The impact of COVID-19 has left many business owners across America in a state of uncertainty as they try to figure out how to adjust to our economy’s new normal. For Oaklin J. Mixon, founder of GoodBoy Clothing, he’s choosing to move forward and break new ground with a second store location. In conjunction with […]
Brandon Corder is enjoying a breakout year. While he is a veteran, national promoter, event organizer, and music producer, or “influencer,” as he prefers, 2019 has been particularly significant for his work in his hometown Flint. Ranging from a high-profile partnership planning entertainment for Kettering University’s 100th anniversary celebration to his biggest local event to […]
Lev “LV” Hunter’s eyes are on the prize. Hunter, a local business owner, is a finalist in this year’s Fenton Shark Tank competition. “It’s an achievement in itself just to get selected,” he says. “Now we have to take that same momentum to win.” On Nov. 29 at the Freedom Center, Hunter will get five […]
It all started with a morning news report about three years ago on a topic that, up until then, Charma Dompreh had not considered much The anchor warned viewers that the segment that was about to air contained graphic material: there was an obesity epidemic among the nation’s children. Somehow hearing this report struck a […]