solvers and if we&#8217;re connected to the consumer that we&#8217;re trying to solve that problem for, then we have to become those people that we&#8217;re creating products for. With the idea of making their lives easier and more intuitive. 
The thing that we look for most at the college is, really, passion. Because I don&#8217;t think the world needs more designers. I think that the world needs better designers. And I wish that people who took up the idea of trying to become a designer was really passionate about it. Because through that passion comes the tireless days and nights. But it also, you know, what comes from that are some amazing solutions along the way.  
Will Glover: What would it look like if there was more emphasis, more investment, more focus on this particular area?  
Olga Stella: Well, as I mentioned at the start, we consider this, as Jocelyn was also explaining, it&#8217;s applied, right? It&#8217;s creative problem-solving. And if we had more of an emphasis, middle school and high school throughout the state of Michigan, I think we&#8217;d just have a more competitive economy. We&#8217;d have more people, more young people ready to enter the workforce regardless of what they&#8217;re doing, really understanding some of these design concepts.  
Olga Stella: I think many of the viewers are familiar with the concepts of design thinking and the way that that&#8217;s really changed the business world. Well, I mean, that&#8217;s fundamentally the parts of the design process, right? Identifying and conceptualizing what a problem is. Ideating and being creative about what different solutions are. Prototyping and testing those potential solutions, and then iterating that. Like what company, what business doesn&#8217;t need people, young people who can do those things? Regardless of whether or not they have the technical skills that are absolutely essential to be a professional designer. But all of us need more creative problem solvers in the workforce.  
When Detroit was designated UNESCO&#8217;s City of Design, we did a big economic study. And one of the things that we found was that while only 1% of the industries and 5% of the workforce in 2018 were classified as design. When you draw the connection to all the other businesses, all the other industries, that small but mighty group of creative problem solvers were powering over 20% of the rest of our regional economy.   
So the impact of designers and these kinds of creative problem solvers is far, far greater than their volume. To D&#8217;Wayne&#8217;s point, we don&#8217;t need thousands, but we need to make sure that we don&#8217;t lose this strength as a region, as a state, because that is ultimately what has powered Michigan&#8217;s success over the last hundred years. 
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Michigan Redesigned: Developing Careers, Investments in the State’s Design Industry

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In the national and global race for strong professional talent, how can Michigan get a leg up on the competition? How does the Great Lakes state become a top 10 state where families and young professionals want to live, work, grow and play? Some of Michigan’s top business leaders gathered together to answer these questions about making Michigan more competitive and how exactly the state should do it at the Detroit Regional Chambers<a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/mackinac-policy-conference/2022-mackinac-policy-conference/2022mpc/"> 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference</a>.
Featuring a laundry list of CEOs and presidents, the panel’s conversation focused on how business and political leaders can make Michigan an attractive place to live and work, as well as the importance of having an educated and trained workforce of the future.  One Detroit revisits a portion of the panel’s conversation on the<a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/future-of-work/"> future of work</a> and jobs in Michigan.
Moderated By: Paul W. Smith, Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM. The panelists include:
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<li aria-level="1">Awenate Cobbina, Chief Executive Officer, Bedrock Group LP; Chairman, Michigan Economic Development Corp. Executive Committee</li>
<li aria-level="1">Maureen Krauss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Partnership</li>
<li aria-level="1">Sandy Pierce, Senior Executive Vice President, Private Bank and Regional Banking Director and Chair, Huntington Michigan</li>
<li aria-level="1">Dug Song, Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Secure; Co-Founder, Duo Security</li>
<li aria-level="1">Sandy K. Baruah, President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber</li>
<li aria-level="1">Tina Freese Decker, President and Chief Executive Officer, BHSH System</li>
<li aria-level="1">Quentin Messer Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Economic Development Corp.; President and Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund</li>
<li aria-level="1">Howard Ungerleider, President and Chief Financial Officer, Dow</li>
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Paul W. Smith, Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM: From your perspective, Dug, is Michigan competitive? And if not, why not?
Dug Song, Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Secure; Co-Founder, Duo Security: So I think we have a larger role to play, particularly in the new jobs, new economy of technology, innovation and so forth than we actually get credit for. But people don&#8217;t generally think in tech of Michigan necessarily as a growth state.
Dug Young: I think it&#8217;s evidenced by the fact that we have not actually grown, our population and so forth. But neither did they actually think of auto actually as a tech industry, which actually is. The big challenge, though, is that as the World Economic Forum, they just had a report on the future of jobs.
Dug Young: There&#8217;s 75 million jobs that will be displaced by technology, with 133 million new jobs being created that are digital. And we have to fight harder for the jobs that remain in manufacturing. Our manufacturing levels are back up, but with a third less jobs.
Dug Young: And in some cases, you know, like an easy as many of you know, it takes 30% less labor to actually develop. So we have to fight harder for not just the jobs that we have, but for the jobs of the future. And those really are driven by technology innovation.
Sandy Pierce, Senior Executive Vice President &amp; Chair of Michigan, Huntington Bank: We have to worry about K through 12. And when you look at where we stand in the state of Michigan, let&#8217;s not go global right now. Let&#8217;s just stay in the United States of America. We are 33rd in the eighth-grade math scores; 39th in fourth-grade reading.
Sandy Pierce: We&#8217;re 41st in high school graduation. We have to invest in our children for the jobs of the future. And we have to have them graduate and want and give them a path for jobs that will be available. And but people aren&#8217;t going to come to this state when they look at those statistics and they don&#8217;t have the talent here.
Awenate Cobbina, CEO Bedrock Manufacturing Company Chairman, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Executive Committee: As a relatively new transplant to Michigan, I had never thought about coming to Michigan for tourism or livelihood prior to coming. And I came for a job and I&#8217;m still here six years later and I love it and I&#8217;m here on stage. So thank you for having me. But the thing that we are missing is not there&#8217;s not a one size fits all solution.
Awenate Cobbina: There&#8217;s many different populations of talent, some of whom come here for two or four years for university, and then some of them leave. People that grew up here and went through the K-through-12 school system and then moved along. Or others like Dug and I, that grew up somewhere else and would stay.
Awenate Cobbina: So you can&#8217;t have a 1 size fits all solution, but people want a lot of the same things. They want to have a good life. They want to have a good job. They want to have mobility. They want leisure activities. And those are things that we have parts of. But we need to create a vision of the life that they could have that enables them to come join us.
Sandy K. Baruah, President &amp; CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber: We&#8217;ve got a long way to go. You know, Jeff Donofrio at lunch, talked about, you know, where is our common shared vision of where our economy is going, what our industry needs, and how are we mapping to that. Right? How are we mapping the skills of tomorrow that our industry of tomorrow where we have competitive advantages? You know, what are we mapping to that? Right.
Sandy K. Baruah: How do we ensure that A, we make the state more attractive for especially young, talented people? And how do we then communicate that to people? And then and then finally, the sense of urgency. And, you know, our all our friends, John Rakolta has really been pushing on this, which is we need a sense of urgency. We need we need action.
Sandy K. Baruah: You know, not soon, but sooner than soon. And he&#8217;s talking about a commission or, you know, maybe that&#8217;s the right idea. But whatever we need to do, we need to do something robustly. We need to do something big, and we need to do it quickly and it needs to be in a bipartisan way.
Quentin Messer Jr., CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation President &amp; Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund: So I&#8217;m grateful to be sitting on stage with leaders like this, being here at a confab. We have some of the best minds globally that are thinking about how to change the marketplace, whether it&#8217;s health care, whether it&#8217;s research, chemicals, financial services, mobility, you name it.
Quentin Messer Jr.: So gratitude to see for more so we can&#8217;t lose perspective on what we have. The second thing or two things that my dad told me, you have to be your own best critic. You have to be relentlessly objective. But you also be your own best cheerleader. We are very good at being the critic. We must celebrate what we have here.
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Michigan Business Leaders Say Education, Trained Workforce Key to Making Michigan More Competitive

