The Goods — culture

Detroit, Michigan was one of many cities that has experienced economical  hardship within the last few decades but is now making a powerful comeback.  With recent additions such as Little Caesars Arena, many shops align the Woodward Ave corridor and people bustle through the streets to work and play.  The city is alive and well.  However, this doesn't happen outside of committed individuals like Bruce Schwartz, who has made his home in Motown using his unique influence and abilities to make sure the city continues on a progressive trajectory.

In today's retail world, names like Saint Laurent, Chanel, Gucci and many others have been long time staples for fashion enthusiasts and influencers all over the world.  Among these brands are creatives cut from a different cloth, dwelling in this underworld of design and existing on the fringes of the culture working passionately to become the worlds next leading brand.  

I had my first beer, surprisingly, after college in 2009 and my first craft beer in 2011. Between the domestic beer experience and the craft, beer was held in extremely low regard, but once I tried my first craft beer at Yazoo Brewery, 

Krystal Cooke, a growing art sensation, originally from Wisconsin, has made a very colorful and expressive home in Flint, Michigan. The city has seen its share of troubles in the past but is now on a trajectory of art, culture and business development. Krystals landing was j

Detroit’s Jason Wilson is a husband and father of two, and the founder and head instructor of the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy, also known as CATTA. CATTA is a leadership and martial arts center where Wilson, through his years of mentoring and his experience in the arts of Aikibujutsu, Jiujitsu, Judo, Kempo, Short Staff Fighting and Combat Boxing, trains young men how to defend themselves and others, and above all, how to carry themselves with respect and treat others in kind.