Emotional ties to state bring entrepreneurs home

(While this is about another state, it also applies to any state where there’s a desire to return to your roots and or have a better quality of life. Come Home Montana http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?cat_id=39&catlabel=Come+Home+Montana)

Successful careers outside Michigan proved to be not enough for East Lansing natives Joe and Rose Glendinning.

The siblings longed to return home and run their own business, looking to create a less-stressful, more relaxed lifestyle closer to family and friends.

Joe Glendinning, a high-paid attorney in Chicago, moved back in 2007 and opened a Biggby Coffee franchise in Bloomfield Hills the following year. After some cajoling, he convinced his little sister, a Boston banking executive, to join him in his entrepreneurial venture.

Jennifer Youssef / The Detroit News

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