Grace Turner
Grace Turner is associate editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, DBusiness Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Along with writing for these publications, she maintains the magazine’s online content and manages DBusiness’ internship program. She received the Mentor of the Year Award from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2019 for her work with interns. Before working at DBusiness, Turner was the education reporter at the Times Herald in Port Huron. While a student at Oakland University, she was managing editor of The Oakland Post and president of the university’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter. She also served as a content writer and project coordinator at the Oakland University Communications and Marketing department. Turner has degrees in journalism and French and was awarded Oakland University’s College of Arts and Sciences Meritorious Achievement Award, given to two students graduating from Oakland’s College of Arts and Sciences each semester. In her spare time, Turner enjoys traveling, practicing circus arts, painting, drawing, reading, and sewing formal gowns.
Southfield’s Brooks Kushman Partners With Detroit’s WSU Law School on Patent Procurement Clinic
Brooks Kushman, a Southfield-based intellectual property law firm, today announced a partnership with Detroit’s Wayne State University Law School to expand the impact of WSU’s Patent Procurement Clinic.
Dearborn’s Ford Partners With China’s Alibaba to Offer Connected Technology for Chinese Cars
Dearborn-based Ford Motor Co.’s Autonomic today signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group. Under the agreement, the automaker will bring the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC), a transportation and mobility solution for connected vehicles developed by Autonomic, to China.
LIFT in Detroit Helps Develop Shipbuilding Efficiency Process
Detroit’s Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, or LIFT, Monday announced the creation of a new process that can save shipbuilders production costs, improve build time, and reduce distortion of lightweight materials.
Michigan to Require Out-of-state Digital Retailers to Pay Sales Tax Following Supreme Court Decision
A change to Michigan’s sales tax administration will require many mail-order and online retailers located outside of Michigan to pay the state’s 6 percent sales tax on taxable sales into the state.
Southfield’s Lear Corp. Opens Manufacturing Facility in Flint
Lear Corp. in Southfield, a global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems, celebrated the grand opening of a new manufacturing seating facility in Flint this past weekend.
Detroit Receives $500K Federal Grant to Expand and Preserve Dr. Ossian Sweet Home Site
The city of Detroit Monday announced it has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to expand the historic district of the Dr. Ossian Sweet home and preserve two more adjacent houses.
Detroit Economic Growth Corp. Appoints Vice President of Real Estate and Financial Services
The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (DEGC) has appointed Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges to vice president of real estate and financial services.
Bloomfield Hills’ O’Keefe Announces New Managing Director, Director
O’Keefe, a Bloomfield Hills-based financial and strategic advisory firm, has announced Violeta Zdravkovic is the company’s new managing director and Keith Chulumovich is new director.
Birmingham’s Ford-Peabody Mansion to House Japanese-inspired Restaurant
Adachi, a Japanese-inspired restaurant, is slated to open for dinner in the restored Ford -Peabody mansion on Aug. 15 in Birmingham. Michael Schlow, a chef, restaurateur, and owner of Schlow Restaurant Group, is working with real estate developers Kenny Koza and Clint Mansour.
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