In 1978, American Jewelry and Loan opened as Metro Detroit’s first suburban pawnshop. The 1,500 square foot location in Oak Park, Michigan was an offshoot of Sam’s Loan, a pawnshop at the corner of Wabash and Michigan Avenue where Les Gold grew up working for his grandfather. The move would…
[From Detroit Regional Chamber’s To-Do List 2016 Final Report]: After meeting at the Mackinac Policy Conference last year, American Jewelry and Loan, Junior Achievement, Operation HOPE, and Greenpath Financial Wellness collaborated and developed a partnership that offers workshops on improving credit scores and other financial wellness tips. Click HERE to…
Click HERE to read the article at Crain’s Detroit: The Pontiac Regional Chamber and American Jewelry and Loan have teamed up to host a three-week entrepreneurship workshop beginning March 14. The Entrepreneurship Oakland-Master Class series will be hosted by American Jewelry and Loan founder and president Les Gold and vice…
from the Visit Detroit blog: What’s the attraction(s)? You’ll find metro Detroit’s most popular tourism attraction, The Henry Ford, located in Wayne County—Dearborn, to be exact. The Henry Ford consists of the expansive Henry Ford Museum, The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience, the outdoor Greenfield Village (open seasonally April through…
I’m so proud of this honor–please visit my designated charity, the Jalen Rose Academy! [from Crain’s Detroit] Seth Gold did not always see his family’s past as his future. The vice president of American Jewelry and Loan and star of TV’s “Hardcore Pawn” said he was adamant that he would…