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Urban You founder Nicole Gregory (right) and RN Lynda Chiado, lead injectionist at the Northville location.
Urban You is not just for the ladies. They also offer services to men.
You Belong Here New beauty bar has modern person in mind
There’s a new destination in Northville where you can find a better, improved you. That’s the primary goal at Urban You Modern Beauty + Wellness, which opened its doors in December in a beautiful, street level space at 191 E. Cady Street (CadyCentre).
It’s the third location for the up and coming beauty bar chain that offers a wide-range of services from hair, make-up and nails, to medical spa procedures including Botox injections and Cool Sculpting, a procedure that freezes fat cells in specific areas of the body (think tummies and love handles).
Urban You founder Nicole Gregory opened her first location in 2017 in Grand Rapids. Her mission was to create a trendy, clean, and inviting space, with affordable pricing for essential beauty and wellness services. She had been living in California, where there were many such beauty
URBAN YOU MODERN BEAUTY + WELLNESS CEO: Nicole Gregory ADDRESS: 191 E. Cady Street (CadyCentre), Northville PHONE: (248) 773-7349 HOURS: 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. MondayFriday; 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday WEBSITE: www.theurbanyou.com/ northville
bars, but when she settled in Michigan near Grand Rapids, there weren’t really any options available to the general public. She saw a need in the market, and, utilizing her two decades of marketing experience, she opened the first location. It was so popular, she opened a second location -- in downtown Grand Rapids -- just eight months later. With the success of those two locations, she set her sights on the east side of the state, and found Northville to be perfect for their services.
“Northville is a great community. It really fits our market. And we really fell in love with this site, with its windows and wonderful natural light,” said Gregory, who grew up in the Upper Peninsula town of Marquette and is a graduate of Northern Michigan University. She is married with five children, and, in addition to being a successful entrepreneur, is currently a member of the Forest Hills Public Schools Board of Education.
According to Gregory, the Urban You experience is built on four pillars: Confident. Carefree. Connected. Curious. While other places may offer some of the same services as
Urban You, what sets it apart is its communal approach. A perfect example are the special events they host including Pamper Parties for eight or more guests, or the upcoming March Madness Couples Night. They also offer pre-wedding events, which are some of their most popular, where an entire wedding party can come in for blowouts, make-up, lashes, and all kinds of pampering.
“We can do everything to get you ready for a wedding. We’ve had whole families come in,” Gregory said.
Urban You even has a beverage bar, where people can simply hang out, socialize and enjoy an espresso. And it’s not just for the ladies. Plenty of men are now beginning to take advantage of their services.
“The guys want to look young, just like the ladies,” Gregory said.
Urban You has about 35 employees at its Northville location. The staff is comprised of “beauty enthusiasts” -- including licensed cosmetologists, aestheticians, injectionists, microblading artists and lash artists.
They take walk-ins, but Gregory said membership is definitely the best way to experience all that they have to offer. There are three different membership packages, ranging from $65 per month to $230 per month. In fact, they are still offering a Founding Member package for $99 per month, which comes with a number of perks including being eligible for special drawings. The price will also be locked in for life. To learn what Urban You has to offer, including how to become a member, visit www. theurbanyou.com/northville.
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Zach Shoemaker goes high for the slam dunk during a game in his senior season. Photo by Katie Fox. Northville 6-foot-6 senior Zach Shoemaker has outside range on his jumper. Photo by Chris Farrell.
The ‘Shoe’ Fits NHS senior followed hoops path unlike his father
By Brad Emons
Like father, like son? One might assume Northville High senior Zach Shoemaker would have followed the same sports path as his father Jeff, the longtime boys varsity swim coach at Livonia Stevenson and former NCAA Division I honorable mention All-American in the 100-meter breaststroke for Eastern Michigan University.
But following in his dad’s footsteps took a slightly different turn as the 6-foot-6 Zach migrated to the basketball court instead of the pool.
“He learned to swim real young,” said Jeff, “but I never pushed it. He did his own thing.” Zach’s “thing” early on was also baseball, football and soccer, but basketball became his first love during
his sophomore season and he hasn’t regretted the decision. Through the regular season of his senior year, the versatile Shoemaker was averaging averaging 18.6 points, 7.4 Northville’s Zach Shoemaker is drawing interest from a number of Michigan small colleges. Photo by Fred Pumper
rebounds with four doubledoubles. He is shooting 69.3 percent from the FT line, 43 percent from 2, and 36 from 3. “I just wasn’t into it,” Zach said of the water. “When I was younger, I was good at swimming, but it just really never piqued my interest. We had a swimming pool when we were younger. We used to swim there a lot. We’d go up to Grand Haven by the lake every year.” Zach began to show promise on the Northville freshman baseball team, but ultimately turned his attention to hoops. “They had double-headers twice a week, so he’d get home late, late . . . he was a really good pitcher, but he decided just to focus on basketball,” said Jeff, who was also an U.S. Olympic Trials swim qualifier in addition to earning All-Mid-American Conference honors at EMU.
