By Ian Perrotta Just in time for grilling season — if it ever warms up this year — Hamtramck has a new shop that can “meat” all of your needs. Berry & Sons Meat Market, located in the shopping strip at the intersection of Caniff and Gallagher, recently joined the ranks of Hamtramck’s [...]
By Ian Perrotta Styrecycle might be a new business in town, but it’s tackling an age old problem — what do you do with polystyrene foam after it’s been used? The answer: turn that trash into cash. After opening a few months ago, that’s just what Styrecycle has been doing in its plant [...]
By Ian Perrotta Business owners around Detroit are now discovering what people in Hamtramck have always known: the city is a great place to do business in. Over the next few months, about a dozen shops are slated to open throughout town. The Review will highlight each one individually over the next several weeks, [...]
By Ian Perrotta For anyone interested in starting a small business, look no further than down the street. Seriously — Jos. Campau has plenty of vacant storefronts, and as the Hamtramck Business Start-up Information Session showed, all you need is an idea. That was the takeaway from last Wednesday’s meeting at Cafe 1923. About [...]
By Ian Perrotta If you’re looking to enlighten your taste buds, then check out Hamtramck’s newest grocery store, Al-Amryah International Foods. Located at the corner of Conant and Edwin, the business just opened its doors last week. Before that, the previous five months were spent transforming an old mechanic’s building into something worthy [...]
By Charles Sercombe One of key features of the new Wayne County Health Center located on Jos. Campau is that it treats anyone regardless of their ability to pay. Yes, you read that right. The clinic will treat those with no insurance or who have little or no money. Considering that 40 percent [...]
By Charles Sercombe “Obamacare” is now in Hamtramck. Thanks to a $1.2 million grant through the Affordable Health Act, which was the centerpiece proposal of President Obama’s first term in office, Wayne County’s Department of Health and Human Services opened a medical clinic on Jos. Campau. On Thursday, county and local officials held a grand [...]
By Ian Perrotta You may have noticed some new activity at the corner of Jos. Campau and Belmont recently. Unfortunately, it’s only precautionary. In January, the Department of Public Services a fence put up a fence around the four-story building at the northwest corner to protect people from the potential of falling debris. The [...]
By Ian Perrotta Just in time for the city’s new bike and pedestrian lanes, there are now plans to open a bicycle shop in Hamtramck. Actually, the plans have been in a conversational stage for the past year or so, but it was only in January that residents Scott Wozniak, Erik Mitchell and [...]
By Ian Perrotta Stores that buy and sell used merchandise in Hamtramck may soon have to purchase something new – a permit allowing them to operate. The city council is considering an ordinance that requires businesses that purchase goods to be resold to register with the city and track their transactions online. The proposed law [...]
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