We're all Irish for at least one day, maybe a week, this time of year. The best place to let your pretty green show its awesome color is at the St. Patrick's Parade, held in Corktown this Sunday. Be there, have fun but behave: officials say police will be writing tickets for drunk and obnoxious overindulgence. You have been forewarned.
      
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From deli sandwiches to digital advertising, some Metro Detroit companies are reinventing the employer-employee relationship. The result? A happy band of brand experts ...and evangelists.

Adversity is the mother of invention. Or so they say. And Michigan is proving them true. While the rest of the country has seen a decline in business formation, cities like Ann Arbor are experiencing a start-up spike.

Detroit property is cheap. Not just cheap, it's really, really cheap, and abundant. The Euro is stronger than the dollar and that bodes well for foreign investors. They can pick up property along the riverfront or right downtown for the price of a small car.

Who decides what a downtown looks and feels like? Are we making our downtowns a place where young and talented people want to be? Concentrate will be looking for answers at their very first Speaker Series tonight (March 4th) at the Michigan Theater. Sign up to attend now.

His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of noon!
-Emily Dickinson

Spring will soon be sprung and local fields will be busy with more bees than ever. Metro Detroit bee keepers are growing their hobby into a honey of an industry.

Are we making Detroit a place where young and talented people want to be? The Michigan Front Page, Model D and Fusion are joining forces to get some answers at our Speaker Series this month, Feb. 25

As scary as the economy is, some smart and creative people are laughing in the face of fear and launching their own businesses from home. Meet three people who've created enormously cool jobs for themselves.