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    The cover story of DBusiness magazine’s July/August 2022 digital issue examines the state of the nearly $2-billion cannabis industry in Michigan and features two of its most high-profile proponents — former Detroit Lions wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Fame recipient Calvin Johnson and former Detroit Pistons power forward and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Ben Wallace.

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    Powered by Women 2022

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    The number of women owning or managing businesses is on the rise now that the COVID-19 pandemic is waning. But operating a company today comes with a different set of […]

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    Flower Power

    Contents: Flower Power // Bud Shop // Skunk Works Cannabis is on the march in Michigan, from a proliferation of multimillion-dollar, climate-controlled marijuana-growing facilities to dozens of sleek retail “dispensaries” […]

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    Farm Fresh

    Hydroponically-grown produce cultivated indoors in a controlled environment in a shorter length of time, is making inroads in local grocery stores. Lakeland Fresh Farms in Chesterfield Township is supplying hydroponically-grown […]

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    Largest Banks and Thrifts in Metro Detroit 2022

    Ranked by 2019 Assets

  • Main Event

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    Charlene Shaya is COO of Wixom-based J&B Medical Supply and a former Oakland County assistant prosecutor. Lila Lazarus is a former health care reporter for Fox 2 who now runs […]

  • front line During the Civil War, women helped care for injured soldiers, as depicted in “Our Women and the War,” a wood engraving by Winslow Homer (1862). Clarissa Britain, who lived in Michigan at the time, took a different path by creating an “improved ambulance,” for which she received a U.S. patent. She also developed other inventions and was awarded seven patents overall. // Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

    Civil Lady

    Historians of the Civil War era wouldn’t have been surprised if they had discovered that Michigan’s 19th century inventor, Clarissa Britain, was a spy for either the North or the […]

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    Sophie’s Choice

    Lawrence Technological University and the Stefanini Group are partnering to teach Sophie how to run a factory. Sophie is a virtual artificial intelligence assistant developed by Stefanini, a $1-billion global […]

  • MSGCU in Commerce Township. // Courtesy of Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union

    Largest Credit Unions in Metro Detroit 2022

    Ranked by 2019 Assets

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    July – August 2022 Commentary

    “Governments need to take rapid actions to lower barriers that are holding low-carbon hydrogen back from faster growth.” – Faith Birol, executive director, International Energy Agency Energy – Hydrogen Economy […]

  • Barrel Aged - In addition to being an accomplished guitarist, musician, and arranger, Neil Giraldo launched Steel Bending Spirits in Ann Arbor, which produces Three Chord Bourbon selections in Chelsea. // Courtesy of Three Chord Bourbon

    Spiritual Notes

    The road from Cleveland to Chelsea isn’t long, but for Neil Giraldo, the journey lasted nearly four decades and took him from his childhood home to multiple cities around the […]

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    Largest Accounting Firms in Metro Detroit 2022

    Ranked by Metro Detroit Area Employment

  • Proper Posture - Cathy and Jerry Sitek (above) designed the StandRite-Pro (below) to prevent the root cause of musculoskeletal disorders in workers. // Courtesy of Cathy Sitek

    Standing Order

    Master toolmaker Cathy Sitek was ready to retire from her job as a machinist in 2015 due to the pain in her body that resulted from standing all day at […]

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    Secret Stash

    While working on a book three years ago, Rob Keil came from California to pay a call on Jim Secreto, the collector who, as Keil puts it, keeps “the story […]

  • Clare McManus holding chocolate covered strawberries

    Sweet Dreams

    At a young age, Clare McManus has already started to recognize the level of commitment it takes to turn a passion into a business. The 17-year-old junior at Ferndale High […]

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    Rare Growth

    A far cry from the vehicles Standard Motor Truck Co. rolled off the assembly line in Detroit’s 106-year-old Belt Line Center — designed by legendary architect Albert Kahn — the […]

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