Waylan Smart
Soave Enterprises diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony Soave that provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures in the real estate, automotive retailing, beer distribution, scrap metal, industrial services and transportation industries, among others. For more information on Tony Soave and Soave Enterprises, please visit the website.
Articles by this Author
Places to Shoot a Movie in Michigan
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 09/23/2008
- Entertainment
- Unrated
When someone says "Michigan," what comes to mind—besides cars, snow and college football How about "regional filmmaking capital"
What's Old is New Again: The Magic of Metal Recycling
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
Americans use 100 million steel cans and 200 million aluminum beverages cans every day, according to the National Energy Education Development Project Without metal recycling, the country might be afloat in metal
The Types of Steel: A Brief Guide
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
Given its importance in infrastructure and manufacturing—worldwide demand for it keeps increasing—steel is a crucial part of everyday life (For example: A given car will be sixty-six percent steel
Earth Day Inspires Global Change
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
Since 1970, Earth Day has inspired and challenged millions from Tokyo to Togo to Toledo This past spring, millions were galvanized for a Call to Climate, the 2008 Earth Day global warming action theme
A History of Industrial Recycling
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
The word "recycling" makes many think of the little blue bins where we place our old cereal boxes, empty soda cans, and unneeded paper But recycling actually takes many other forms: for example, the form of a golf course built on a landfill; a piece of modern art made from old tin cans; or World War II-era rubber recycling which helped the war effort
Health Care: What Adventurous Employers Are Doing
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
Health care costs are an issue that every business faces—from the smallest nonprofit to the corner family-owned drug store to major corporations A new trend is taking shape in which employers take the initiative in encouraging employees to "own" their health
Infrastructure Metal Theft on the Rise
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/25/2008
- Unrated
Recent news coverage across the US
Hydroponics Produces Power For People and Greenhouse
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/22/2008
- Unrated
While many business owners would not care for the idea of a power plant being built next door to their company, Great Northern Hydroponics saw instead an exciting opportunity The company, located 25 miles southeast of Windsor, operates a 50-acre greenhouse where more than 2
Program Helps Teens Become "Street Smart"
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/22/2008
- Unrated
Underage drinking presents crucial public health issues The drug of choice among children and adolescents, the abuse of alcohol is associated with the deaths of approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 annually as a result of motor vehicle crashes, unintentional injuries, and homicides and suicides, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Underage Drinking Research Initiative (NIAAA)
How to Invest in Luxury Real Estate
- By Waylan Smart
- Published 08/22/2008
- Real Estate
- Unrated
Many have seen the headlines: Well-known old homes selling for record prices Luxury townhomes appreciating in value even as other properties sit unsold