Addison Robinson started her lemonade stand at age six.
“I had this huge stand,” Robinson said. “It was decorated with an Addi’s ice cold lemonade stand and it had a roof shaped like a house.”
The pop-up stand was built by her great-uncle, and she would bring it around to different parking lots. After she gained some attention selling lemonade outside a UAW local, she moved to selling as a vendor at festivals. Her first festival was Parkridge SummerFest in 2021. Over the last five years, Robinson has become a staple at Ann Arbor’s festivals. She was even upgraded to the adults section at Ann Arbor’s African American Festival after her lemonade sold so well in previous years, according to Event Organizer Teesha Montague…