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Photo Caption Malik Yakini, executive director and co-founder of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and Develop Detroit President Sonya Mays take part in a groundbreaking for the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, part of the $21.3 million Detroit Food Commons project in the city’s North End. | Photo provided by Khary Frazier
By <a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/jena-brooker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jena Brooker</a>, BridgeDetroit 
After more than a decade of visioning and organizing, Black leaders and community members have broken ground on a cooperatively owned full-service grocery store in the city’s North End.
The Detroit People’s Food Co-op will be part of the larger Detroit Food Commons, a Black-led community development complex on Woodward Avenue expected to include an incubator kitchen for culinary artists and food entrepreneurs, a West African and Detroit-centric healthy foods cafe and will have space for community meetings and events, lectures, films, and performances.
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The project, spearheaded by the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1A2z_F6ReceyqIr9QRh69ACl5nJD7PQ6LLw7dF5yOTwc/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Black Community Food Security Network</a>, seeks to expand access to healthy foods for a predominantly Black and low-income community where residents also face concerns of <a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/resident-led-investment-set-to-transform-detroits-north-end/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gentrification</a> and displacement.
Despite a nearly 80% Black population, Detroit lacks Black-owned grocery stores. While the <a href="https://detroitpeoplesfoodcoop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit People’s Food Co-op</a> will be open to the public and anyone of any race can be involved, it is a primarily Black-led initiative.
Malik Yakini, the network’s executive director and co-founder, grounded the group’s Saturday groundbreaking in the context of white supremacy and inequity.
“In the face of these kinds of oppressive systems, cooperative economics is the way that people who are marginalized by the larger society galvanize our collective wealth and rebuild our communities,” said Yakini, of the coalition working to build an equitable food system in Detroit.
Construction on the $21.3 million Detroit Food Commons will take a little over a year, with an anticipated completion date of June 2023.
“The Detroit Food Commons and the Detroit People’s Food Co-op is most significant when it is linked to ending the extraction of wealth, and the suppression of the power of Black communities throughout the United States,” he added. “It pushes back gently – it doesn’t destroy capitalism.”
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Even within a co-op, he said, there’s still capitalism, but at least at the retail level community members can own the store they’re purchasing from, and the store will be connected with local growers in Detroit.
“We’re trying to kind of create a closed-loop system … keeping the money from those sales circulating within our community,” he said.
A 2012 study by the Fair Food Network found that Detroiters spend an average of <a href="https://fairfoodnetwork.org/from-the-field/grocery-stores-new-opportunities-to-promote-fair-food-in-the-inner-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$200 million</a> annually on groceries in the suburbs, due to a lack of grocery stores in the city, generally, and a lack of quality, nutritious and culturally appropriate foods offered at Detroit grocers.
The grocery store in the North End will be collectively owned and governed by its members who pay a one-time fee of $200. In exchange, members receive a vote in board elections, share of future profits, and they can run to be a board member themselves.
Yakini announced Saturday that the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network will be changing its name to the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network. Compared to “food security” the phrase “food sovereignty” highlights ownership over the social and political processes of our food systems.
The project, he added, is significant because it’s led by “a grassroots Black food sovereignty network,” including a nonprofit development company led by a Black woman, two Black architectural firms, a Black construction company and a Black general contractor.
Sonya Mays, president and chief executive officer of Develop Detroit, the organization partnering with the network to create the space, told BridgeDetroit that “We do see cooperative and collective ownership as an important strategy in neighborhoods like this to keep homes affordable, to keep the character of the community more intact.”
But most people aren’t familiar with cooperative ownership, she noted, and Mays hopes that the DPFC will be a good, clear example of how these kinds of <a href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/the-high-cost-of-affordable-housing-in-detroit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developments</a> can work.
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BridgeDetroit | People’s Food Co-op Rewrites Economics in Detroit Grocery Battle

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While some might think owning and operating a vineyard in Detroit might be impossible, Detroit Vineyards shows it&#8217;s not. Believe it or not, making wine in the Motor City dates back to some of the earliest days of the city&#8217;s story. Grapes used to be grown in Detroit in the late 1700s, Detroit Vineyards Winemaker Kirk Reedy shared, and the last operating winery in the city closed more than 60 years ago, but that was before Detroit Vineyards opened up in 2014.
For <a href="https://www.detroitperforms.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Detroit Performs: Live From Marygrove,&#8221;</a> General Manager Chris Southern and Reedy discuss the founding of their Detroit-based winery, its mission of investing in and giving back to the community, returning to the city&#8217;s wine-making roots, the wine-making process and where customers can go to <a href="https://easternmarket.org/district/detroit-vineyards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get a taste</a>.
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Chris Southern, General Manager, Detroit Vineyard: Our wines are kind of like the city, they&#8217;re a little edgy, but they have some class and polish.
Kirk Reedy, Winemaker, Detroit Vineyards: Establishing vineyards, making fine wine in Detroit. Some would say impossible. We&#8217;re here to say that it&#8217;s not.
Chris Southern: There hasn&#8217;t been a winery here in the city in sixty years. Detroit Vineyards was a project started in 2014, just based on the idea of the possibility of planting grapes in the city of Detroit and also having a fully functioning winery. Grapes were grown here in the late seventeen hundreds, and so really, we&#8217;re just bringing that tradition back.
Chris Southern: We&#8217;re at one thousand Gratiot Avenue, just on the border of Eastern Market in Detroit. Our winery building was originally an ice cream factory. It was the old Stroh&#8217;s ice cream factory. So we&#8217;ve taken it over and turned it into a winery.
Chris Southern: We are definitely unique here. We&#8217;re an urban winery. We&#8217;re in the city of Detroit. Other wineries I&#8217;ve worked at, you walk outside and you see mountains and vineyards, and that&#8217;s beautiful. But now we see this thriving metropolis this awesome town that&#8217;s on the Renaissance. So I think we&#8217;re unlike anything else you&#8217;d see in the wine industry.
Kirk Reedy: I never thought I would be able to work with traditional winemaking in the city limits or anywhere near Detroit. So I was very excited to join the team here and do traditional winemaking once again and also bring some of the other skills that I have picked up along the way in the form of hard cider production and made production.
Chris Southern: Everything that we sell here is crushed, destemmed, fermented, wrapped and bottled right here in the winery.
Kirk Reedy: It all starts in the vineyard. The key to great wine is great raw materials. So as a winemaker, it is important to me to have a connection to the vineyard.
Chris Southern: People have responded really well to planting vineyards in the city so far, especially because right now we&#8217;ve got vacant land and we&#8217;re creating a situation where people can look out their window in the city of Detroit and see a vineyard. So pretty scenic for where we are.
Chris Southern: So we really are invested in the city of Detroit and we want to give back to the community. So when we plant vineyards, we are working with a nonprofit organization and we will use their land, plant vineyards on their land, and then we will buy the fruit that that land produces back from them at a premium. And so that money is going to go back into the community to continue the renaissance of the city.
Kirk Reedy: The winemaking process starts with the intake of the grapes. They are removed from the stems. And in the case of red wines, the red wines are fermented in contact with the skins. The white wines are pressed into juice and then the fermentation process starts.
Kirk Reedy: In both cases of red and white wine, fermentation happens by a purposeful inoculation of yeast, which will then convert the sugars into alcohol. At that point, depending on the wine treatment, could be stainless-steel aging, settling, clarification, stabilizing. Some wines will receive oak storage for up to 24 months, depending on the variety and type of wine that we&#8217;re trying to produce.
Chris Southern: One of the benefits of having a winery in the city is that you can go and have a great meal and then you can come here and taste our wines after.
Kirk Reedy: The Detroit vineyards is not only a working winery. We are also a public hospitality space. In the public hospitality space, we offer wine tasting, which could be a flight to a glass of wine. I think more importantly, this is a place for people to gather and also anybody who&#8217;s interested in furthering their understanding of wine in the world of wine. Hopefully, people can walk away with a better understanding.
Chris Southern: So here in the tasting room, we do a couple of different kinds of flights, could do three or five-course. In some cases, we will waive your flight fee with a purchase of a bottle. You can also sit, enjoy the space and have a glass of wine, or cider or mead. So there&#8217;s plenty of ways that you can have fun here.
Kirk Reedy: Customers respond very favorably to our wines. As a winemaker, the important thing for me is to make sure that our customers find something within our product family that is enjoyable to them. Ultimately, if the consumer enjoys the wine, it is good to them.
Chris Southern: I think my favorite thing is that people are in awe of the fact that we&#8217;re doing this at all, you know, so people keep saying how cool it is.
Kirk Reedy: Oftentimes, people, when they think of wineries, wine countries, vineyards, they think of these bucolic sceneries in lovely areas. The thing that makes me proud of the winemaking process in Detroit at Detroit Vineyards is all the things that lead up to successfully getting the raw materials so we can do the best possible job in our winery.
Kirk Reedy: And also as a Michigan native, Detroit&#8217;s the premier manufacturing city in the world. Being part of the legacy that Detroit has established in the world and to have that contribution be fine wine is very rewarding to me.
Chris Southern: I think a place like Detroit Vineyard is as important to Detroit because we need to show the world that we can do stuff like this. That we&#8217;re not, you know, I think the story that&#8217;s told of Detroit still away from Michigan is that it&#8217;s very depressed here, and we don&#8217;t have things like good wines, and we want to highlight that that&#8217;s not true, that we can do that here and we will.
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Returning to the Roots: Detroit Vineyards Is Bringing Wine Making Back to the Motor City

