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Amy Allen

Amy is a content manager at Lightspeed. She understands that independent businesses bring personality and stability to unique communities around the world, and is honored to be able to play a small part in their success.

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Amy is a content manager at Lightspeed. She understands that independent businesses bring personality and stability to unique communities around the world, and is honored to be able to play a small part in their success.

How Lighthouse Immersive Captured the Zeitgeist of the 2020s

How Lighthouse Immersive Captured the Zeitgeist of the 2020s

You have probably spent the past few years trying to forget about the COVID-19 crisis, but maybe you remember the communal isolation....

by Amy Allen
2023-12-13

How Independent Retail is Revitalizing Detroit

Retail

How Independent Retail is Revitalizing Detroit

Today City Bird is a beloved retail institution in Detroit, but when the store opened in 2009 this stretch of Canfield Street looked...

by Amy Allen
2023-10-26

Charlie Mitchell Makes History

Restaurant

Charlie Mitchell Makes History

A conversation with the executive chef of Clover Hill Charlie Mitchell, one of the most promising chefs of his generation, arrives...

by Amy Allen
2023-02-17