Ypsi: Paul Saginaw

In advance of a mid-May conference of the national Business Alliance for Local Living Economies in Grand Rapids, Mark Maynard posts a wide-ranging email interview with BALLE board member Paul Saginaw, co-founder of Zingerman’s. Much of the interview focuses on the broad issue of support for local, independent businesses, but in response to a question about a possible Zingerman’s operation in Ypsilanti, Saginaw writes: ”It would actually be easier and more realistic to move our Mail Order operation to Ypsi, and that is a possibility. I still would really like to have a Zingerman’s presence in Ypsilanti and I believe that it will happen at some point. Although I do worry about being viewed as an unwanted outsider.” [Source]