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<h2 class="xmsonormal">This Week on One Detroit, Arts &amp; Culture</h2>
<h4 class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/fiddler-on-the-roof-concert-sneak-peek-one-detroit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UMS, University of Michigan, Philadelphia Orchestra Premiere &#8216;Fiddler on the Roof&#8217; in Concert</a></h4>
The unique music of John Williams&#8217; orchestrations from the 1971 film &#8220;Fiddler on the Roof&#8221; is finally coming to the theater stage for a first-ever live performance. The special <a href="https://ums.org/performance/fiddler-on-the-roof-in-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concert performance</a> will come to life on the University of Michigan&#8217;s <a href="https://smtd.umich.edu/about/facilities/hill-auditorium/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hill Auditorium</a> stage on Feb. 19 and 20 thanks to a collaborative partnership with the <a href="https://ums.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University Musical Society</a>, <a href="https://www.philorch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Philadelphia Orchestra</a>, and the University of Michigan&#8217;s <a href="https://smtd.umich.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">School of Music, Theatre &amp; Dance</a>.
Before taking the stage, One Detroit&#8217;s Arts &amp; Culture team sat down with key members from the upcoming performance to find out what audiences can expect and hear how the message of &#8220;Fiddler on the Roof,&#8221; continues to apply today.
<h4 class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/the-legacy-of-dr-charles-h-wright-and-his-museum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Legacy of Dr. Charles H. Wright and His Museum</a></h4>
Dr. Charles H. Wright wore many hats. He was a noted physician, an activist and a visionary who founded Detroit&#8217;s first international African American museum in 1965, which after several expansions is known as the state-of-the-art Charles H. Wright Museum for African-American History.
For Black History Month, take a look inside the life and legacy of the late <a title="https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/wright-charles-h" contenteditable="false" href="https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/wright-charles-h" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Charles H. Wright</a>, the founder of the <a title="https://www.thewright.org/" contenteditable="false" href="https://www.thewright.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History</a>. BridgeDetroit Engagement Director <a title="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/orlando-bailey/" contenteditable="false" href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/orlando-bailey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Orlando Bailey</a> meets with the Wright Museum’s Director of Design and Fabrication Kevin Davidson to talk about Dr. Wright’s influence on African Americans living in Detroit, as well as the vision for creating and expanding the museum facility, which was once the largest African American history museum in the world.
<h4 class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/velvet-peanut-butter-rise-and-fall-one-detroit-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Creation and History of Detroit&#8217;s Velvet Peanut Butter Brand</a></h4>
It&#8217;s fresh, pure and delicious, and it&#8217;s a brand some Detroiters might recognize. From <a href="https://dptv.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Public Television</a>&#8216;s documentary &#8220;<a href="https://www.dptv.org/programs/detroit-remember-when-made-motor-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Remember When: Made in the Motor City</a>,&#8221; host Erik Smith takes viewers on a nostalgic journey back to the creation of the Velvet Peanut Butter company in  Detroit in 1937.
Smith talks to Linda Klein, the daughter of <a href="http://velvetpeanutbutter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Velvet Peanut Butter</a> Founder Paul Zuckerman, who was referred to as the &#8220;peanut butter king;&#8221; Tom Klein, a former Velvet Peanut Butter executive; and Eric Bruce, who has recently re-established the company, stocking store shelves with the Detroit brand today, about the brand&#8217;s rise and fall, and rise again, to popularity.
<h4 class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/aaron-lewys-performs-stop-wasting-my-time-for-detroit-performs-live-from-marygrove/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Singer Aaron Lewys Performs &#8220;Stop Wasting My Time&#8221; for Detroit Performs: Live From Marygrove </a></h4>
Closing out the show, singer/songwriter <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aaronlewys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Lewys</a> performs his song &#8220;Stop Wasting My Time,&#8221; a song about staying away from those who might distract you from your aspirations and dreams, for <a href="https://www.detroitperforms.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Performs: Live From Marygrove</a>. Lewys, who brings a unique twist of soul and storytelling to his music, hopes he takes audiences on a journey of self-awareness and growth with each performance.
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2/14/2022: One Detroit – Fiddler on the Roof, Charles H. Wright, Velvet Peanut Butter & Aaron Lewys

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<a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/">One Detroit</a> contributor and American Black Journal host Stephen Henderson checks in with marketing consultant Mark S. Lee, president of <a href="https://leegroupinnovation.com/">The Lee Group, MI LLC</a>, on where diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are in the workplace. 
RELATED: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQdoTdiBSY&amp;t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch American Black Journal&#8217;s workforce diversity roundtable here</a>
They explore the progress that’s been made in regard to DEI efforts and what’s still lacking nearly two years after the topic re-emerged into the mainstream, after <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/6-21-20-american-black-journal-roundtable-on-george-floyd-protests-police-brutality-systemic-racism/">George Floyd’s death</a>.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT_5oXpc1zE">Watch the extended interview on American Black Journal</a>
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Stephen Henderson: What&#8217;s different now? Two years nearly after the death of George Floyd, and all these promises that got made about the change in the workplace, change in the makeup of the workplace, change in the dynamics in the workplace, they were big promises when they were made. Are they being fulfilled in 2022?
Mark S. Lee, President &amp; CEO, The Lee Group, MI LLC:  I think it&#8217;s still too early to tell. I can tell you, though, there has been some progress since you know of the whole George Floyd situation, if you will. We have noticed an increase in terms of the number of DEI positions of over 100 percent increase in those types of positions being filled. We also notice an increase, generally speaking now, we&#8217;ve noticed an increase in the resources being allocated by major organizations in this space. But in terms of how the total objectives and that big total for the field, it&#8217;s still too early to tell, there&#8217;s a long way to go.
Stephen Henderson: So, to me, the thing that matters the most in the workplace is the actual diversity of the staff, right? It&#8217;s great to have leaders who care about diversity, and equity, and inclusion, and hire consultants or even full-time employees to work on those issues. But if their workplaces themselves are not diverse, then it kind of defeats the purpose, at least for me. Talk about how much talk there has been about changing the dynamics. And then, how much of the outcome that we&#8217;ve seen become different, especially in C-suite right. Executive suites all over the country still are places that it&#8217;s hard to break into if you&#8217;re not white.
Mark S. Lee: And that&#8217;s where the gap is, we&#8217;re still seeing that gap, excuse me, at the senior management level. They would talk about diversity, there were commitment statements that were certainly put out right up to the George Floyd situation, but if you look at the statistical data, the majority of the C-suite level positions are still held by Caucasians. And that, you know, a lot more as you palter down into the organization, you will find some diversity at all levels of the organization, but it does not sync up where it needs to be at the senior level. So, there&#8217;s still that shortfall at the senior level, and it&#8217;s been statistically proven.
There was a study by the Boston Consulting Group, that if you have a diverse senior leadership team, you have an opportunity of generating 17 percent more revenue because people want to do business with people that look like them. So, it&#8217;s one thing to talk about diversity, but it&#8217;s another thing to actually have diverse leaders and then let that filter throughout the organization and engage all the employees throughout the process.
Stephen Henderson: So I also worried when George Floyd was killed and there was this real surge in attention to DEI issues, that it was happening at the same time that we were dealing with this awful pandemic, which of course we are still dealing with. It looks really different today than it did then, but it is still really shaping a lot of the decisions we make in the ways we live. And I guess the reason that made me worry, was that something like a pandemic is a disruption to people&#8217;s businesses.
It&#8217;s a disruption to the workplace. And I know from experience that, even the best-intentioned workplaces and managers who are committed to DEI issues, fall into the trap of sidelining that when there are other things, when there are other things that need to be dealt with, right? And the pandemic challenged businesses in financial ways, in management ways and all these other things, and I worried that the DEI issue would get buried at least a little during the pandemic. I wonder if we have any idea at how well they navigated that.
Mark S. Lee: I think, again, as I stated at the top of this discussion, it is still too early to tell. Here&#8217;s my concern, you are absolutely spot on. And with the pandemic, it&#8217;s a natural excuse to say we have other things to focus on. I would argue that this is another reason why we need to focus in this space. Because if we don&#8217;t, we&#8217;re missing out on business opportunities, OK.  And I think the fact of the matter is we continue to keep our heads in the sand in this space, organizations are not going to proceed.
My other concern is, just as it relates to the pandemic and people watching their budgets, a lot of the DEI practitioners who are going into the organizations still are not getting the budgets to implement what they need to do. So now the pandemic becomes a logical excuse to say, let&#8217;s redirect our resources to other spaces.
Someone inside the organization has to be strong enough and really challenge the leadership of the organization and say, we still need to invest in this space, and the way that we need to invest in this space is to have the right people in the right boxes and to have the financial resources. Now is not the time to cut the budget in this critical area.
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Future of Work | Have Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Progressed in the Workplace?

