This weekend, students in Detroit will showcase and sell handmade furniture they spent the semester creating. The event is part of Small Business Saturday.
From unique Detroit-inspired benches to Adirondack and Lions-themed chairs, there are many pieces of furniture crafted by students that will be available for purchase.
“This is our woodshop, so we do a lot of training, we do stuff during the summer, the school year, but most importantly, starting this year, we actually create really interesting products out of wood,” said Atlantic Impact program director Matthew Clayton.
Atlantic Impact is a nonprofit that works directly with teens and young adults to one day help them find a career path in the trades…