Arbor Brewing Co made headlines a couple of years ago with its expansion into India, opening a brewpub in Bangalore. Today it's capitalizing on that success by working to open a production plant in Goa then follow with taverns that stretch across the continent.
The Pointless Brewery & Theatre opened on the east side of Ann Arbor a few weeks ago, but the craft brewery and improv stage is anything but pointless. Tori and Jason Tomalia started working on the project a little more than a year ago in response to Tori’s diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer. The young couple were able to fight off the cancer so that is now under control. Their next move, open the theater and brewery they always talked about building.
Winter frost leads to dreams of sunny summer days and lying on a sandy beach. Which everyone knows ain't possible in Ann Arbor. But it once was. Or so says Concentrate's resident history buff Patti Smith.
The suburban office park is often regarded as the pinnacle of drab functionality, and rightfully so. But a few local innovators are pushing the envelope of what these sprawling eyesores can be.
It's one thing to get consumers' attention but its quite another to get their respect for your product. The new Ann Arbor-based startup ContentOro specializes in providing marketeers with access to authoritative content.
More alternative energy projects are coming to Washtenaw County next year, and they range from job creation to education. The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is leveraging federal dollars to create a traveling wind energy exhibit that will crisscross Washtenaw County for the next year or two. Ypsilanti Township officials are also reviewing plans for a solar production facility.
Local Orbit is currently beta testing a new platform, LocalEyes, that connects major institutions, like college campuses and corporate entities, with local food producers.
What was once old is new again when it comes to bicycle sales in Ann Arbor now that Fraser Bicycle is opening a store in Tree Town. ?The Fraser-based bicycle retailer took over the old Two Wheel Tango space at 3162 Packard earlier this year and turned it into its newest store, employing six people.
Welcome to Alphaville, a virtual reality cyber defense training ground! It's part of the Michigan Cyber Range, a cutting edge program where expert volunteers band together to fight cyberattacks.
When U-M's Dr. Daphne C. Watkins looked into what kind of research was being done on the mental health of young, black men in college she discovered, well, very little. This inspired a social media-based project that seeks to provide support, information and conversation about the issues that affect what Dr. Watkins calls "a minority within a minority."
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