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As we re-imagined how to continue to interact the arts, artists and cultural events with the precipice of COVID, <a href="https://artsengines.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arts Engines</a> Host and professor of Arts Leadership and Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan Aaron Dworkin sits down with <a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> President Deborah Rutter to talk about the ways the Kennedy Center, the nation&#8217;s cultural center, has pivoted, with its<a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/couch-concerts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Couch Concerts</a> and <a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/digitalstage/arts-across-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arts Across America</a> livestreams, to still provide artistic programming during the pandemic.
Rutter shares her suggestions for how artists can continue to promote themselves and their work during tumultuous times, as well as her opinions on the responsibility of arts organizations to foster relationships with diverse audiences in their local community.
<h2>Full Transcript:</h2>
Aaron Dworkin: This is obviously very special, you know, because if you will, you are an arts leader, arts leader. And obviously leading the preeminent, you know, institution in our country that is not only an arts organization and presenter but also a memorial. And so, a very, very exciting. Obviously, we cannot ignore that we are still in the midst of this pandemic.
And I thought I would just start right off by saying, how are things at the Kennedy Center? And you know, I&#8217;ve talked with a number of arts leaders. Some are like, we&#8217;ve had to just shut everything down. Some are like, we can&#8217;t do what we always wanted to do and what we are really trained to do. So, I thought I would just kind of ask you, how are things and what are you able to do?
Deborah Rutter, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Thanks so much for that question, I appreciate it. You know, we were created actually in 1958. Dwight Eisenhower, as president, signed us into legislation as the National Cultural Center, and I take that mandate really seriously. That we are here to serve as the nation&#8217;s gathering place to represent all of America, to America and also to the world and the world back to America.
But this responsibility as a national cultural center has been really important to me as I think about our priorities. And while our 2,000 performances have been closed down by and large, but each year, we have so many that to say that we&#8217;ve now done about a dozen, maybe 15 live at the Kennedy Center since September, seems like a very large number by pandemic numbers, but very small by the National Cultural Center numbers. But what we&#8217;ve really been able to do, is our live programming across the country through our couch concerts and arts across America, which keeps that sort of national presence of the arts active every single day.
Aaron Dworkin:  What would you say to artists out there who are, of course, many of whom are struggling, but not just struggling in general because of these circumstances, but also struggling to say, well, what even can I do? Are there things that you&#8217;ve seen artists do, whether reinventing or reimagining themselves or how they do their work that has made them more able to continue to practice their art even despite these circumstances? Are there any things you&#8217;ve seen that have really worked or would be of impact for those who might be watching?
Deborah Rutter: What I will tell you one of the things that we have seen that&#8217;s made such a huge difference in our own community, it&#8217;s about artists giving back. Using their strengths, their skills to say thank you. And so, we&#8217;ve had musicians who have gone to health care environments, to nursing homes, to the National Institutes of Health, to offer sort of pop-up surprise concerts that were surprising for the recipients, they weren&#8217;t a surprise for the organizers, of course, but it&#8217;s been really wonderful and the appreciation, the connection has been really, really powerful. And I think we&#8217;ve seen that in big and small ways across the country, but I think it&#8217;s those small ways that&#8217;s really, really important and so affirming because it happens on a one-on-one basis. You don&#8217;t need to be on CNN and getting credit for singing outside of a hospital. To go to your own clinic nearby and doing and giving back to those frontline workers, those essential workers who need and deserve that recognition. It&#8217;s also so affirming for the artists themselves, isn&#8217;t it? I think that for us to be able to connect on a human level in that way has been really wonderful.
Aaron Dworkin: Is there a sense that, you know, sometimes people will debate, or they&#8217;ll argue or talk about, you know, well, art is, you know, kind of just this thing, it&#8217;s black tie, it&#8217;s opera. And then you have other people who go, well, that&#8217;s not me, that&#8217;s not really art, right? But it seems, obviously, you&#8217;re overseeing such a breadth of programming, how important is that for institutions that aren&#8217;t the nation&#8217;s art center to think about that and to think about their relationship with various cultures and their community?
Deborah Rutter: Well, I think if you were to do a random survey of audience members of a wide variety of art forms and the artists of that same wide variety, whether it is opera, or dance, or hip hop, or temporary music or, you know, folk guitar, or a children&#8217;s choir, the artists, as well as the audience, ultimately will use words that can be summarized in saying art for life&#8217;s sake. Not art for art&#8217;s sake, art for life’s sake. And I think throughout this pandemic we&#8217;ve really come to understand that we need art because it nourishes ourselves; it is not a distraction.
Yes, it&#8217;s also a distraction, maybe. It is not entertainment, yes, it is also entertainment. It is fundamentally art for life&#8217;s sake. It&#8217;s for our soul, it is for our wellbeing, it is for our mental health, it is for our brain health, as we&#8217;ve come to understand music is great for brain health as well. So, it is something that we should be thinking very hard about as we look into the future, is to understand that this is not an add-on any more than going to a restaurant or buying a new outfit for an occasion, is, you know, an add on. It is a part of how we live our lives and fulfill ourselves as human beings.
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Art for Life’s Sake: Discussing Art’s Importance During the Pandemic with Deborah Rutter

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Owning a small business can be tough. Tack on the challenges of navigating COVID-19, inflation, and changes in the workplace – some small businesses are struggling to survive. One Detroit contributor Nolan Finley talks with former Lieutenant Governor and <a href="https://www.sbam.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Small Business Association</a> President Brian Calley to hear how small businesses across the state are coping with these challenges as they prepare for the new year.
Full Transcript: 
Nolan Finley, One Detroit Contributor: Brian, what is the state of small business in Michigan today?
Brian Calley, President, Small Business Association of Michigan: Well, it depends on what industry you&#8217;re talking about, but overall things generally headed in the in the right direction. We saw a big bounce after the restrictions were lifted, but very quickly, what rose to the top of the list are two main concerns that we&#8217;re now hearing across the board, which are costs rising faster than what many businesses have ever seen and then trouble filling open positions. So there&#8217;s this desire to grow and intention to grow open positions out there today, rising wages and on bonuses, pulling out all the tricks to try and get more applicants in, but just cannot find the people to fill the demand.
Nolan Finley: How close to a crisis are we with this? And does it have the potential to derail our economic growth?
Brian Calley: When you see these things, these workforce shortages in certain areas, it will spill into other areas. For the the holiday season, which is the majority of so many retailers business they make or break and the their whole year. Based on that holiday season, the logistics problems could really get in the way of that, so you can see how this could cascade. And then on top of that, we already have these shortages. But imagine all the workers and these container ships that have been out on the water for months and then it gets delayed. What I&#8217;m worried about is that that the logistics problems will get worse when people finally get off the boat and say, I&#8217;m not getting back on right.
Nolan Finley: So, you talked about higher prices for for small businesses. What&#8217;s driving that? Is that also the labor shortage?
Brian Calley: Part of it is the labor shortage, and you see costs rising as a result of that. You also see that when when the federal government drops trillions of dollars extra into the into the economy and it&#8217;s not tied to productivity increases or anything that&#8217;s sustainable, it just you get this short term boost in demand and it&#8217;s not like there is tons of extra supply out there. I mean, supply meets what the normal demand is. So when you create a lot of artificial short term demand, you get these shortages. So for example, I was at I was with a restaurant owner the other day and we got to talking about the rising expenses. Forty pounds of chicken wings used to cost 70 80 bucks. Now, two hundred and forty, you know, there&#8217;s just so much more in terms of demand and just not the supply and the supply systems to meet it. And if you think about it, why would somebody invest, you know, multi millions into creating new supply when really this increase in demand is artificial, it&#8217;s not really sustained.
Nolan Finley: So, you’ve got businesses scrambling to get workers paying higher wages. What other patchwork solutions are they putting in place, Brian?
Brian Calley: Well, you see a lot of prioritization happening. So in terms of what products, what goods, what services, what times to be open, they have to prioritize because there&#8217;s only so much work you can put on the current workforce and and therefore they&#8217;ll they have to decide, OK, well, we&#8217;ve got so many man hours, we&#8217;re going to have to focus here and here, and then we&#8217;re going to let some other opportunities go. And that&#8217;s just leaving growth in economic economic activity on the table. So it&#8217;s really it&#8217;s tough because you normally see after a recession, you see this bounce back and particularly in small business about 12 months later. We&#8217;re in that period now, and so many entrepreneurs are ready to go and there&#8217;s demand it isn&#8217;t the pieces that are required to deliver are just not available at this time.
Nolan Finley: That&#8217;s got to be stuck in their mind as they consider opening a business, whether they&#8217;ll be able to hire the staff to keep it running.
Brian Calley: That is something that that I think that we&#8217;re already experiencing but is probably going to ramp up is the idea that, hey, look, we&#8217;re you know, there&#8217;s growth and there&#8217;s demand and we&#8217;d love to go out and do it. But I can&#8217;t even fill the positions that I had open today. So these growth plans for the future are going to have to be put on hold.
Nolan Finley: Brian Calley, as you look ahead, what do you see over the next year for our small business community in Michigan?
Brian Calley: I do know that however this this business, all these challenges settle and whatever that new environment looks like in the future, they&#8217;re going to find a way to operate. But what I&#8217;m concerned about is that over time there will be attrition, and being small gets harder and harder with these challenges. You know, if you have your own container ship, well, it&#8217;s a lot easier to manage your logistics than if you&#8217;re relying on somebody else&#8217;s. And so the idea of attrition and just more and more over time going toward, you know, private equity firms and bigger companies. Nothing wrong with private equity firms and bigger companies, but we need locally owned businesses. It&#8217;s not a luxury. It is a necessity. That&#8217;s my biggest long term concern.