DYNAMIC PLAYER
One person who is glad Zach Shoemaker decided to stick with hoops is Northville coach Todd Sander, who has witnessed the senior hit 20-plus points eight times in his first 15 games. “I gained a lot of trust from Coach Sander my sophomore year when he pulled me up (to varsity),” Zach said. “My game has really developed playing for him and all the coaches there. It’s been great.”
Zach Shoemaker’s maturation process over his four seasons at Northville has been nothing short of remarkable to say the least.
“Zach played on the freshman team and he was really just kind of another guy on the team,” Sander said. “He wasn’t somebody that had separated himself. And then in the fall of his sophomore year -- when we started back in the gym when school started -- everybody noticed him. He was all over the place, crashing the rebounds. He was really active on offense. He would have made our team at the beginning of that sophomore year, but got hurt, so he missed about the first six weeks of his sophomore year. He played a couple of JV games and then we brought him up.” Shoemaker can play any position on the floor, often bringing the ball up against teams that like to pressure the guards.
“He really turned into a complete player,” Sander said. “He can dribble it. He can shoot the ‘three.’ He can create his own shot and he can score from inside. He’s really a dynamic weapon that way.”
During his off seasons,
Shoemaker worked on becoming more athletic. He also averages 2.5 assists, three steals and two blocks per game.
“I just tried to get stronger physically, get faster on my feet so I could be able to finish at the rim hard,” Zach said. “I worked on my shot a lot. My sophomore year I started as the ‘four,’ which is a position where you don’t normally shoot a lot. Halfway through my junior year I moved to the ‘five’ spot, which allowed me to stretch the floor a lot more.”
Zach’s favorite player is Kevin Durant, a 7-footer now with the Brooklyn Nets who can play just about any position on an NBA floor.
“I’ve played the ‘one’ sometimes this year,” Zach said. “Dom (Domenic Rodriguez) has fouled out a few times. I do a lot of two-ball dribbling in practice with coach (Sean) Turner. That’s definitely helped. All the work I did in the offseason ballhandling has definitely helped.”
QUIET LEADER
Sander notes that Shoemaker is very competitive, but “in a quiet way.”
“He’s not big into ‘rahrah,’” the Northville coach said. “In my opinion, that he’s the best player in the league, but certainly one of the best players because obviously I’m biased – because he’s just very unassuming about himself. He’s got a great attitude. There’s no jealousy, there’s no selfishness on our team even though a lot of stuff goes through him because he plays the right way. A number of our biggest plays have come off of him making the right decision and finding other guys when they’ve taken him away.”
Like any other teenager, Shoemaker enjoys video games, specifically Maddon20 Ultimate
On hand for Zach Shoemaker’s Senior Night was sister Zoe, a junior at Northville, mother Erin and father Jeff. Jeff Shoemaker is the longtime boys varsity swim coach at Livonia Stevenson
Team, an NFL game. During his free time he watches TV shows on NetFlix, plays pick-up football and hangs out with friends.
Last summer he worked for Jeff’s brick paving business and enjoys camping.
Zach carries a 3.4 gradepoint average and would like to study either computer science, environmental engineering or became an electrician. He does have options, including basketball interest from NCAA Division III schools Albion and Alma colleges, as well as NAIA schools Madonna University and the University of MichiganDearborn. He would also like to give an NCAA Division II basketball program a shot if an offer comes about. “He has a lot of interest from various small schools,” Sander said. “Part of him is still pursuing that, but he might just want to go to a big school, too, and just be a student. He’s trying to sort that all out.” Meanwhile, Jeff, who also stands 6-6, dabbled in basketball as a youth, but gravitated to the water during his high school days in Grandville.
“I played a little bit in high school, but it’s the same season as swimming,” he said. “Being 6-6 you’ve got to know a little bit about basketball.” Jeff, who teaches at Stevenson, knew his son made the right choice during his ninth-grade year at Northville. “I think it was toward the end of his freshman year where he really had some consistent success and realized what we were telling him – drive it in and start to be a little more aggressive and dominant, and it worked out for him,” the father recalled.
For the son of a swim coach, basketball did work out quite handsomely.
Exhibits will showcase work of Northville’s youngest artists
Northville’s youngest artists will be showing off their creative works at two upcoming exhibits.
