SUMMARY ABOUT ME
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s a skilled professional, I'm uniquely qualified to meet your written communication challenges. With over a decade of experience, I've crafted articles for consumer magazines, business publications, trade journals, and custom publishing clients. As examples, my work has appeared in the Detroit Free Press, Crain's Detroit Business, HOUR Detroit, the History Channel Magazine, Costco Connection and others.
MY EDUCATION
I received my undergraduate education at Sacred Heart Seminary College in Detroit, where I earned a B.A. in philosophy and liberal arts.
BOOK AUTHOR
I'm also an author. Since 2008, I've written four books on Detroit history: Becoming the Motor City: A Timeline of Detroit's Auto Industry, Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline, Lost Restaurants of Detroit, Legendary Locals of Detroit, South Oakland County, and Forgotten Detroit. I've also revise and edit two guidebooks on an ongoing basis, MOON Michigan and MOON Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Both are published by Avalon Travel.
MY ACHIEVEMENTS
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Books Written
Becoming the Motor City: A Timeline of Detroit's Auto Industry, Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline, Lost Restaurants of Detroit, Legendary Locals of Detroit, South Oakland County, and Forgotten Detroit.
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Guide Books
MOON Michigan and MOON Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Years of Experience
I have been writing and speaking for over 13 years.
MY PORTFOLIO
Becoming the Motor City: A Timeline of Detroit's Auto Industry
Well over a century ago a cadre of self-trained mechanics, machinists, and other tradesmen started tinkering in the small, cramped machine shops near downtown Detroit. Despite their varied technical ideas, professional ambitions, and personal temperaments, they worked towards a common goal: to revolutionize personal transportation by capitalizing on the recently developed internal combustion engine. As it happened, Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, John and Horace Dodge, and others all called the same city home. Their descendants maintained their legacy, and in so doing created the middle class, equipped the Arsenal of Democracy with the hardware needed for the Allied victory over the Axis, and set in motion the post war suburban boom. Modern day Detroit is inseparable from its signature industry. Becoming the Motor City: A Timeline of Detroit’s Auto Industry shares insights about how the industry and the city grew, prospered, and ultimately suffered together.- Walking the streets of Detroit today, it’s hard to imagine the accumulated stories of its centuries of history. First founded as a military outpost, Detroit played […]
- Well over a century ago, a cadre of self-trained mechanics, machinists, and other tradesmen started tinkering in the small, cramped machine shops near downtown Detroit. Despite […]
- While some restaurants come and go with little fanfare, others are dearly missed and never forgotten. In 1962, patrons of the Caucus Club were among the […]
- Detroit sports a very uneven background. The city dates from 1701, when Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac planted the flag of New France, some 75 years […]
- Chartered 18 years before Michigan’s admission to the Union, Oakland County developed as a microcosm of the state: diverse, entrepreneurial, and prosperous. The unbridled success of […]
- Detroiters know their history well. Founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the city subsisted on a variety of industries: fur trading, stove building, […]
- Sporting goods manufacturer Acushnet took a swing at a demand-driven replenishment process for finished goods and met peak season demand to a tee. Read More
- Geoff Colvin writes and speaks on matters related to the economy and American competitiveness with a laser-sharp focus rivaled by few. Read More
- Today’s citizens benefit from a legacy of research about the relationship between urban green spaces and public health. Studies commissioned by the National Institute of Environmental […]
- Just the name Belle Isle evokes warm, nostalgic feelings. Almost any resident of southeast Michigan, regardless of age, can recall pleasant memories of picnics and concerts, of […]
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MY SKILLS
Content Marketing
Content Marketing is distinctly different from journalism. CM is information a business offers to it's customers and prospects to build confidence in it's brand. Content marketing clients I have worked with include: HOUR Custom Publishing, Costco Connection, STORES (National Retail Federation), and The Detroiter (Detroit Regional Chamber)
Article Writing
Whether it's a new real estate development, an important local event, or an undiscovered the community should take note of, I can get the story. Local publications I have been featured in include: Crain's Detroit Business, HOUR Detroit, Michigan Meetings and Events.
