Welcome To The Hill District
By: Tom Hendrickson, 11/18/2009
Located on a small bluff is Grosse Pointe's Hill District, a welcome slice of walkable pie, where you can find everything from boutiques to bistros, espresso to jazz. Why not take a three minute tour with
Metromode's ace videographer Tom Hendrickson.
B Nektar
By: Tom Hendrickson, 11/5/2009
Mead, it's not just for renaissance fest geeks anymore. Proof? B. Nektar in hipper-than-thou Ferndale, where honey, apples and all sorts of fermentable goodness are crafted into a damn fine brew.
Solidica
By: Keith Jefferies, 10/29/2009
We have officially entered the realm of sci-fi style technology. Ann Arbor's Solidica makes wireless sensors that can not only communicate the status of distant vehicles and machinery, but also predict where systems might fail. It's a brave new world after all.
A2 Mech Shop
By: Keith Jefferies, 10/22/2009
It's all about playing nice together.
Concentrate has reported on
everything from food co-ops, to co-living communities to co-working facilities.
It only seems fair to throw a little love to the A2Mech Shop, a shared technical
space for entrepreneurial engineers and innovative mech heads.
Ann Arbor's Veggie Fueled Party Bus
By: Keith Jefferies, 10/15/2009
Ann Arbor's B2B Party Bus is everything sustainable new urbanist hipsters ever dreamed
of: An entrepreneurial enterprise that runs small scale private transit on
secondhand cooking oil in order to transport young party-goers around downtown.
Accuri Cytometers
By: Keith Jefferies, 10/8/2009
From co-founder Collin Rich's kitchen table to the offices of U-M's Tech
Transfer office to shipping high tech cytometers to labs all over the world,
Accuri Cytometers is the model for Ann Arbor startup know-how.
Wyandotte Gets The Arts
By: Tom Hendrickson, 9/24/2009
Funding for the arts is taking a beating all around, but especially in Michigan. Wyandotte, however, sees a real value in having a resource for local creatives. Exit an old rundown Masonic Hall, enter the new Wynandotte Arts Center.
ARKITEKTURA
By: Tom Hendrickson, 9/10/2009
Birmingham's Rail District is quickly becoming ground zero for designers and consumer creatives, bringing SoHo-style aesthetics to Metro Detroit. Case in point: Arkitektura, a Cranbrook-born, SF-partnered showroom that boasts the latest in uban design and furnishings.