The first takes place from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, March 14 at First Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Main Street in Northville. More than 300 children in grades 2-12 will showcase their diverse talents and artwork at this annual exhibit sponsored by the Northville Art House. Not only will they be showing off their works, but the young artists will be selling both original artwork and reproductions featuring work that includes paintings, illustrations, jewelry, mixed media, fiber art, photography, and much more.
The Northville Strings Youth Orchestra (featured on page 6) will kick off the event with a special performance. There will also be free activities for kids 12 and under including cardmaking by Margene from Stampeddler Plus and STEM activities from STEMville of Northville. Admission is $3 (kids 12 and under are free). For more information, visit www. northvillearthouse.org.
The second exhibit will be for the children attending Northville Public Schools Early Childhood Education and Extended Day Programs, which will take place from April 2-22 on the second floor of the Northville Square building, located at 133 W. Main Street.
The theme of this year’s exhibit is “The Language of Art” and will include works by the preschoolers as well as the elementary and middle school Youth artist Emily Fokken, 15
students in the after school program.
“This annual exhibit represents a small sampling of the learning that takes place throughout our programs,” said Debra Larges, administrative assistant for the NPS Early Childhood program. “We invite the public to join us as we celebrate children, honor their unique qualities and capture the power and beauty of their work.”
There will be an opening night ceremony from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 at Northville Square. Organizers ask that you bring a healthy non-perishable lunch box item that will be donated to Northville Civic Concern. Cash donations will also be accepted.
NHS 2020 Senior All Night Party May 31, 2020 • 9:00 pm - 3:00 am
This fabulous, fun filled evening is a popular Northville High School tradition and provides a safe, chaperoned way for our graduates to celebrate. Planned and organized by Senior parents, with the help of Junior parent volunteers and the support of many local sponsors, the SANP is truly a collaborative effort.
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Life Is Filled With Great Stories
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” -Gustave Flaubert
Iknow a man named Walter, and I know he’s reading this. Since March is National Reading Month, it seems fitting to say to Walter, ‘Happy Reading!” And, thanks for your kind words, and for reading in general.
stories of personal reflection. I facilitate the project – but cannot be a judge. There is an incredible list of judges, which include published authors, educators, local personalities and representatives from the Art House, The ‘Ville and Preservation Dental. Short on Words has an adult author competition (18 years of age and older) and a young author competition (17 years of age and younger). There are cash awards for first, second and third place in both categories. The stories or poems must be 1,500 words or less and they must address one of the subject photos selected for this year’s competition.
Malcolm Wang
Readers need writers, and writers need readers. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the 8th Edition of Short on Words. It is the poetry and short story competition, which is the literature arm of Northville’s Arts & Acts Festival that will take place June 19-21. The call for entries has been issued. The deadline for submissions is April 17. It is one of my pet projects and I am very proud of how well received it has become throughout southeast Michigan. The entries are thought provoking, wildly creative and in many cases great Frog – A subject photo for the Young Author competition
In the past, all photos have been selected from Dr. William Demray’s collection. This year we have invited a guest photographer, who is actively involved with the Living & Learning Enrichment Center in Northville. Malcolm Wang is A full house at the Marquis Theatre for the last performance.
a graduate of Northville High School and a former contributor to Short on Words. He is autistic, and has been studying photography since he was 12 years old. Malcolm’s favorite photographers are Ansel Adams and Annie Leibovitz. His work is on sale at the Mod Market, located on Mary Alexander Court in downtown Northville. The Young Author competition features his photo, which we simply call “Frog”. The real story of the frog and all the other photos will be revealed at the Author Reception on Friday, June 19 at Genitti’s Hole-in-the-Wall. It is open to the public. All authors will be recognized, awards will be presented and there will be select readings from this year’s entries during the program. If you enjoy writing, but thought it was a lost art – please dust off your desk, put pen to paper or plug in your laptop for a real workout. Entry brochures are available at the Art House, the library, online at preservationdental. com, or send me an email and I’ll send you an entry. Never underestimate the value of a creative mind. Think about it. There are a few more thanks I’d like to offer up this month to all who joined me for the final performance at the Marquis Theatre. Wow! It was a full house, lots of tears and a very warm hearted, long standing ovation. Indeed, well deserved. We are all waiting for the next act. Personally, I am hopeful.
It was my pleasure to wish Mildred Madigan a happy birthday a few months ago, and it is with a note of sadness I offer my condolences to her family. Mildred passed away in January at 107 years old. The memories of her lifetime are wonderful stories being told throughout Northville. They are a true testament to the important role of a teacher.
There’s always a story. Mildred Madigan (Photo By John Heider)
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