Corktown businesses pivot to produce hand sanitizer

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As Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown businesses are resilient and innovative. Here’s a highlight of how two of our Corktown Business Association members have pivoted their services to produce hand sanitizer for the public and essential workers.

Detroit Bus Company

We've produced north of 14,000 gallons of FDA-approved WHO-formula hand sanitizer so far. We've supplied tons of police departments, fire departments, social service organizations, and the like throughout Detroit. We also have a flow set up where people can purchase a bottle for donation which has resulted in a few hundred gallons being donated.

We're donating all we can to people who can't afford it - and keeping the prices very reasonable for people who can.

We're working to scale our production to drive the price even lower.

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Two James Distillery

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We saw a huge need for hand sanitizer when the pandemic hit and there was no question about switching gears to start the process of creating hand sanitizer to step-up to help the community. We are proud to be able to say that we have donated to our local police, fire and EMS departments as well as those working the front lines in the surrounding metro Detroit area. Family and community are the pillars of our business and it only made sense to help.

Currently we offer hand sanitizer to the public Wednesday - Saturday from 12p-4p. Currently we offer 8oz for $4 and 16oz for $8. We have a limit of two per person, so we can make sure that hand sanitizer gets into the hands of everyone who might need some. We do not ship, but when you come into our tasting room to purchase, you can also buy bottles and support our business in these times.

If anyone is interested in bulk orders, they can send an email to clerk@twojames.com with "Hand Sanitizer" in the subject line and we will get them the information they need. We appreciate the support from everyone in Corktown and the surrounding community.

Please consider donating to our staff to help them through this difficult time.