Entrepreneurship

Residential upstairs, retail downstairs mix things up at Metropolitan Center

It took major doing on many levels, but the Metropolitan Center is now a model of what can be done when there's will to overcome what others believe is impossible. Jane Parikh talks to James Dally about how his company's redevelopment brings together residential and retail in a historic blend.

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Changing the face of downtown with historic redevelopment

Second Wave photographer Erik Holladay captured some of the details inside and outside at the Metropolitan Center that make the historic renovation of the downtown buildings a place that young professionals and empty nesters alike want to live and one where retailers want to locate. See the slide show here.

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Can the Third Coast be the Cider Coast? Virtue Farms believes it

Greg Hall takes his family roots in the Chicago craft beer scene, training in old world cider making, and an apple orchard and puts them together to create what he believes can be the next big thing for the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Cider Coast. Jeremy Martin talks to Hall about what it will take.

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One-of-a-kind jams, foraged foods keep elder fires burning

Elder Fire Farm Arts is a small, grass roots operation that says its revolutionizing the food system--through jam. Zinta Aistars talks to Heather Colburn about jams, kimchee and preserving the harvest as long as one can.

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Pop City Popcorn brings snacks to downtown Kalamazoo
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