Today Sunshine Suites houses 1400 "shiners" (they don't call them tenants) representing 600 small businesses. Recently I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Cheni Yerushalmi who co-founded Sunshine Suites 8-1/2 years ago with Joseph Raby. From the beginning it was clear to Cheni and Joe … [Read more...]
Twitter Works: Dining Like a Local
On my home turf of Milwaukee Twitter has significantly changed my social life. With Twitter as the enabling technology my wife and I have found a whole new group of friends with interests similar to our own. We have also tracked down local places like AJBombers, Streetza Pizza and Water Buffalo … [Read more...]
vBlog: A Real #shoplocal Experience
Last weekend my wife Cheryl and I ventured to In Step Running and Waking Center in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, a shop local mecca of restaurants and shops. Cheryl had come in search of new running shoes. Our salesperson Amy did such a great job properly analyzing our running shoe needs and … [Read more...]
Twitter is the New #ShopLocal
Local merchants are real people with an authentic desire to provide sustainable quality goods and services to their communities. Because I want to support these merchants, over the last year or so I have become a fan of shopping local. In the Twitterverse there is a hash tag #ShopLocal. Attaching … [Read more...]