Small businesses coping with challenges ahead of new year

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Grocery store shelf space can be tough to come by for local and regional food producers. Meijer’s latest Rivertown Market on Jefferson Avenue, just east of downtown Detroit near Lafeyette Park, has made the search for food entrepreneurs easier by dedicating shelf space for their local products.
As the market celebrated its opening last month, it brought a few Detroit food entrepreneurs like Nikki’s Ginger Tea, Planted Detroit and For Heaven’s Cake along for the ride. Having local food and produce available at these market-style grocery stores could be a new trend fueled by shoppers and stores alike, but the question remains: how can these local food producers scale up, build their brand, and deliver to more stores?
Bill Kubota checks in with these Detroit entrepreneurs and meets a few more.
Full transcript: 
Monique Sasser, Creator, Nikki’s Ginger Tea (on site): I had an easel that I was gonna kinda…
EVERY PRODUCT TELLS A STORY, DON’T IT? 
HERE’S NIKKI’S GINGER TEA – IT KEEPS PUSHING ON &#8211; A DETROIT BRAND FOR TWO DECADES – NOW AT THE NEW MEIJER RIVERTOWN MARKET JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN.
Customer: This is good…
NIKKI’S – FROM THE CITY’S EAST SIDE ISLANDVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
Monique Sasser: It’s really exciting to be right in the heart of our city doing this. It’s bringing quality to the community.
AN ENTREPRENEURIAL HANGOUT OF SORTS &#8211; THE MEGASTORE CHAIN TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT – A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT – NO CLOTHES OR HOME FURNISHINGS SOLD HERE.
Elwin Greenwald, Elwin and Company: These small gourmet type Meijer, they do very, very well because it’s a perfect mix of grocery and local and fresh produce.
ELWIN GREENWALD’S GOT HIS RENOWNED ELWIN AND COMPANY SCONES.
Bill Kubota, One Detroit: How often you do this, come out and see the people like this?
Elwin Greenwald: At openings, I always do because it’s important for us to be here but I have a couple different people that do the demos for me but for an important opening like this we are of course happy to do it.
Marcus Reliford, Store Director, Meijer Riverfront Market: So when you think about our format we’re opening it up with 2-thousand vendors now, that easily could grow to 2500 or 3000 it’s really what the community wants.
Mayor Mike Duggan: You’ve got a winner.
Jacqueline Sanders: Thank you sir!
JAQUELINE SANDERS TOOK A BUYOUT FROM A.T.&amp;T. – SHE’S FROM A FAMILY OF BAKERS.
Jacqueline Sanders, For Heaven’s Cake: I realized that I really had a love for it, I enjoyed doing it, and then people started calling me and asking me to do personal baking for them and so that’s how For Heaven’s Cake was birthed.
FOR HEAVEN’S CAKE MAKING ITS RETAIL DEBUT AT RIVERTOWN – THE KIND OF PRODUCT MEIJER’S BEEN LOOKING FOR.
Marcus Reliford: We want to see small businesses, local businesses, minority businesses we want to see them thrive so if that’s something we can do and aid in that process, you know the pandemic was very hard on a lot of people to keep their businesses open so to be able to have a different avenue for us to be able to do that means a lot to us and Meijer as a whole.
Tiffany Cartwright, G.L.A.M. Body Scrub: We call this caviar in a jar.
TIFFANY CARTWRIGHT TRIED TO HELP HER DAUGHTER’S SKIN CONDITION – CREATING A LINE OF BODY SCRUBS.
Tiffany Cartwright: There’s no actual chemicals or anything, it’s actually a coffee scrub.
Tiffany Cartwright: I was working as an administrative law judge and I was unfortunately I was laid off, I started mixing the products pitching them out, reaching out to different retailers in order to grow my business.
CARTWRIGHT’S DETROIT-MADE GLAM PRODUCTS: AVAILABLE NATIONALLY AT WALMART, STOP-AND-SHOP STORES ON THE EAST COAST AND NOW: HERE IN DETROIT.
Nikki’s Tea employee: Want to try a little ginger today?
Customers: Yeah…
CUSTOMERS SAMPLE AN UNSWEETENED BREW OVER AT THE NIKKI’S DISPLAY.
Andrena Sasser, Nikki’s Ginger Tea: We just launched our stevia line with stevia and monk fruit and that has really been doing exceptionally well. We’re launching some new flavors for the holidays of a blackberry and a cranberry flavor.
NIKKI’S HOME BASE HAD BEEN IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH IN ISLANDVIEW.
Andrena Sasser: Things were progressing pretty well and then the pandemic happened and brought everything to a halt.
NIKKI’S SHUT DOWN TOO – FOR A WHILE.
Andrena Sasser: Then we were really gaining some momentum and then the big flood happened.
Pastor Barry Randolph, Church of the Messiah (speaking on video): this is what it looks like, we’ve still got about 20 hours of rain coming…
Andrena Sasser: Down at the Church of the Messiah it was waist high, and we lost everything in that flood, had to start over from scratch.
Monique Sasser: I’m like wow, is this really happening because at the same time I had two floods at my house.
Andrena Sasser: When it was all said and done it was over 750,000 dollars done to the church basement and that is not going to be open or useable for another year or so.
THEIR TEA NOW FROM ANOTHER KITCHEN FURTHER UP GRATIOT. ALONG WITH MEIJER’S, THEY SELL AT WHOLE FOODS STORES IN MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF OHIO.
BACK IN ISLANDVIEW, PLANTED DETROIT’S MAKING READY-TO-EAT SALADS INDOORS – YEAR ‘ROUND – SOME DESTINED FOR RIVERTOWN MARKET.
Simon Yevzelman, Leader of Biosecurity, Planted Detroit: We’re right at the stage now where we’re really staffing up, looking for the right people with the right skills and mainly the desire to learn this kind of thing.
AROUND FORTY PEOPLE WORK HERE – STAFF NEARLY DOUBLED IN A YEAR AND MORE OF AN AUTOMATED OPERATION NOW.
Simon Yevzelman: Here we’ve got some red radish some purple radish some daikon radish, some broccoli, some kohlrabi.
Meg Burritt, Managing Partner, Planted Detroit: The growth of cannabis has brought down the cost of infrastructure that allows for us to grow indoors, namely the lights, so I think that’s going to see more players, more investors and eventually we’ll figure out a way to do this efficiently.
Simon Yevzelman: So this room is maintained in roughly at 70 degrees, about 55 percent humidity…
A SUPER-CLEAN OPERATION – MASKS, GLOVES, SUITS &#8211; PANDEMIC OR NO.
Simon Yevzelman: These racks actually slide so it allows us to save even more space and maximize our growing square footage.
Having something like this available all year means people have fresh delicious salads available from Michigan that didn’t have to come from Arizona or California and people essentially don’t have that excuse of ‘well, oh it’s winter I think I’ll just have a pizza tonight’ instead of salad.
BESIDES RIVERTOWN, PLANTED HAD ALREADY BEEN ON SHELVES AT SOME PLUM MARKETS IN THE SUBURBS.
Meg Burritt: It was a really big win for us to get placement in Plum Markets. They’re so well known for their fresh products and it’s nice to see someone who’s focused in local and not just in name only.
AT THE END OF THE FOOD CHAIN, IT’S A TEAM EFFORT TO REACH CUSTOMERS.
Phil Cassise, Vice President of Produce, Meat and Seafood, Plum Market: They don’t know about it but when they see the marketing that we’re doing in the stores and the promotions, the placement on the shelf they’re picking it up and they’re returning for it.
Meg Burritt: We anticipate finishing an expansion within the current farm and then we’ll be able to add more customers.
AFTER THAT? MAYBE ANOTHER INDOOR FARM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN DETROIT.  NIKKI’S &#8211; POISED FOR GROWTH TOO.
Bill Kubota: What do you think will be different next year than this year?
Andrena Sasser: Next year we’ll hopefully be breaking ground on our facility and that is a two- to three-year timeline.
THE PLAN, A PLACE IN ISLANDVIEW ADDING AUTOMATION TO THE BOTTLING LINE WHILE PROVIDING SPACE FOR OTHER FOOD PRODUCERS.
Andrena Sasser: I think that there is two paths to this journey, I think the quicker path doesn’t necessarily leave room to be inclusive with other people and to leave room to build other businesses along with you.
Andrena Sasser: I feel like the slower path gives you an opportunity to bring other smaller businesses along on the journey with you and give them the tools and the benefit of your experience and I think that’s what we’re doing.
Andrena Sasser: It is going to be something unlike anything anybody’s ever seen.
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A Breakthrough for Local Foods? Meijer’s Rivertown Market Goes Local

