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Woodbridge Pub plants the seeds of community in Detroit

Jim Geary set out to change a neighborhood in Detroit. He began with homes in the Woodbridge neighborhood, but things really started to swell when he finished rehabbing a commercial building and opened the Woodbridge Pub, the new center for community in the neighborhood.

Growing tech company brings human touch to downtown startup scene

Are You a Human started as a student project in an Ann Arbor incubator before joining a cluster of innovative small businesses in downtown Detroit's suddenly thriving M@dison Building. 

How place impacts entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship isn't what it used to be. The scene today is explicitly about social engagement and collaborative leadership. This special report finds examples in three key Michigan places where new models for growth are being created and nurtured.

Cafe Zola and Tech Brewery social entrepreneurial impact scene
M@dison building and the rise of Silicon Valley 2.0

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