Detroit Adult Entertainment: Detroit Entrepreneurs Opt to Look Up
January 11, 2010 at 5:12 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsDetroit Entrepreneurs Opt to Look Up
Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times A FRENCH AIR Torya Blanchard a former teacher, runs two crêperies. “I just wanted to do something that I loved,” she said.
Published: January 9, 2010
DETROIT With $6,000 and some Hollywood-style spunk, four friends opened this city’s only independent foreign movie house three months ago in an abandoned school auditorium on an unlighted stretch of the Cass Corridor near downtown.
After the unlikely hoopla of an opening night, red-carpet-style event in an area known for drugs and prostitution, exactly four customers showed up to see a film.
Since then, the Burton Theater has had a few profitable nights. But, the owners say, this adventure in entrepreneurship was never completely about making money. It was also about creating a more livable community.
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