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Lumen Christi Church Design growing faster than expected
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Information Evolution
Computer science + design + social science = Innovation. Concentrate checks out the student projects at the University of Michigan's School of Information and witnesses the next evolutionary stage in information technology.
Radius Garden revolutionizes garden tools, to sprout jobs
Digging in the dirt will be a little less painful for gardeners and a little more pleasurable for Ann Arbor's Radius Garden. The start-up has enjoyed 300% annual growth since it introduced it revolutionary new garden tools in 2004 and expects to hire a few people in the near future.
Cummins-Barnard becomes HDR, creates energy jobs
Alternative energy maybe a hot topic in Michigan but it's also an avenue that is helping HDR create jobs in Ann Arbor. What was once Cummins-Barnard energy consultants was recently acquired by HDR but still plans to stay in Ann Arbor and create up to 15 jobs this year.
U-M engineers design ballast-free ships to stop invasive species
Non-indigenous invasive species. Now, there's a mouthful. But hopefully a little less of a lake full ...if technology being developed by the University of Michigan pans out. University engineers are developing a ballast-free freighter that could put a severe crimp into invading aquatic species.
Weinstein Co. confirms “Youth In Revolt” will shoot in Ann Arbor
Youth in Revolt is coming to Ann Arbor. No, not the normal deluge of new students in the fall, but the new Hollywood movie staring that skinny guy from "Superbad" and "Juno."
Toyota to drop $100 million and 65 jobs into research institute in Ann Arbor
The world's (arguably) largest automaker is building up its presence in Ann Arbor by investing $100 million to create the Toyota Research Institute of North America. The institute will be constructed in its North American technical center and create 65 research positions by 2010.
Ghostly International
From Halo to Hummer, Ann Arbor-based Ghostly International may be musical tastemakers to the world but founder Sam Valenti IV is really just preserving his legacy as the neighborhood cool record-store guy.
Video The Ann Arbor Film Fest
After 46 years it comes to this: a guest appearance by Larry Flynt, an ACLU law suit and woodland animals getting creamed by roller derby girls. Still, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has never taken its eye off the ball. Mark our words, this year marks a new era for the festival Variety called "One of our 10 favorites in the world." It's got an ambitious new director, new vitality and a program that'll blow your mind.
Lumen Christi Church Design growing faster than expected
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Information Evolution
Computer science + design + social science = Innovation. Concentrate checks out the student projects at the University of Michigan's School of Information and witnesses the next evolutionary stage in information technology.
Radius Garden revolutionizes garden tools, to sprout jobs
Digging in the dirt will be a little less painful for gardeners and a little more pleasurable for Ann Arbor's Radius Garden. The start-up has enjoyed 300% annual growth since it introduced it revolutionary new garden tools in 2004 and expects to hire a few people in the near future.
Cummins-Barnard becomes HDR, creates energy jobs
Alternative energy maybe a hot topic in Michigan but it's also an avenue that is helping HDR create jobs in Ann Arbor. What was once Cummins-Barnard energy consultants was recently acquired by HDR but still plans to stay in Ann Arbor and create up to 15 jobs this year.
U-M engineers design ballast-free ships to stop invasive species
Non-indigenous invasive species. Now, there's a mouthful. But hopefully a little less of a lake full ...if technology being developed by the University of Michigan pans out. University engineers are developing a ballast-free freighter that could put a severe crimp into invading aquatic species.
Weinstein Co. confirms “Youth In Revolt” will shoot in Ann Arbor
Youth in Revolt is coming to Ann Arbor. No, not the normal deluge of new students in the fall, but the new Hollywood movie staring that skinny guy from "Superbad" and "Juno."
Toyota to drop $100 million and 65 jobs into research institute in Ann Arbor
The world's (arguably) largest automaker is building up its presence in Ann Arbor by investing $100 million to create the Toyota Research Institute of North America. The institute will be constructed in its North American technical center and create 65 research positions by 2010.
Ghostly International
From Halo to Hummer, Ann Arbor-based Ghostly International may be musical tastemakers to the world but founder Sam Valenti IV is really just preserving his legacy as the neighborhood cool record-store guy.
Video The Ann Arbor Film Fest
After 46 years it comes to this: a guest appearance by Larry Flynt, an ACLU law suit and woodland animals getting creamed by roller derby girls. Still, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has never taken its eye off the ball. Mark our words, this year marks a new era for the festival Variety called "One of our 10 favorites in the world." It's got an ambitious new director, new vitality and a program that'll blow your mind.
