It's a family affair. Pete Bonner didn't just marry into the family business, he helped create it. An early pioneer in the Internet automotive business, he and his in-laws have become successful serial entrepreneurs, finding new (and profitable) ways to connect the Big Three to the web.

There's so much to do this Labor Day weekend we don't know where to begin. How about in Hamtramck, where Mitch Ryder (pictured) returns home to rock the city's annual end of summer festival?

Check it out in FilterD and let the good times roll.

Let's spread the love and deliver the good word: Macomb County is no slouch when it comes to embracing new economy initiatives. From trade missions to China to the Education City Initiative to the Anton Art Center, the county that too often lives in Oakland and Wayne's economic shadow is no stranger to innovation.

It's no surprise that Zingerman's breeds a love of food in its staff, but entrepreneurship? Julianne Mattera talks to a trio of former employees who have taken what they've learned from Ann Arbor's beloved deli and turned it into successful businesses across the country.

University presses have found a unique niche in the publishing world, producing books by local writers with a decidedly local focus. Dennis Archambault looks at how Wayne State and U-M are evolving their imprints in the age of shrinking higher ed funding and digital innovation.

While Metro Detroit struggles to stem the flight of young professionals, Arzika, an event management company, is actually convincing under-35 workers to move to Michigan. Which is very much in sync with the new economy, tech innovation conferences the growing Troy-based company organizes.

Internet marketing or hipster art gallery? It's two great tastes in one. Jesse Cory is the brainchild behind both 323 East and Ohm Creative Group in Royal Oak. But the split identity doesn't end there. He also shuttles between Metro Detroit and Brooklyn, NY - doing business in both. Metromode caught up with him to talk entrepreneurship, street art and Kwame mugs.

You can't just paint Southeast Michigan with one big automotive brush. We are the Great Lakes State after all, and Metro Detroit's got a vibrant marina culture to show for it. From Wyandotte to St. Clair Shores, Terry Parris Jr. samples life by the water.