Harold, Kumar and their crew filmed at TechTown’s TechTwo facility, formerly the Dalglesh Cadillac dealership. The crew worked around the clock to transform the empty facility into a “New York City tree lot”. A giant inflatable Santa Claus stood on the corner, colored lights hung from the building and a large “Xmas Tree Brothaz” sign covered the iconic Dalgleish name.

Carole Johnson, founder of CYJ Enterprises takes center stage in a new CNN video examining the perks and perils of being small business owner in Detroit.

Rebuilding Southeast Michigan’s distressed economy certainly isn’t a task for the fainthearted. As part of an ambitious agenda, the New Economy Initiative, created by 10 foundations last spring, wants to help launch 1,200 new companies over the next three years as part of a broad effort to rebuild the regional economy.