Following the Buzz: The latest people, events, places, gadgets and things that have Southeast Michigan's business community buzzing.* Get ready for the 28th annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Noun 1. jazz festival - a festival that features performances by jazz artists festival, fete - an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" , held Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend at Hart Plaza. This year's festival will honor the jazz roots of Detroit and Chicago through a friendly challenge between artists from each city. Billed as "The Rumble in the Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). ," the festival will feature internationally renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter Regina Carter (b. 1966) is an American jazz violinist. Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan, and began as a classical violinist but became increasingly interested in jazz , and is considered one of the finest violinists in the genre. and Grammy-award winning jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Blue coller workwear Noun 1. workwear - heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work apparel, clothes, wearing apparel, dress - clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" for women hasn't been readily available in the past, but now Carhartt, Inc. is changing that. the Dearborn company, which has manufactured best-in-class appearel for the active worker since 1889, began offering workwear in fits and sizes designed especially for women. * GrowDetroit.com, a new site launched last month, aims to foster the developement and growth of business in Detroit. The interactive site includes an executive blog and provides a forum for local business and community leaders to connect and network with the community. The site's DealFlow section allows investors to persue ideas for new businessess and links would-be-entrepreneurs who seek funding with local capital. * If you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a healthy new lunch option downtown, Chamber member Salad Creations offers salads, wraps, soups and smoothies. Customers can also customize their own meals with the assistance of enthusiastic and service-focused "salad chefs." Salad Creations is located at 1043 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48226. * Most companies don't realize it, but a large portion of their talent pool - up to 70% (according to RHR RHR Resting Heart Rate RHR Right Hand Reverse (door opening convention) RHR Residual Heat Removal (nuclear power) RHR Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch) International study) - will be retiring in the next three to five years. In Dr. Eric Herzog's soon to be released book Future Leaders, Herzog details how to assess, identify and train new leaders - and even more importantly, how to transfer hard earned, company-specific knowledge from current successful leaders to up and coming leaders. Get more information: www.detroitjazzfest.com Find a store: www.carhartt.com Find out more: www.growdetroit.com Get more information: (313) 963-5800 Find out more: www.preparingfutureleaders.com Give us a buzz ... Submit ideas for Following the Buzz to jbaum@detroitchamber.com. If we use your idea, we'll send you a free gift. |
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