Oh, Shop It: North End Collective

Just opened this year, the North End Collective is a retail space organized into four units featuring different stores to shop at. Located at 6513 Woodward Ave., the shops for 2017 are Bath Savvy Naturals, Purple Love, United Front and The Traveling Pants Co.!

Photo from North End Collective Facebook

The mission of the collective is to build unity and collaboration through retail sales and by creating entrepreneurial opportunities in the North End of neighborhood of Detroit. They hope to offer an accelerator experience for startups and small business owners, to not only help them gain experience, but to also sell quality products to the community.

The collective consists of over 2,000 square feet of retail space spread out into four units. Each unit is professionally designed, fully furnished and fully functioning, with below market rent. Each store owner is given keys to the space and are allowed 1-2 associates to work under their business model.

The North End Collective wouldn't be made possible without the help of The Kresge Foundation, PNC Foundation, Invest Detroit, IFF, Capital Impact Partners Midtown Inc., Rok Construction, David Cowan Consulting and Cog Studio.

For more information and to see events North End Collective is putting on, check out their Facebook page.

By Alex Donlin