Want to hear about a cool company, Pingree Detroit, and a great leader, Jarrett Schaff? Check it out!

Jarret Alan Schlaff is a maker and solutionary. He doesn’t self identify as a chief or an executive so he serves as the creator, engineer, and organizer (CEO) of Pingree Detroit, a worker-owned, community based design and manufacturing cooperative co-founded in January 2015.

In Pingree’s Detroit workshop 10 Detroiters and US veterans are paid a living wage to handcraft bags, accessories, urban utility sneakers, pet accessories, and home goods using luxury-grade car seat leather upcycled from the American auto industry. 

Pingree Detroit, founded in 2015, is a worker-owned, triple bottom line design and manufacturing cooperative that hand-makes footwear and home, pet, and fashion accessories in Detroit with leather and other materials upcycled from the auto industry.

 

He has a great story to share.  Hope you enjoy it. 

I also want to mention the workshop we are launching on September 9th, specifically for US Veterans and their Spouses.  Please share this with any veteran. or the spouse of a veteran.  

https://www.pminj.org/21-mtg/09njvet.mr

Thanks for listening and good luck.