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<h2> Monday on One Detroit:</h2>
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<li>Deb Polich, the CEO of the Arts Alliance in Ann Arbor talks about the economic impact of the arts, and what help nonprofits will need during the COVID-19 crisis.</li>
<li>The poetry of Detroit artist Jessica Care Moore.</li>
<li>WRCJ 90.9 FM&#8217;s Peter Whorf talks with Michigan Opera Theatre President Wayne Brown.</li>
<li>A special performance from Broadway actress and Detroit native Alexandra Silber.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Watch for upcoming videos:</h2>
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4/13/20: One Detroit – Deb Polich / Wayne Brown / Jessica Care Moore / Alexandra Silber

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
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<li>ROUNDTABLE: Christy, Nolan and Stephen talk about the devastating impact of COVID-19 in Detroit and Michigan.</li>
<li>EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: Tonya Allen, president &amp; CEO of The Skillman Foundation, talks with Stephen about the educational resources available to families now that Michigan schools have closed for the remainder of the school year.</li>
<li>HAND SANITIZER: One Detroit&#8217;s Bill Kubota reports on how Griffin Claw Brewing Company is making much-needed hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 outbreak.</li>
<li>ALEXANDRA SILBER: Christy checks in with Broadway actress and Detroit native Alexandra Silber in New York on the impact of COVID-19 on the arts, and Alexandra provides One Detroit with a clip from one of her musical performances.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Watch for upcoming videos:</h2>
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4/9/20: One Detroit – Roundtable / Oakland County / Educational Resources / Hand Sanitizer / Alexandra Silber

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
<ul>
<li>ROUNDTABLE: Christy, Nolan and Stephen talk about the many changes brought on by COVID-19 and the impact on Detroit, considered a hotspot for the virus.</li>
<li>DETROIT SCHOOLS: Christy talks with Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti about how his district is working to make sure students don&#8217;t fall behind while schools are shut down for the remainder of the school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</li>
<li>WATER SHUTOFFS: One Detroit&#8217;s Bill Kubota talks with Hydrate Detroit&#8217;s Demeeko Williams about water shutoffs and Governor Gretchen Whitmer&#8217;s order to have water turned on for every state resident during the coronavirus outbreak.</li>
<li>3-D FACE SHIELDS: Christy talks with a local nurse who is making protective face shields for healthcare workers using a 3-D printer.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Watch Now:</h2>
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4/3/20: One Detroit – Roundtable / Detroit Schools /  Water Shutoffs / 3-D Face Shields

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If how you touch the lives of other people is in any a measure of a good life, then Swanson Funeral Home founder O’Neil D. Swanson lived a good life and we are all the better for it.
<figure id="attachment_8208" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8208" style="width: 271px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-8208 size-medium" src="https://wordpress.detroitpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DUflNLZU0AApnb8.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="180" srcset="https://detroit-pbs-admin-vpb.3lanemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DUflNLZU0AApnb8.jpg 564w, https://detroit-pbs-admin-vpb.3lanemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DUflNLZU0AApnb8.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8208" class="wp-caption-text">O&#8217;Neil D. Swanson, Founder of Swanson Funeral Homes</figcaption></figure>
In 1958 the first Swanson Funeral Home Chapel was opened on East Grand Boulevard, with the pledge to provide superior service to all who walked through his door. Wealthy or poor O’Neil Swanson made sure that if you entrusted his funeral home with your loved one, you were going to get top of the line service.
Across the country, Swanson was viewed as a legend among his fellow funeral directors, and his funeral services for national figures such as Rosa Parks and Aretha Franklin were seen as elegant affairs befitting a head of state.
He also made his presence known in the Detroit business community as a leader supporting charitable organizations, businesses and providing scholarships to young people in need; it was noted that Swanson never lost touch with the lives of the people in his community, never missing an opportunity to share and teach when given the opportunity.
In 1970 O’Neil Swanson’s leadership and commitment to the betterment of his community was on full display as a founding director of First Independence Bank, the only African American‐owned bank headquartered in the State of Michigan.
Yes, O’Neil Swanson lived a good life and evidence of that life is all around us, we are all saddened by the passing of this extraordinary man, and grateful for the life he lived.
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O’Neil D. Swanson: The Measure of a Good Life

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
Stephen talks with marketing consultant Mark S. Lee about how small businesses can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, he has a frank conversation with Pastor Barry Randolph of Detroit&#8217;s Church of the Messiah on how the outbreak is impacting residents in city neighborhoods. And, Stephen remembers a colleague and friend, Marlowe Stoudamire.
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<h3>WATCH NOW:</h3>
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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3/29/20: American Black Journal – Small Business / Detroit neighborhoods / Remembering Marlowe Stoudamire

2020-03-26_1315

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
<ul>
<li>RESTAURANTS: Christy talks with Ron Bartell, owner of <a href="http://www.kuzzoschickenandwaffles.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kuzzo&#8217;s Chicken &amp; Waffles</a> on Livernois Avenue, about how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting his business and how he is adapting to being a carryout and delivery only restaurant.</li>
<li>ASIAN AMERICANS:  Roland Hwang and Richard Mui talk about how <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/3/25/21190655/trump-coronavirus-racist-asian-americans" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asian Americans</a> across the country have become targets of discrimination and attacks, blaming them for the spread of the coronavirus.</li>
<li>FAMILIES COPING: Clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Hunter gives advice on how parents can ease <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/20/21186739/coronavirus-kids-parents-covid-19-pandemic-parenting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">anxiety and fears in their children</a> during the pandemic, along with how to deal with the new normal of kids being at home.</li>
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Watch One Detroit every Thursday at 7:30pm ET on Detroit Public TV. 
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3/26/20: One Detroit – Restaurants / Asian Americans / Families Coping

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
We&#8217;ll see how the River Rouge school district is providing students with food and learning materials while schools are shut down in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Stephen holds a frank roundtable on the impact of Covid-19 and the response so far. Plus, the panel weighs in on how the November presidential election is shaping up.
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<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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3/22/20: American Black Journal – River Rouge School District / Roundtable

