Sarah Rigg

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg

Saline-based Metric Marketing has made Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest for the third year in a row. The firm is one of only 12 in the state of Michigan, and the only one in Washtenaw County, to make the list.  Metric Marketing ranked 65th on the annual Inc. Regionals: Midwest list, up 12 spots from last year. The 2025 Inc. Regionals: Midwest list ranks companies by revenue growth between 2021 and 2023.

2 weeks ago | secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg

From increasing search engine traffic to overcoming burnout, small business owners in Washtenaw County and beyond are benefiting from Ann Arbor SPARK's new Small Business Support (SBS) program. SPARK launched the program in 2024 with a $3.4 million three-year grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

3 weeks ago | secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg

The food entrepreneurship landscape in Ypsilanti is shifting as an Ypsilanti Township food business incubator closes and an Ypsilanti commercial kitchen adds new resources for business owners. Colleen Brewer, co-owner of the Rosie's Community Kitchen incubator in Ypsi Township, says "space has been tight" after Ypsilanti Community Schools moved its middle school back into the incubator's building at 235 Spencer Lane in August 2024.

3 weeks ago | secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg

The public is invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ypsilanti Food Co-op, 312 N. River St., from 2-4 p.m. April 12. General Manager Corinne Sikorski says the co-op plans to host a series of events all year long to celebrate the milestone. Guests are invited to decorate cardboard eggs; visit with Spring Bunny Clay, played by a former co-op employee; and bring their own favorite spring- or Easter-themed treats to share. Michigan Sen.

1 month ago | soapboxmedia.com | Sarah Rigg

The day after President Donald Trump's second inauguration, his administration ended a policy directing immigration agents not to enter "sensitive locations" like churches, hospitals, and schools. Ypsilanti Community High School (YCHS) Principal Chelsea Harris-Hugan says that change and other Trump immigration policies have YCHS staff, students, and families on edge. Nearly one-third of YCHS' 600 students are English Learner (i.e. English as a Second Language) students.