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While living in China, Sherri French would pack lunches every day for her two daughters, and did not like throwing away the numerous plastic bags after they were used.

When Huron Contracting breaks ground this year on a 19-unit, midrise condo building in Ann Arbor, it’s unlikely that the plans will call for 19 identical designs, says developer Tom Fitzsimmons.

Rob Mies, executive director of the Organization for Bat Conservation, a bat sanctuary that promotes preservation education at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, spoke with DBusiness Daily News about its recent collaboration with members of the upcoming movie Batman v. Superman and the economic significance of a dwindling bat population.

Taxes may be certain, but the laws and regulations behind them seem to be ever changing — which is why the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants expects to host nearly 200 tax professionals and students at the Michigan Tax Conference on Wednesday.

Farmington Hills-based Gentleman’s Box is set to launch its first monthly subscription service for men that delivers grooming products, accessories, and the latest issue of GQ magazine to their door.

Dominic Pangborn — an artist who works in multiple mediums and sells his paintings through Park West Gallery in Southfield and opened a design-focused gift shop earlier this month at 335 South Main Street in Ann Arbor — spoke with DBusiness Daily News about his preferences for small-run productions and avoiding labels.

The Alchemy, part of a 110,000-square-foot facility comprised of three addresses and five connected buildings in Detroit’s Corktown, is expected to open with event space and a community pop-up mall by summer 2015.

Frank Venegas Jr., chairman and CEO of The Ideal Group, a multi-faceted manufacturing, construction, and property management company in southwest Detroit, and chairman of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corp., a nonprofit which offers youth leadership, urban arts, and gang prevention programming in southwest Detroit, spoke with DBusiness Daily News about the organization’s 17th annual Dream Makers’ Gala on Thursday at the Garden Theater in Midtown.

The highest bidder in an online auction benefiting Focus: HOPE — an organization that works to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice in Detroit — will score the opportunity have lunch with Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co.’s president and CEO, at the automaker’s world headquarters in Dearborn.

As basketball fans who have attended this year’s Detroit Pistons’ pre-season games at the Palace of Auburn Hills already know, the capstone to the venue’s $40-million, three-year renovation is the new six-screen, high-definition scoreboard system. However, officials at the Palace say the scoreboard is not running at full capacity, and the best is yet to come.