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
University of Michigan professor <a href="https://poverty.umich.edu/expert/alford-young-jr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alford Young, Jr.</a> talks about his groundbreaking book on low-income African Americans living in Ypsilanti and their views on navigating a world of work that focuses on technology.  Plus, we&#8217;ll celebrate the literary work of female authors and look at efforts to get more women to write and publish books. And, Stephen remembers his former colleague and Detroit Black Journal contributor, Susan Watson.
Featured Image: From the Edge of the Ghetto: African Americans and the World of Work book cover
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<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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3/15/20: American Black Journal – The World of Work / Women Authors / Susan Watson

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal, </h2>
The <a href="https://nationalbusinessleague.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Business League</a> (NBL), founded by <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Booker T. Washington</a> in 1900, is hosting <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-economic-agenda-summit-tickets-95527448169" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Black Economic Agenda Summit</a> in Detroit this month. Stephen talks with NBL leadership about the event and  economic strategies to empower the Black community. Plus, <a href="https://coactdetroit.org/activate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Co.act Detroit announces its Activate Fund</a> to help non-profit organizations grow. And, we&#8217;ll remember four African-American female trailblazers we lost this year.
Featured Image: 1910 photograph of  National Business League founder Booker T. Washington along with the Executive Committee, Photo from the <a class="external text" href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">George Grantham Bain collection</a> at the Library of Congress via wikipedia.org 
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
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3/8/20: American Black Journal – Black Economic Agenda Summit / Activate Fund

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This Black History Month, and every other month throughout each year, American Black Journal celebrates the stories and accomplishments of African American men and women of our past, present and future.
Since its first broadcast in 1968, American Black Journal has continued to act as a forum to discuss culture, public affairs and societal concerns from an African American perspective.
As the longest running public affairs program on any local television station, American Black Journal is now a major part of not only black history, but American history in its own right. The weekly series began with a mission to increase access to media relating to African American experiences during a time of great turmoil after the 1967 Detroit riots.
Today, American Black Journal still provides a platform to share thoughts and solutions that help empower and uplift the African American community. Each week the show includes interviews, round-table discussions, field-produced features, or artistic performances featuring a variety of African American guests, ranging from local residents making an impact in their neighborhood to some of the nation&#8217;s most recognized celebrities and leaders.
Join American Black Journal in celebrating #BlackHistoryEveryday by tuning in to new episodes on WTVS &#8211; Detroit Public TV every Sunday at 9:30am ET, or watch repeat episodes on Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET. Full episodes are also available to watch online anytime at <a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/category/american-black-journal/abj-episodes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">americanblackjournal.org</a>. You can also watch digitized versions of some of ABJ’s historic episodes, featuring important African American figures from the past 50 years <a href="http://abj.matrix.msu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.
Featured Image: Elijah Cummings and Barack Obama, Mixed media on wood by artist <a href="https://www.desireekellyart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Desiree Kelly</a> from the &#8220;Then and Now: A Retrospective of Portraits&#8221; series, Photo by Michael Sellers
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American Black Journal: Black History Everyday

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Hygrade Deli on Michigan Avenue has been a staple of Corktown for many years. The current owner, Stuart Litt, sat down with Nolan Finley to speak on the historic highs and lows of owning a business in the city.
Litt and his father bought the restaurant from the original owner 48 years ago and have been servicing locals ever since.
Litt says when first owning the restaurant he received a substantial amount of business from the Cadillac Assembly Plant, that has since been shut down.
In more recent developments Litt says the city has seen a resurgence in residency, as Habitat for Humanity has contributed between 70 and 100 new homes to the neighborhood.
Also, Ford started development on the reopening the Michigan Central Train Depot. Litt says with this development he expecting business reminiscent of when he first owned the restaurant.
Litt says that the future of Hygrade Deli is uncertain, but hopes who ever runs it after can benefit from the current developments underway in the city.
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One Detroit: Hygrade Deli Extended Interview

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<h2>Nikki’s Ginger Tea is on the move as products line the shelves in Royal Oak at the new Meijer Woodward Corner Marketplace.</h2>
February 13, 2020 | Robert D. Tompkins (<a href="https://www.iammrrobert.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mr. Robert)</a> | <a href="http://detroitpbs.org/category/community-posts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">One Detroit Community Blogger</a>
Almost a year ago, Beaumont Hospital unveiled plans for its $38.2 million, 117,000 square-foot commercial property housed at 13 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue under the name <a href="https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/press-releases/beaumont-announces-name-and-first-retailers-for-thirteen-mile-and-woodward-redevelopment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Woodward Corners</a>.
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Now a reality, the development features six buildings, including a Wahlburgers restaurant and a new small-store grocery concept Meijer calls <a href="https://www.woodwardcornermarket.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Woodward Corner Market</a>, which provides “local, value and fresh” products to the community, said Natalie Rubino, the store&#8217;s director.
With more than 2,000 local items offered throughout the store, other highlights include fresh produce, bakery items, grocery and more. One notable item in the cooler section is <a href="https://www.nikkisgingertea.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nikki’s Ginger Tea</a>.
It may sound familiar as it’s the ginger tea made in the Detroit eastside community of Islandview by Monique and Andrena Sasser, a mother-daughter duo.
The grand opening in January provided an opportunity for brands like Nikki’s Ginger Tea to reach people who hadn’t yet been introduced to their wares.
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In addition to having a product line in the store, they were also asked to be a local vendor for the Grand Opening event. With their simple setup and friendly disposition, Monique along with her nephew, Deante Sasser, encouraged shoppers to try samples and even buy bottles of the Detroit-made delicacy.
“Though it’s been a long time coming, we’re so happy to branch out a little further and meet new people and hopefully gain some new customers who will love our product,” said Monique Sasser, the “Nikki” in Nikki’s Ginger Tea. “Already it’s been a whirlwind of folks coming to shake my hand and are surprised that it’s a black woman behind the drink they’ve purchased elsewhere.”
The opportunity to move out into new territory took a lot of planning and also brought a lot of anxiety as they have to account for demand in an unfamiliar locale.
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“My mom has the recipes, and I have a vision,” said Andrena, cofounder of Nikki’s Ginger Tea. “This opportunity will definitely impact our business and allow us both new customers and opportunities to increase staffing in order to roll out new products that have yet to hit the market. We want our customers, new and longtime, to continue to be surprised by how far and wide our products will pop in stores and on shelves.”
People were lined up the aisle for the free samples being handed out at their booth nearest the beverage section. Some even returned for second and third helpings. They weren’t just taking samples; they were buying bottles to take home.
Deante remarked, “I enjoy doing this kind of work. Turning strangers into tasters and possibly customers. I focus on just one sample, and usually they’ll try another flavor, then all the flavors and want a bottle to go.”
With Royal Oak, Birmingham, Berkeley and the surrounding area now learning more about this local brand, you can bet more interest will be drummed up as a result of this partnership.
Featured Image: Nikki&#8217;s Ginger Tea, Photo by Michael Sellers
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Nikki’s Ginger Tea is a Detroit-owned and operated beverage distributor with more than 20 years of experience in the natural health market, offering six flavors of all-natural, vegan ginger tea and other ginger-based products including sauces, candles and candies.
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Nikki, Ginger and the Tea

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In celebration of Black History Month, TechTown presents: Boss: The Black Experience in Business: A Film Screening and Storytelling Event in partnership with <a href="https://www.dptv.org/home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detroit Public TV</a> and <a href="https://ingoodcodetroit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In Good Co.Detroit</a>.
Please join us Wednesday, February 26th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at the <a href="https://www.incite-focus.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Industry Innovation Center</a> for a night of dynamic storytelling&#8211;of journeys in entrepreneurship; of finding strength and inspiration in shared struggles and successes. We’ll begin with a screening of select segments of DPTV and PBS’s Boss: The Black Experience in Business, which chronicles the untold story of African American entrepreneurship, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide the backbone of this nation’s economic and social growth.
We’ll hear from the <a href="https://detroitmi.gov/news/eric-thomas-joins-city-detroit-chief-storyteller" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City of Detroit’s Chief Storyteller</a> and entrepreneur, <a href="http://sagamktg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eric Thomas</a>, on the importance and power of preserving Black spaces in the city and sharing Detroit’s stories. He’ll even squeeze in a couple Qs&amp;As!
Emcee Shannon Cason from In Good Co., will bring to the mic Detroit-based, African American entrepreneurs and small business owners to share their own stories in rapid-fire succession: leaps of faith, facing fear, and holding onto hope in pursuit their dreams.
This event is free and open to the public. Enjoy free refreshments. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-the-black-experience-in-business-a-film-screening-storytelling-event-tickets-93599182675" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RSVP</a> here.
Are you an African American entrepreneur or small business owner in Detroit who wants to share their story?! Follow the prompts when you <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-the-black-experience-in-business-a-film-screening-storytelling-event-tickets-93599182675" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RSVP</a> for a chance to step on stage. We’ll select people at random from the emailed submissions on the night of the event. Be there and be ready to hit the stage if chosen.
6-6:30pm: Arrival and networking
6:30-7:15pm: Welcome, DPTV film screening, CoD Chief Storyteller, Eric Thomas
7:15-7:45pm: In Good Co., open mic stories, closing
7:45-8pm: Networking and departure
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Boss: The Black Experience in Business – A Film Screening and Storytelling Event

