As downtowns across Metro Detroit continue to revitalize, small businesses like TeamLogicIT should be credited with making these turnarounds possible.
The new downtown Dearborn firm spent $13,000 to do some cosmetic renovations to its one-story storefront at 4929 Schaefer. Not a huge sum and not a project that will inspire countless conversations, like the proposed renovation of the old Montgomery Ward building down the street. But making one more small building better helps make downtown better and can inspire its neighbors to invest more.
TeamLogicIT, which opened earlier this year, is an IT service provider for small- and mid-size businesses. It plans to add an employee or two, such as a sales person, by the end of the year. The firm's founders live and work in Dearborn and wanted to be involved in the community and downtown.
They took control of the old storefront and went to work on it. They repainted the inside, did some minor repairs and replaced the exterior, made of stucco and rotting wood, with ceramic tile.
"Basically painting it was out of the question so we had to strip it down and replace it," says Majed Rizik, operations manager for TeamLogicIT.
It's small and it probably won't make or break downtown Dearborn. But little improvements like that do go a long way to improving downtown by showing it’s a fertile place with opportunities for entrepreneurs to set up shop.
Source: Majed Rizik, operations manager for TeamLogicIT
Writer: Jon Zemke
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