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
Stephen talks with actor and <a href="https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/hill-harper" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">philanthropist Hill Harper</a> about his decision to invest in Detroit by <a href="https://www.mlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/09/2fbe23c37f3360/actors-home-detroits-historic.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">purchasing an historic home</a> and a business in the city. Plus, we&#8217;ll hear the incredible stories of 3 people who went from homeless to becoming employees at the non-profit organization that changed their lives &#8212; <a href="https://drmm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries</a>.
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<h3>WATCH NOW:</h3>
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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2/9/20: American Black Journal – Hill Harper / Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
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<li>DETROIT 2020: Christy takes a look at some of the progress and challenges in Detroit over the past decade. Plus, we&#8217;ll see highlights from <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/mayor-duggan-hints-at-another-term-during-policy-conference-in-detroit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mayor Mike Duggan&#8217;s conversation</a> at the Detroit Policy Conference, and Nolan and Stephen offer their perspectives on where the City stands in 2020.</li>
<li>DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER: Christy talks with Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah about the <a href="https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/hudsons-site-tower-will-not-be-tallest-michigan-after-all-ceo-gilberts-bedrock-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">state of investment in the City</a> and the issues the region should focus on in 2020.
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<li>Watch Christy McDonald&#8217;s extended interview with Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah below.</li>
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<li>STATE/GOVERNOR WHITMER:  The One Detroit team discuss possible solutions to getting the state&#8217;s roads fixed and the selection of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/democratic-response-state-of-the-union-gretchen-whitmer-veronica-escobar/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Governor Gretchen Whitmer to deliver the Democratic rebuttal</a> after President Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address next month.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Watch Now:</h2>
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<h2><a href="https://www.detroitpbs.org/category/one-detroit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View Past Episodes &gt;</a></h2>
Watch One Detroit every Thursday at 7:30pm ET on Detroit Public TV. 
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1/30/20: One Detroit – Detroit 2020 / Detroit Regional Chamber / Governor Whitmer

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The nonprofit <a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detroit Future City</a> opens a new center that will use extensive research, data and stakeholder engagement to promote economic <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/01/22/detroit-future-city-creates-department-address-economic-equity/4546282002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">equity in Detroit</a>.
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Detroit Future City’s Center for Equity, Engagement and Research

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
The nonprofit <a href="https://detroitfuturecity.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detroit Future City</a> opens a new center that will use extensive research, data and stakeholder engagement to promote economic <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/01/22/detroit-future-city-creates-department-address-economic-equity/4546282002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">equity in Detroit</a>. Plus, we&#8217;ll have advice for business owners on how to navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2020. And, a Detroit woman leaves a successful financial career to explore the world of technology.
Featured Image: Detroit skyline with night lights in Michigan. Photo by unknown via goodfreephotos.com, Public Domain cc 0.0 
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<h3>WATCH NOW:</h3>
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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1/26/20: American Black Journal – Detroit Future City / 2020 Business Outlook / Women & STEM Careers

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A special One Detroit report on <a href="https://pizzaplex.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PizzaPlex</a> in Southwest Detroit — a restaurant that serves up a unique business model along with its authentically certified Naples style pizza.
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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
Stephen takes a look back at some of the notable interviews and topics on the program during 2019. Guests include political pundit <a href="http://www.brazileassociates.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Donna Brazile</a>, Detroit rapper <a href="https://uknowbigsean.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Big Sean</a>, award-winning tap dancer <a href="http://www.saviongloverproductions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Savion Glover</a>, artist <a href="https://www.cbibbs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charles Bibbs</a>, and renown bassist <a href="https://www.roberthurst.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert Hurst</a>. Topics also include a controversial exhibit about slavery and <a href="https://www.monticello.org/slavery-at-monticello" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thomas Jefferson</a> at the <a href="https://www.thewright.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charles H. Wright Museum</a> of African American History, a look at The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">1619 Project</a> focusing on 400 years of slavery in America, and the construction project that led to major struggles for African American business owners on the <a href="http://www.avenueoffashion.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avenue of Fashion</a>.
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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1/5/20: American Black Journal – The Best of 2019

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<h2>On the next American Black Journal,</h2>
Our special roundtable guests take on some of the stories in 2019 that had a significant impact on African Americans. We&#8217;ll talk about President Trump&#8217;s impeachment, the <a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Black Lives Matter</a> and <a href="https://metoomvmt.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Me Too</a> movements, and the digital divide.
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Don&#8217;t miss American Black Journal on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56.
<h3><a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-black-journal/">View more from American Black Journal &gt;</a></h3>
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12/29/19: American Black Journal – ABJ Roundtable

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
This episode takes a special look at some of the venues One Detroit has visited over the past year of production. Christy talks with the owners/general managers of the following locations:
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<li><a href="https://thenarrowwaycafe.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NARROW WAY CAFE</a> in Detroit</li>
<li><a href="https://goldfishtea.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GOLDFISH TEA</a> in Royal Oak</li>
<li><a href="http://redhotsconeyisland.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RED HOTS CONEY ISLAND</a> in Highland Park</li>
<li><a href="https://www.qahwahhouse.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QAWAH HOUSE</a> in Dearborn</li>
<li><a href="https://www.parksandrecdiner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PARKS &amp; REC DINER</a> in Detroit</li>
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Watch <a href="http://www.miweek.org/live">One Detroit</a> every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on WTVS &#8211; Detroit Public Television.
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One Detroit – Narrow Way Cafe / Goldfish Tea / Red Hots Coney Island / Qawah House Tea / Parks & Rec Diner

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<h2> Next on One Detroit:</h2>
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<li>YEAR IN REVIEW: Christy, Nolan and Stephen talk about some of the major headlines in 2019 and look ahead to what to watch for in 2020.</li>
<li>THE BOULEVARD: Nolan gets a tour of the new apartment and retail space near the Fisher Building, known as <a href="https://www.theboulevard.city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Boulevard</a>. It&#8217;s the first new residential building in the New Center area in 30 years. He talks with the developer about this neighborhood investment and the affordable housing it offers.</li>
<li>POLISH CHRISTMAS EVE: One Detroit looks in on a Polish Christmas Eve tradition &#8212; a dinner and celebration known as <a href="http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Wigilia.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wigilia</a> &#8212; given by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsupolishclub/posts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wayne State University Polish Club</a>. </li>
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12/19/19: One Detroit – Year in Review / The Boulevard / Polish Christmas Eve

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How the Homewreckers hit Detroit

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One Detroit takes a look at the history of <a href="https://bettermade.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Better Made</a> potato chips in this excerpt from Detroit Public TV’s “Detroit Remember When: Made in the Motor City” documentary.
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Better Made Potato Chips

2019-12-06_1444

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Christy gives viewers highlights of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s just released <a href="http://www.detroitchamber.com/sor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Region</a> report.
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State of the Region Report

Q-The-Kitchen-Still-2

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<h2> Tonight on One Detroit:</h2>
This episode takes a special look at some of the venues One Detroit has visited over the past year of production. Christy talks with the owners/general managers of the following locations:
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<li>
<div><a href="https://cookingwithque.com/">THE KITCHEN by COOKING WITH QUE</a> in Detroit</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="https://bromemoderneatery.com/">BROME MODERN EATERY</a> in Dearborn</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="https://www.detroitshippingcompany.com/restaurants">DETROIT SHIPPING COMPANY</a> in Detroit</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="https://detroitvineyards.com/">DETROIT VINEYARDS</a> in Detroit</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RecipesTroyMI/">RECIPES</a> in Troy</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="http://northernlightslounge.com/">NORTHERN LIGHTS LOUNGE</a> in Detroit</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Watch Now:</h2>
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